EDUCATION
Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Program at Dominican University of California
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dance Honors, Cum Laude 2014
Minor, Arts Management
COMPANY EXPERIENCE
Liv Schaffer – San Francisco, CA
• Untitled, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center (May 2020)
• Choreographic residency at Jacob’s Pillow (December 2019)
• Fatherland, Saludo, Inside/Out Festival at Jacob’s Pillow (August 2019)
• Lume, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Choreofest (July 2019)
Katie Scherman + Artists – Portland, OR
• To Have it All, Bodyvox (March 2018)
The MoveMessenger(s) – San Francisco, CA
• Fatherland, guest choreographer, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (June 2018)
• I wrote you something new, Dancing in the Park SF (April 2018)
• O Magnum Mysterium, San Francisco Movement Arts Festival (January 2018)
• Army of Poets, Silicon Valley Dance Festival (March 2017)
• Sugar Maple Road, sjDANCEco (April 2017)
• Army of Poets, D.I.R.T Festival, Dance Mission Theater (March 2017)
• I wrote you something new, Cowell Theater (March 2017)
• Transitional Perspective, (February 2017)
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
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ODC’s Sandbox Series, Byb Chanel (May 2017)
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DZINE Burning Bright, site specific performance (guest artist with Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, April 2017)
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ODC’s Sandbox Series, Amy Seiwert (March 2017)
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San Francisco Movement Arts Festival, Grace Cathedral, (Sculpted Motion, Anne-Rene Petrarca, January 2017)
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In Order of Appearance, SAFEhouse RAW Residency, (Alivia Schaffer, October 2016
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MASSES, Summer Performance Festival, ODC (ka·nei·see \ collective, July 2016)
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SOULSKIN Dance (Adrianna Thompson SF 2016)
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D.I.R.T. Festival (Harper Addison SF 2016)
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RAW Residency (Peter & Co. SF 2014)
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sjDANCEco ChoreoProject (Peter & Co. SF 2014)
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Dance For Another Day (Peter & Co. SF 2014)
DANCE FILM
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Armstrong Infused, collaboration with Daniel Quinones, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, October 2016
CHOREOGRAPHY
There is Life Like Willows
• ODC Pilot Program (December 2019)
• San Francisco Movement Arts Festival (excerpts, January 2020)
Wonderment
• ODC Pilot Program (April 2019)
• Shawl-Anderson Dance Center Spring Salon (April 2019)
• San Francisco Movement Arts Festival (excerpts, January 2010)
through body, through song
• LINES BFA Program Fall Showcase (Marin, November 2018)
Lost in the Archives
• PUSHfest at ODC Theater (San Francisco, September 2018)
• Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (excerpts, San Francisco, August 2018)
• San Francisco Movement Arts Festival (San Francisco, January 2018)
• Shawl-Anderson Dance Center Winter Salon 2018 (Oakland, January 2018)
• Dance Maui, hosted by Adaptations Dance Theater (excerpts, Hawai’i, November 2017)
TRAINING
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Northwest Dance Project LAUNCH:9 (2014)
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Summer Intensive (2011)
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet Summer Intensive (2010)
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Charlotte Ballet (2001-2010)
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LINES Ballet Summer Program (2009)
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Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program (2007)
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Canada's National Ballet School (2004-2006)

Photography: Robert Uehlin
TEACHING & ARTS ADMINISTRATION
TEACHING
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San Francisco High School of the Arts - Contemporary (2020)
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Sultanov Russian Ballet – Contemporary, Ballet (2018)
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Shawl-Anderson Dance Center – Open Adult Ballet/Teen Ballet (multiple levels, 2017)
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Youth Art Exchange – In-school high school hip hop (2017)
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Roco Dance – Junior and High School Contemporary Dance (2017)
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Dance Mission Theatre – Beginning Ballet (2016)
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LINES Dance Center – Open Adult Intermediate Ballet (2016)
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LINES Ballet Summer Program – assisted Carmen Rozenstraten and Maurya Kerr with
choreography and repertoire classes (2016)
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Nagata Dance – outreach and enrichment programs, Pre-K- 5th Grade (2013-Present)
JUNTOS Collective (2012 and 2017)
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Traveled to Guatemala in 2012 to perform and teach dance to communities, schools, and
hospitals that do not have access to dance training
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In 2017, traveled as a solo teacher to lead week-long contemporary workshops to students
at Nicaphoto in Nagarote, Nicaragua.
ADMINISTRATION
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Roco Dance Assistant Manager (September 2018)
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LINES Ballet BFA Program Coordinator (February 2015 –2017; 2018)
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Arrowed Down (Sandrine Cassini 2014)
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Safe Conduct (Gregory Dawson 2014)
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Onamonapia (Uri Sands 2013)
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La Baguette (Julia Adams 2013)
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Fur (Maurya Kerr 2012)
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Confrontation (Elisabeth Schiffbauer 2012)
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Brahms Trio for Piano, Horn and Violin (Gregory Dawson 2010)
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Landscapes (Sabrina Berry)
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Circuits and Links, LINES Ballet Summer Intensive (Heidi Schweiker)
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Valse Fantasie (Staged by Patricia McBride)
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Allemande (Heather Ferranti Ferguson)
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Scherzo (Mark Diamond) and Evolution in 2/4 Time (Mark Diamond)
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La Folia (Heather Ferranti Ferguson)
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Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s The Nutcracker premiered two years in a row
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National Ballet of Canada’s Nutcracker ( James Kudelka 2005)
ROLES
FEATURES
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Dance Teacher August 2018 Issue: "How LeeWei Chao Teaches a Pique Arabesque"
WORKSHOPS
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Contemporary Performance and Screendance Workshop with Natasha Adorlee Johnson (2016)
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Liss Fain 5-Day Workshop (2016)
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Amy Seiwert Contemporary Ballet Choreography Workshop (2016)
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New Dialect Winter & Summer Workshop (2015 & 2017)
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GYROTONIC Foundation Training (2012)
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David Bowie's "DJ" by The Welcome Matt Music Video: Directed and Choreographed by Christine Cali