Summary of Experience
This page is a brief summary of a variety of my work experience, major projects, and leadership positions. I have categorized these experiences based on the type of work carried out.
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Education
November 2024
Master of Fine Arts || Creative Practice: Transdisciplinary with Merit
Trinity Laban in London, United Kingdom
May 2022
Bachelor of Arts || Theatre with Honors Distinction
Minors in Dance and Performing Arts Administration
South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, United States
Administrative Experience
Library Student Assistant
Laban Library
2023-2024
London, United Kingdom
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Accurately shelf returned items and regularly tidy shelves
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Assist library users with basic operational enquiries
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Assist with the sorting and maintenance of various archival materials
Publicity Head
Prairie Repertory Theatre
2022, 2021
Brookings, SD
State University Theatre and Dance
2020-2022
Brookings, SD
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Formulate marketing and publicity strategies to achieve ticket sales and online growth goals and implement them within a schedule
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Assist team in working with production teams to extend director’s vision to digital media whilst maintaining organisation’s branding
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Foster an environment which encourages collaboration and creativity
Box Office Manager
Prairie Repertory Theatre
2022, 2021
Brookings, SD
State University Theatre and Dance
2019-2022
Brookings, SD
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Oversee daily box office transactions, records, and operations, including the creation of box office schedule
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Ensure deposits are signed by appropriate leadership and delivered to SDSU Cashier’s Office securely
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Lead training of box office and front of house staff on ticketing and customer service procedures
Social Media Coordinator
State University Theatre and Dance
2019-2020
Brookings, SD
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Maintain the organisation’s presence online through consistent posting and responding to comments and messages
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Create and schedule digital media for social media posting
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Take and edit photos for use on organisation’s and cast and crew’s personal social media accounts
Assistant Publicity Head
Prairie Repertory Theatre
2019
Brookings, SD
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Assist in managing team’s production and distribution of print, radio, TV, and social media publicity and marketing media
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Organise and lead experimental strategies to expand publicity facilities
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Maintain the organisation’s presence online through consistent posting and responding to comments and messages
Box Office Assistant Manager
Prairie Repertory Theatre
2019
Brookings, SD
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Supervise daily box office activities
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Assist in appropriate completion and delivery of deposits
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Mail tickets as requested daily
Facilitation and Teaching Experience
Director
Brookings Community Theatre
2025
Brookings, SD
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Establish style, mood, characterization, and movement for production and mentor cast in methods of performance
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Work with assistant director and production committee chairs to unify production interpretation
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Organise production schedules to meet performance deadlines
Choreographer
Brookings Community Theatre
2025, 2018, 2017
Brookings, SD
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Choreograph dance and movement to support director’s vision
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Evaluate as teaching if there is impromptu need to modify planned choreography
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Employ engaging teaching methods to make learning accessible for varied skill levels and ages
Dance Teacher
Expanding Harmony Dance Studio
2022, 2018-2020
Brookings, SD
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Prepare and execute weekly lesson plans, using National Dance Education Organization's syllabi to guide annual learning goals and benchmarks
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Present material to young learners using different techniques and activities to ensure retention of material
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Measure and reinforce learning through independent and group application of lesson material
Student Choreographer
State University Theatre and Dance
2020-2022
Brookings, SD
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Create choreography adhering to concert’s theme with a collaborator, when applicable
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Facilitate rehearsals to teach performers choreography
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Collaborate with performers to modify choreography during rehearsals as necessary
Assistant Director
State University Theatre and Dance
2021
Brookings, SD
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Collaborate with director in uniting designers’ and performers’ creative contributions to the production of The Thanksgiving Play
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Feedback observations of performers’ work and offer suggestions to enrich production’s potential
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Plan and lead performer warm-ups which engage director’s feedback outside the context of the script
Research Experience
Trinity Laban
Processing: Development and Performance of Learning and Creating within a Transdisciplinary Creative Practice
2023-2024
Supervised by Zoi Dimitriou and Lizzi Kew-Ross
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Analyse structures and functions of learning and creating processes using improvisation and concepts from systems and affect theory
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Design a methodology for transdisciplinary creative practice centred around experiential learning functions
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Develop and perform an improvisational score using transdisciplinary creative practice
Navigating Intimacy: A Collection of Connections and Moments Brought Together Through My Lived Experience
2023
Supervised by Heni Hale and Gabi Agis
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Define intimacy as it relates to systems and affect theory
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Facilitate the Intimacy Directors and Coordinators Five C’s methodology as a solo practice
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Apply intimacy research and methodologies to classes in experiential anatomy, body-weathering, Feldenkrais, and Skinner releasing
Situating Emotion in Creative Practice
2022
Supervised by Alison Curtis-Jones and Guy Harries
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Explore interrelation of text, language, movement, presence, and emotion
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Analyse significance of relationships through Laban’s movement theory and viewpoints perspective
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Demonstrate methods using text, language, and movement as points of departure
Impulse Control: Contextualizing underneath purple skin
2022
Supervised by Zoi Dimitriou
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Explore possibility of sub- and unconscious movement through altered consciousness and presence
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Examine memory formation, memory recall, and mind and body relationship from neurological, psychological, anthropological, and dance perspectives
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Demonstrate embodied knowledge in performance of original work, underneath purple skin
South Dakota State University
Debunking the Myth: Exploring Creativity, Community, and Collaboration through Creative Process
2019-2020
Supervised by Dr. Melissa Hauschild-Mork
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Examine phenomenon of community cultivation in collaborative creative process
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Develop choreography and music in collaborative process using improvisation and Laban’s movement theory
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Analyse the execution of research concepts in creative process without sharing of creative product