Cumming Dance Academy

Professional Choreographer/Director

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Skills:

Choreography creation for Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Tap, Hip Hop, Musical Theater, Competition and Broadway style dance productions, solos, duos, trios and group routines. Professional Dancer, Physical Conditioning, Stage Direction/Spatial Design, Costume Design, Performance Artistry, Company Management, Rehearsal Direction, Casting Evaluation, Professional Educator

AWARDS:

2023 Three National Titles (Fly Dance Competition), Flawless Gem - Perfect Scoring Dance (Inspire National Dance Competition), 13 National Dance Competition Titles, Best Choreographer (Nexstar Dance Competition) 15 years in a row, Best Choreographer (Access Broadway Competition) 5 years in a row, Award of Technical Excellence (Nexstar Dance Competition) 3 years in a row, Award of Technical Excellence (Nexstar Competition) 3 years in a row, Most Entertaining Dance (KARS Dance Competition) 3 years in a row, Most Creative Concept (KARS Dance Competition), Southeastern Ballroom Champion 2004.

Experience:

Cumming Dance Academy: Specialized in award winning choreography for over 30 dances per year. Design work for all sets and large-scale productions (3 times per year), Direction/Choreography for 20 National Title Winning Dances, Mentoring young dancer to professional pathways, weekly dance class instructor and private lesson instructor.

Free Chapel: Large scale religious productions for live audiences of 35,000+ and television (2 productions yearly). Director/Producer/Choreographer for children’s productions for live audience and television, Costume design, special effect lighting and make up, extensive prop work, choreography for youth, adult religious conferences in 50,000+ seat football stadium.

Freelance Choreographer, United States (Choreography Artist): Choreography in Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Contemporary, Musical Theater, Hip Hop, and Ballet for Competition Dance Companies. Direction and choreography for musicals and dramatic productions. Choreography for the “World Ballet Competition” and over 75 Nutcracker Ballets. Choreography for Church Productions nationwide.

University of Georgia Dance Professor: Provided instruction in Jazz and Lyrical classes for University students. Completed administrative duties including grading reports, homework, and adjudication exams. Mentorship for young choreographers.

Dance Studio Owner, Freedom Of Movement Dance Academy, Georgia: Choreography for all regional and local productions. Largest dance studio outside of the Atlanta area/ expanded to 3 locations. Professional level “Nutcracker Ballet” productions yearly. Four level, Award Winning Competition Dance Team. Performed all administrative duties, including accounting, scheduling, costuming, set design, casting, and marketing.

EDUCATION:

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education degree, Minor in Dramatic Arts, 4 years in Pre-Professional Dance Majors Program.