

From 2000 - 2006, I lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico where I received my MFA in Dance and 500-hr. Yoga teaching certification. Over those 6 years in the beautiful harsh desert, I danced with Bill Evans, Jennifer Predock-Linnel, Donna Jewell and Esther Balfe. I also co-founded The PutAttention Collective, a performance based collaboration between myself and 4 other female dance artists. Over 2 years we actively researched the nature of collaboration and the unification of our 5 colliding visions. The Collective received a grant from the Place Program at UNM to create a site specific dance work, Imposters, that interacted with Albuquerque's community, presented at ReadyMade Dance Theater. They also performed an evening length work, Keeping Time, at Q-Staff Theater in Albuquerque.