Dance Training

Maryland Youth Ballet

Houston Ballet Academy

San Francisco Ballet School

Chicago City Ballet School

University of New Mexico

Temple University

Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet  


Specialized Education


American Ballet Theatre

Legacy Oral History Project

Vagonova syllabus as set forth by the Pedagogical Methodology Committee of the Vaganova Choreographic Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia.




Scholarly Education


Temple University, Department of Dance, Ph.D., Dance History and Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies

Temple University, Department of Dance, Ed.M., Dance Education

University of New Mexico, College of Arts and Sciences, BA in History and English



Professional Organization Memberships

Congress on Research in Dance (CORD)

Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS)

National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)

Board of Directors, Council of Organized Researches for Pedagogical Study of Ballet (CORPS de Ballet)

International Dance Council

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

National Association of Distinguished Professionals