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