DANCE ARTIST / MINDFULNESS EDUCATOR (EB-1 U.S. Permanent Resident)

Dancer/singer/actor with a career of 15 + years internationally (Broadway, the MET Opera), dance education for young artists, and  mindfulness education for the entertainment industry. Core skills include:

Somatic ∙ Ballet ∙ Jazz ∙ Modern ∙ Contemporary∙ Theater ∙ Choreography∙ Audition Prep

Mindfulness ∙ MBSR∙ Creative Response ∙ Mindful Communication ∙ Japanese-English Translation

 EXPERIENCE

Mindfulness Instructor – Freelance (2016 – present)

Facilitate and program group learning environment with mindfulness and loving-kindness practice

  • 8-week MBSR course for People of Color | NYC (online) | 2021

  • 4-week Trans Non-Binary Mindfulness Group | NYC (online) | 2021

  • Jen Waldman Studio | NYC (online) | 2021

  • Innovative Voice Studio | NYC (online) | 2020 

  • Studio Yoggie | Japan | 2018, 2019

  • MNDFL | NYC | 2017 - 2019

  • Mindfulness on Broadway (Wicked, Bronx Tale, Miss Saigon, Jagged Little Pill) | 2017, 2019

  • American Repertory Theater | Cambridge, MA | 2018

  • The Actors Fund | NYC | 2017 - 2019

Freelance Writer | Tricycle Magazine | 2022 - present

Guest Dance Teacher – Freelance (20003 – present)

Their teaching involves being aware of movement, intention, and mental states inside and outside of the classroom. Facilitate ballet, theater, contemporary, Broadway repertory, somatic workshops.

  • Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard | NY (online) | 2021

  • Jaconelli Theater Workshop | UK (online) | 2020

  • Princeton University | NJ | 2020 

  • University of Wisconsin | WI | 2014 

  • Free Way Dance Studio |  Osaka, Japan | 2003 - 2014

Dance Adjunct Professor – Abilene Christian University, TX (Fall 2013)

Facilitate and program full-semester ballet and theater jazz curriculum and mentoring for students in their 

theater department.

Performer – Freelance (2005 – present)

  • Jagged Little Pill (Original Broadway Cast) | NYC | 2019 - 

  • Miss Saigon (Original Broadway Revival Cast) | NYC | 2017 - 2018

  • The King and I at Lincoln Center (Original Broadway Revival Cast)  | NYC | 2015 - 2016

  • The Metropolitan Opera | NYC | 2010 - 2016

EDUCATION

  • BA, Dance and Theater  ∙  SUNY Empire State College  ∙  2021 

  • MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)  ∙  The Mindful Center at Brown University, Mindful Training US  ∙  2021

  • 300 hr Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification  ∙  MNDFL, NY  ∙  2015