Emerging Pathways Within Somatic Movement and Dance Education


NDEO special topic conference in partnership with ISMETA


June 21-23, 2019


Presentation: "Somatic Ballet: Developing Awareness of Self, Other, and Community"


Gibney Dance, New York, NY


ISU Wellness Symposium

May 2019

Presentation: "Movement Based Self-Care"

Idaho State University, Counseling Services, Pocatello, ID.

Positive Body Image Symposium

Presentations: "Body Stories--Discovering Connections through Movement, Awareness, and Expression" (2019)

"Body Image and Dancer Wellness" (2018)

Idaho State University, Gender Resource Center, Pocatello, ID

Intermountain Gender and Sexuality Conference

April 2018

Presentation: "No Manifesto--Challenging Expectations Regarding Gender and Dance"

Idaho State University, Department of Communications, Pocatello, ID

Connections, Knowledge, and Leadership: A New Era in Dance Education


NDEO National Conference


October 4-7, 2018


Co-presentation: "Cultivating Empathy to Create Connection"


Hyatt Regency, La Jolla, CA


Deepening through Dialogue: Effective Methods of Feedback in Dance Education and Beyond


IDEO State Conference


September 15, 2018


Presentation: "Somatic Practices and Technique class"


College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID


Somatic Dance Conference and Performance Festival


July 11, 2018


Co-Presentation: "Cultivating Empathy to Create Connection"
Hobart William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY


Somatic Dance Conference and Performance Festival 


July 14-17, 2016


Presentation: "Partnering the Space: A journey from inner to outer and back again"


Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY


Dance Education in Practice

"Collaborative Discoveries--Trust, Empathy, and Meaning"

Special topics, Volume 6, Issue 2. 2020

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/INYNTVSMKIJKSGPTRBZH/full?target=10.1080/23734833.2020.1751496

NDEO Behind the Curtain Blog

The Possibilities of Somatic Ballet

Published October 10, 2020

Journal of Dance Education

"The Mirror and Ballet Training--Do you know how much the mirror's presence is really affecting you?"

April-June 2016, Volume 15, Number 2.