Katie C. Sopoci Drake
Curriculum Vitae
March 2022
Curriculum Vitae
March 2022
Roles
Professional choreographer and performer since 2001, active arts administrator since 2001, teaching in higher education since 2005
Experience
Leadership experience as an Artistic Director and Core Collaborative member of 2 nationally produced dance companies, and as an Administrative Director of an internationally recognized ballet academy.
Teaching experience in economically and culturally diverse programs as well as small (Lawrence University: 1,500 students) to large programs (Miami Dade College: 174,000 students), Inter and Intra-departmental collaboration through team-taught classes (UMD, Carthage College), Creation and implementation of a new dance minor (Carthage College)
Choreographer of more than 30 original short-form and evening-length works. Choreographer for an additional 10 musical theatre and opera productions. Collaborating writer of the original educational touring production of The King's Musique.
Research
Theory development and application in Laban Movement Analysis, Somatic-based pedagogy, use of technology in the creative process, long-distance collaboration models of dance-making
Professional choreographer and performer since 2001, active arts administrator since 2001, teaching in higher education since 2005
Experience
Leadership experience as an Artistic Director and Core Collaborative member of 2 nationally produced dance companies, and as an Administrative Director of an internationally recognized ballet academy.
Teaching experience in economically and culturally diverse programs as well as small (Lawrence University: 1,500 students) to large programs (Miami Dade College: 174,000 students), Inter and Intra-departmental collaboration through team-taught classes (UMD, Carthage College), Creation and implementation of a new dance minor (Carthage College)
Choreographer of more than 30 original short-form and evening-length works. Choreographer for an additional 10 musical theatre and opera productions. Collaborating writer of the original educational touring production of The King's Musique.
Research
Theory development and application in Laban Movement Analysis, Somatic-based pedagogy, use of technology in the creative process, long-distance collaboration models of dance-making
EDUCATION
2009-2010
Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis (GLCMA) Columbia College Chicago, IL
2003-2006
M.F.A. in Dance, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI
Concentration in Dance
1997-2001
B.A. Theatre/Dance, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Cum Laude, Emphasis in Dance, Minor in Music
Recent Continuing Education
Northwestern - Kellogg Executive Education Virtual Nonprofit Leadership Series: Thriving in Challenge, Functional Awareness modules 5 & 6, NDEO National Conference 2016, International Somatics Conference 2016, Master classes in 2016: Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Irene Dowd, Barbara Mahler, Bill Evans, Kathleen Hermesdorf, & Eric Franklin
2009-2010
Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis (GLCMA) Columbia College Chicago, IL
2003-2006
M.F.A. in Dance, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI
Concentration in Dance
1997-2001
B.A. Theatre/Dance, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Cum Laude, Emphasis in Dance, Minor in Music
Recent Continuing Education
Northwestern - Kellogg Executive Education Virtual Nonprofit Leadership Series: Thriving in Challenge, Functional Awareness modules 5 & 6, NDEO National Conference 2016, International Somatics Conference 2016, Master classes in 2016: Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Irene Dowd, Barbara Mahler, Bill Evans, Kathleen Hermesdorf, & Eric Franklin
ARTS ADMINISTRATION
2022-Current
The Washington Ballet, Washington D.C.
General Manager, The Washington School of Ballet
2014-2022
Maryland Youth Ballet, Silver Spring, MD
Managing Staff & Scheduling, HR, Payroll, Bookkeeping, Organizational Project Management, & Event Management
Administrative Director (2019-current)
Administrative Manager (2017-2019)
Administrative Coordinator & Executive Assistant for Administration (2016-2017)
Executive Assistant (2014-2016)
2013-2014
4Dancers.org, Owner/Editor Catherine Tully
Contributing Writer
2012-2013
The Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Administration
2007-2008
Danceworks Performance Company, Milwaukee, WI
Marketing Manager
2002-2003
Zenon Dance Company and School, Minneapolis, MN
School Coordinator
2001-2002
Children’s Theater Company, Minneapolis, MN
Ticketing & Development
2022-Current
The Washington Ballet, Washington D.C.
General Manager, The Washington School of Ballet
2014-2022
Maryland Youth Ballet, Silver Spring, MD
Managing Staff & Scheduling, HR, Payroll, Bookkeeping, Organizational Project Management, & Event Management
Administrative Director (2019-current)
Administrative Manager (2017-2019)
Administrative Coordinator & Executive Assistant for Administration (2016-2017)
Executive Assistant (2014-2016)
2013-2014
4Dancers.org, Owner/Editor Catherine Tully
Contributing Writer
2012-2013
The Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Administration
2007-2008
Danceworks Performance Company, Milwaukee, WI
Marketing Manager
2002-2003
Zenon Dance Company and School, Minneapolis, MN
School Coordinator
2001-2002
Children’s Theater Company, Minneapolis, MN
Ticketing & Development
TEACHING
Academic Positions
2015-2016
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Visiting Assistant Professor
Teaching Responsibilities
Somatics, Movement Integration, Center for Creative Collaboration, Laban Movement Analysis, Honors Seminar: The Creative Process in Dance, Foundations in Technique I/II
Service
Performance/Production Committee, Facilities Committee, Committee of the Whole, Audition Panels: CAPA Awards, ADCA submissions
2014
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Fundamentals of Modern Dance
2013
Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, Baltimore, MD
Long-term Substitute Lecturer (Midterm-Finals, 11/5/2013 - 12/12/2013)
Teaching Responsibilities
Dance Appreciation
2012-2013
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Lecturer
Teaching Responsibilities
Laban Movement Analysis I, Repertoire and Ensemble, Body Sense, Modern Dance Technique 1
Choreographer
2013 Faculty Choreographer, Winterdances
2010-2011
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale-Davie, FL
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Ballet I, Ballet II, Modern I, Modern Dance III, Advanced Studio Technique, Dance Lab - Production
Choreographer and Co-Directorship
2011 Faculty Choreographer, Dance Works, Studio Series Dance Concert
2011 Artistic Director, Faculty Dance Concert, NSU Dance Ensemble
2010 Faculty Choreographer, Dance Works, Studio Series Dance Concert
2010-2011
Miami-Dade College - Kendall Campus, Miami, FL
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Modern Dance 1, Intermediate Modern Dance, Advanced Modern Dance 2, Dance Composition/Improvisation 1
Service
2011 Faculty Choreographer, Fall Dance Concert
2011 Faculty Choreographer, Spring Dance Concert
2011 Faculty Choreographer for Adjudicated work and Chaperone to ACDFA Southeastern Conference in Tallahassee, FL
2010 Faculty Choreographer, Fall Dance Concert
2010 Faculty Choreographer, Spring Dance Concert
2010-2011
Miami-Dade College - Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Jazz Dance 1, Modern 1
Service
2011 Faculty Performer, Spring Dance Concert
2006-2009
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Jazz I, Jazz II, Ballroom, Modern, Dance Theory and Composition, Music Theater Workshop (Co-Instructor), Music Theater History (Co-Instructor)
Service
2009 Faculty Choreographer, Soaring, Carthage Dance Theater
2008 Faculty Choreographer, Taking Flight, Carthage Dance Theater
2007 Advisor to the Theater Department, development of a Minor in Dance
2007 Faculty Advisor, choreography oversight for Senior Performance
2006 Lecturer, “Dance Audition Workshop”
2005-2009
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Wild Space Artist in Residency Program Teacher
Teaching Responsibilities
Movement for the Theatre: Fundamentals of Movement
Movement for the Theatre: Modern Dance
Movement for the Theatre: Social Dance
Choreographer
2008 Choreographer, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Academic Positions
2015-2016
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Visiting Assistant Professor
Teaching Responsibilities
Somatics, Movement Integration, Center for Creative Collaboration, Laban Movement Analysis, Honors Seminar: The Creative Process in Dance, Foundations in Technique I/II
Service
Performance/Production Committee, Facilities Committee, Committee of the Whole, Audition Panels: CAPA Awards, ADCA submissions
2014
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Fundamentals of Modern Dance
2013
Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, Baltimore, MD
Long-term Substitute Lecturer (Midterm-Finals, 11/5/2013 - 12/12/2013)
Teaching Responsibilities
Dance Appreciation
2012-2013
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Lecturer
Teaching Responsibilities
Laban Movement Analysis I, Repertoire and Ensemble, Body Sense, Modern Dance Technique 1
Choreographer
2013 Faculty Choreographer, Winterdances
2010-2011
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale-Davie, FL
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Ballet I, Ballet II, Modern I, Modern Dance III, Advanced Studio Technique, Dance Lab - Production
Choreographer and Co-Directorship
2011 Faculty Choreographer, Dance Works, Studio Series Dance Concert
2011 Artistic Director, Faculty Dance Concert, NSU Dance Ensemble
2010 Faculty Choreographer, Dance Works, Studio Series Dance Concert
2010-2011
Miami-Dade College - Kendall Campus, Miami, FL
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Modern Dance 1, Intermediate Modern Dance, Advanced Modern Dance 2, Dance Composition/Improvisation 1
Service
2011 Faculty Choreographer, Fall Dance Concert
2011 Faculty Choreographer, Spring Dance Concert
2011 Faculty Choreographer for Adjudicated work and Chaperone to ACDFA Southeastern Conference in Tallahassee, FL
2010 Faculty Choreographer, Fall Dance Concert
2010 Faculty Choreographer, Spring Dance Concert
2010-2011
Miami-Dade College - Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Jazz Dance 1, Modern 1
Service
2011 Faculty Performer, Spring Dance Concert
2006-2009
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Responsibilities
Jazz I, Jazz II, Ballroom, Modern, Dance Theory and Composition, Music Theater Workshop (Co-Instructor), Music Theater History (Co-Instructor)
Service
2009 Faculty Choreographer, Soaring, Carthage Dance Theater
2008 Faculty Choreographer, Taking Flight, Carthage Dance Theater
2007 Advisor to the Theater Department, development of a Minor in Dance
2007 Faculty Advisor, choreography oversight for Senior Performance
2006 Lecturer, “Dance Audition Workshop”
2005-2009
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Wild Space Artist in Residency Program Teacher
Teaching Responsibilities
Movement for the Theatre: Fundamentals of Movement
Movement for the Theatre: Modern Dance
Movement for the Theatre: Social Dance
Choreographer
2008 Choreographer, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Professional and Guest Teaching
2019
WACMA Post-Certification Enrichment Day, April, 2019
The Tesseract: Moving Beyond 3 Dimensions, a workshop on advanced Laban theory
2019
Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC
Open Company Class with Spacetime Dance
2018
Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC
Open Company Class with Spacetime Dance
2018
Washington Dance DC Summer Intensive, Dance Loft on 14
Modern Dance and RebollarDance Repertory
2017
Maryland Youth Ballet, Silver Spring, MD
Modern Dance Series for Academy levels: Professional
2017
Dance Place, Washington, DC
Guest Teacher, Intermediate Modern
2016
Maryland Youth Ballet, Silver Spring, MD
Modern Dance Series for Academy levels: Intermediate Pointe - Professional
2016
University of Maryland, College Park MD
Guest Teacher: Somatics - special topic, Body Mind Centering
2016
Dance Place, Washington, DC
Advanced Modern Dance Teaching Series
2015
Maryland Youth Ballet, Silver Spring, MD
Modern Dance Series for Academy levels: Intermediate Pointe - Professional
2015
Conduit, Portland, OR
Workshop: Long-Distance Dance Creation with Mountain Empire Performance Collective
2015
Kinetics Dance Theatre, Ellicot City, MD
Master Class, Modern Dance
2014
Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD
Guest Teacher, Modern Dance
2013
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Masterclass, Laban-based Composition Workshop
2013
Trinity Christian College, Chicago Semester in the Arts, Chicago, IL
Guest Speaker, "The Life of a Professional Modern Dancer in Chicago"
2013
The Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Guest Teacher, Beginning Modern, Dance Appreciation
2013
Dance Place, Washington D.C.
Guest Teacher, Intermediate Modern
2013
The Collective, The Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, MD
Guest Teacher, Advanced/Professional Modern
2013
Mordine and Company Dance Theater, Belle Plaine Studio and Extensions Dance Company, Chicago, IL
Guest Teacher, Advanced/Professional Modern
2012
Wisconsin Dance Council, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Masterclass, Contact Improvisation
2012
Miami Dade College-Wolfson, Miami, FL
Guest Teacher, Somatic Modern
2011-2012
Momentum Dance Company, Miami, FL
Instructor for weekly company class, Modern Dance
2009-2010
University Center for the Performing Arts, Davie, FL
Instructor for weekly classes, Adult Modern
Substitute, Jazz and Contemporary
2008
Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Guest Instructor, Contact Improvisation
2005
Milwaukee Ballet School Summer Intensive, Milwaukee, WI
Guest Instructor, Beginning – Advanced Modern Technique
Residencies
2010-2011
Inner City Children’s Touring Company, Miami, FL
Coordinated by Momentum Dance Company
Modern Dance instruction and Choreography for ages 9-17
2010
South Miami Middle School, Miami, FL
Coordinated by Momentum Dance Company
Modern, Improvisation and Ballroom instruction for 6-8 grade
Choreography for 7th grade
2009
The King’s Musique, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) Arts in Community Education (ACE), Milwaukee, WI
Writer, Choreographer, Performer
Baroque music and dance performance program for 3-5th grade
Presentations at Multiple Milwaukee Public Schools
2006-2009
ACE Detectives, MSO’s ACE Program, Milwaukee, WI
Music and dance performance program for 2nd grade
Presentations at Multiple Milwaukee Public Schools
2006-2009
Wild Space Dance Company Representative for the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), Annual Workplace Giving Campaign, Milwaukee, WI
Swing dance performance and teaching for adults at multiple sites
2008
Fletcher Elementary, Brown Deer, WI
Coordinated by Wild Space Outreach Programs
Semester long course, 5 weekly classes for ages 3-5
Social Dance instruction culminating in a dance party with parents
2008
Manitoba Elementary, Milwaukee, WI
Coordinated by Wild Space Outreach Programs
Semester long Creative Dance Instruction for K4
2007
Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Coordinated by Skylight Opera Theater
Instruction and Choreography of Musical Theater Styles
2006
Elm Creative Arts School, Milwaukee, WI
Coordinated by Danceworks, Inc Outreach Programs
Musical Theater Choreographer and Instructor
3 classes of 5th Graders for a 4 week program
Culminated in Musical Theater performance for parents with excerpts from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Newsies, and The Lion King
2006
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
Program Coordinator Jennifer Kostreva
High School by-Audition Summer Theater Intensive
Musical Theater Choreographer
2005
Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Coordinated by Wild Space Outreach Programs
Guest Instructor, Advanced Modern Technique
Choreography from I wish I was a Cat
2005
South Milwaukee High School, South Milwaukee, WI
Coordinated by Wild Space Outreach Programs
Swing Dance Choreographer
Resulted in Performance with Wild Space Dance Company at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
CHOREOGRAPHY
Short and Full-length Works
Memory Field (30 minutes), group
Memory Field: dances of forgetting, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC, 4/20 (Postponed due to COVID-19)
The Fragments of Sappho (30 minutes), group
Performed by Taffety Punk, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, 6/19
"Navigating the Firing Field", (13 minutes) group
Contemporary Viewpoints, Dance Place, Washington DC, 12/19
Toward Being, Jack Guidone Theater, Joy of Motion Friendship Heights, Washington, DC, 5/19
"Hygge" (15 minutes), group
Toward Being, performed by Uprooted Dance, Jack Guidone Theater, Joy of Motion Friendship Heights, Washington, DC, 5/19
Is It Through You (25 minutes, 5-10 minute excerpts available), group
Is It Through You, performed by Mountain Empire Performance Collective, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 3/19
Works In Progress with Nancy Havlik and Spacetime Dance, Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD, 1/19
Awakening (30 minutes, 5-10 minute excerpts available), group
Baltimore Dance Invitational, Gordon Center for the Performing Arts, Owings Mills, MD, 2/19
Works In Progress with Nancy Havlik and Spacetime Dance, Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD, 1/19
World Wildlife Fund's Fuller Symposium, National Geographic, Washington, DC, 12/18
Topographies: Dances for Land, Air, and Water, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC 11/18
Springboard Performance Series, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC, 4/18
Dance Metro DC Performance Series, Church of the Holy City, Washington, DC, 10/17
Joy of Motion’s Youth Dance Ensemble Showcase, Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theater of American University, Washington, DC, 5/17
“Impressions of State Change” (6 minutes), duet
Small Plates Festival, Lorton, VA, 3/17
"Rise" (7 minutes), solo
A Light Mix, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington DC, 10/16
Bill Evans Somatic Conference, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 7/16
VelocityDC Dance Festival, Sydney Harmon Hall, Washington DC, 10/15
The FIELD DC, Joe's Movement Emporium, Washington, DC, 9/14
Spacetime Suite, (55 minutes full show or 7-14 minute excerpts available), group
Spacetime Suite, Dance Loft on 14th, Washington DC, 9/16
"Event Horizon", Small Plates Choreography Festival, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, 4/16
"Event Horizon", International Somatics-Based Education Conference, Dean College, Franklin, MA, 7/15
"Event Horizon", VelocityDC Dance Festival, Sydney Harmon Hall, Washington, DC, 10/14
"Event Horizon" & "Gravity" Nice & Fresh Series, MaMa Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 10/14
"Event Horizon", New Releases Choreographers Showcase, Dance Place, Washington, DC, 8/14
"Event Horizon & Gravity", Taffety Punk's Enter Ophelia: Distracted, CHAW, Washington, DC, 7/14
"Spacetime", University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1/13
"Clever Hominini" (6 minutes), duet
Choreographed in collaboration with Javier Marchan
Featured in Reckless Wonders with Wild Space Dance Company, Steimke Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 4/15
Premier: Wild Night, Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI, 6/12
I wish I was a cat (55 minutes full show or 5–30 min excerpts available), trio
Baltimore Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD, The Collective and ClancyWorks Dance in Concert, 11/13
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 4/08
The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN, Minnesota Fringe Festival, 8/07
Stansbury Theater, Appleton, WI, produced by Wild Space Dance Company for Various States of Undress, 1/07
Steimke Theater, Milwaukee, WI produced by Wild Space Dance Company for Various States of Undress, 12/06
Milwaukee High School for the Arts, 2005
Danceworks Studio Theater, Milwaukee, WI for Katie Sopoci Contemporary Dance Theatre, 12/05
"Oh, My Love" (4 minutes), duet
Choreographed in collaboration with Paula Biasi
Premier: MKE Follies, Carte Blanche Studios, Milwaukee, WI, 3/13
"Event Horizon, Miami version" (6 minutes), solo
Choreographed for Momentum Dance Company for use in 2011-2012 seasons
Miami Dance Festival, Colony Theater, Miami Beach, FL, 4/12
"Gravity, Miami version" (9 minutes), duet
Choreographed for Momentum Dance Company for use in 2011-2014 seasons
Miami Dance Festival, Colony Theater, Miami Beach, FL, 4/12
"Quicken" (9 minutes), group
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 12/11
Broward College, Davie, FL, 11/11
"Martina and The Clothes" (3 minutes), solo
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 12/11
"The Lady Lovibond" (12 minutes), group
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, 10/11
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 4/11
Broward College, Davie, FL, 4/11
"Swans" (3 minutes), quartet
As a part of Momentum Dance Company’s production of Carnival of the Animals to be performed at regular public shows in repertory
"I Stood Here Yesterday" (11 minutes), group
2011 Southeastern Conference of ACDFA, 3/11
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 12/10
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, 11/10
"Little Divas" (9 minutes), group
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, 10/11
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 12/10
South Miami Middle School, Miami, FL, 2010
"Ladies of Jazz" (6 minutes), quartet
Inner City Children’s Touring Company, Miami, FL, 5/10, 5/11
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 3/10
"Minuet-style dance" (3 minutes), duet
Baroque Festival at the Biltmore Hotel commissioned by the Miami Brass, Miami, FL, 03/10
"You Do Something to Me" (4 minutes), trio
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 5/09
"Cocoon" (3 minutes), solo
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 5/09
"Witty Waltz" (4 minutes), quartet
Turner Hall, in collaboration with Present Music and Your Mother Dances, Milwaukee, WI, 9/08
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 5/09
"Fervor" (18 minutes), group
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 4/08
Stansbury Theater, Appleton, WI, produced by Wild Space Dance Company for Balancing Forces, 1/08
Steimke Theater, Milwaukee, WI, produced by Wild Space Dance Company for Balancing Forces, 12/07
"Paramnesia" (10 minutes), group
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI First Fridays: Fashion Friday, 11/07
Danceworks Studio Theater, Milwaukee, WI, danceLab: Art to Art, 8/06
"Office Suite" (15 minutes), trio
Patrick’s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN, 12/04
Short and Full-length Works
Memory Field (30 minutes), group
Memory Field: dances of forgetting, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC, 4/20 (Postponed due to COVID-19)
The Fragments of Sappho (30 minutes), group
Performed by Taffety Punk, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, 6/19
"Navigating the Firing Field", (13 minutes) group
Contemporary Viewpoints, Dance Place, Washington DC, 12/19
Toward Being, Jack Guidone Theater, Joy of Motion Friendship Heights, Washington, DC, 5/19
"Hygge" (15 minutes), group
Toward Being, performed by Uprooted Dance, Jack Guidone Theater, Joy of Motion Friendship Heights, Washington, DC, 5/19
Is It Through You (25 minutes, 5-10 minute excerpts available), group
Is It Through You, performed by Mountain Empire Performance Collective, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 3/19
Works In Progress with Nancy Havlik and Spacetime Dance, Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD, 1/19
Awakening (30 minutes, 5-10 minute excerpts available), group
- "State Change" (5 minutes) solo
- "Pinnacle" (5 minutes) solo
- "Petrichor" (5 minutes) solo
- "Far Afield" (5 minutes) duet or trio
- "Subterranean" (4 minutes) group
- "Crossing" (6 minutes) group
Baltimore Dance Invitational, Gordon Center for the Performing Arts, Owings Mills, MD, 2/19
Works In Progress with Nancy Havlik and Spacetime Dance, Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD, 1/19
World Wildlife Fund's Fuller Symposium, National Geographic, Washington, DC, 12/18
Topographies: Dances for Land, Air, and Water, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC 11/18
Springboard Performance Series, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC, 4/18
Dance Metro DC Performance Series, Church of the Holy City, Washington, DC, 10/17
Joy of Motion’s Youth Dance Ensemble Showcase, Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theater of American University, Washington, DC, 5/17
“Impressions of State Change” (6 minutes), duet
Small Plates Festival, Lorton, VA, 3/17
"Rise" (7 minutes), solo
A Light Mix, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington DC, 10/16
Bill Evans Somatic Conference, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 7/16
VelocityDC Dance Festival, Sydney Harmon Hall, Washington DC, 10/15
The FIELD DC, Joe's Movement Emporium, Washington, DC, 9/14
Spacetime Suite, (55 minutes full show or 7-14 minute excerpts available), group
Spacetime Suite, Dance Loft on 14th, Washington DC, 9/16
"Event Horizon", Small Plates Choreography Festival, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, 4/16
"Event Horizon", International Somatics-Based Education Conference, Dean College, Franklin, MA, 7/15
"Event Horizon", VelocityDC Dance Festival, Sydney Harmon Hall, Washington, DC, 10/14
"Event Horizon" & "Gravity" Nice & Fresh Series, MaMa Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 10/14
"Event Horizon", New Releases Choreographers Showcase, Dance Place, Washington, DC, 8/14
"Event Horizon & Gravity", Taffety Punk's Enter Ophelia: Distracted, CHAW, Washington, DC, 7/14
"Spacetime", University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1/13
"Clever Hominini" (6 minutes), duet
Choreographed in collaboration with Javier Marchan
Featured in Reckless Wonders with Wild Space Dance Company, Steimke Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 4/15
Premier: Wild Night, Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI, 6/12
I wish I was a cat (55 minutes full show or 5–30 min excerpts available), trio
Baltimore Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD, The Collective and ClancyWorks Dance in Concert, 11/13
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 4/08
The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN, Minnesota Fringe Festival, 8/07
Stansbury Theater, Appleton, WI, produced by Wild Space Dance Company for Various States of Undress, 1/07
Steimke Theater, Milwaukee, WI produced by Wild Space Dance Company for Various States of Undress, 12/06
Milwaukee High School for the Arts, 2005
Danceworks Studio Theater, Milwaukee, WI for Katie Sopoci Contemporary Dance Theatre, 12/05
"Oh, My Love" (4 minutes), duet
Choreographed in collaboration with Paula Biasi
Premier: MKE Follies, Carte Blanche Studios, Milwaukee, WI, 3/13
"Event Horizon, Miami version" (6 minutes), solo
Choreographed for Momentum Dance Company for use in 2011-2012 seasons
Miami Dance Festival, Colony Theater, Miami Beach, FL, 4/12
"Gravity, Miami version" (9 minutes), duet
Choreographed for Momentum Dance Company for use in 2011-2014 seasons
Miami Dance Festival, Colony Theater, Miami Beach, FL, 4/12
"Quicken" (9 minutes), group
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 12/11
Broward College, Davie, FL, 11/11
"Martina and The Clothes" (3 minutes), solo
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 12/11
"The Lady Lovibond" (12 minutes), group
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, 10/11
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 4/11
Broward College, Davie, FL, 4/11
"Swans" (3 minutes), quartet
As a part of Momentum Dance Company’s production of Carnival of the Animals to be performed at regular public shows in repertory
"I Stood Here Yesterday" (11 minutes), group
2011 Southeastern Conference of ACDFA, 3/11
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 12/10
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, 11/10
"Little Divas" (9 minutes), group
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, 10/11
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 12/10
South Miami Middle School, Miami, FL, 2010
"Ladies of Jazz" (6 minutes), quartet
Inner City Children’s Touring Company, Miami, FL, 5/10, 5/11
Miami Dade College-Kendall, Miami, FL, 3/10
"Minuet-style dance" (3 minutes), duet
Baroque Festival at the Biltmore Hotel commissioned by the Miami Brass, Miami, FL, 03/10
"You Do Something to Me" (4 minutes), trio
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 5/09
"Cocoon" (3 minutes), solo
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 5/09
"Witty Waltz" (4 minutes), quartet
Turner Hall, in collaboration with Present Music and Your Mother Dances, Milwaukee, WI, 9/08
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 5/09
"Fervor" (18 minutes), group
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 4/08
Stansbury Theater, Appleton, WI, produced by Wild Space Dance Company for Balancing Forces, 1/08
Steimke Theater, Milwaukee, WI, produced by Wild Space Dance Company for Balancing Forces, 12/07
"Paramnesia" (10 minutes), group
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI First Fridays: Fashion Friday, 11/07
Danceworks Studio Theater, Milwaukee, WI, danceLab: Art to Art, 8/06
"Office Suite" (15 minutes), trio
Patrick’s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN, 12/04
Musical Theater and Opera
Handel’s Semele, Choreographer and Performer (Pasithea)
Director John LaBouchardiere, Florentine Opera, The Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 2/09
Original Choreography for Pasithea
Re-staging of Chorus Choreography
Movement Coaching for Principles in the Baroque Style
Blocking Assistant to the Director
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Director Timothy X. Troy, Lawrence University Appleton, WI 11/08
Original Choreography for "Waltz for a Ball", "Ten Minutes Ago", and "Gavotte"
"Cell Block Tango" from Chicago, 7 minutes, Group, Jazz
Spring Dance Concert, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 5/09
"Coffee Break" from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, 4 minutes, Group, Cha Cha/Musical Theatre
Skylight Opera Residency, Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI 2007
"All The Livelong Day" from Working, 5 minutes, Group, Musical Theatre
Skylight Opera Residency, Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI, 2007
"Hernando's Hideaway" from The Pajama Game, Group, Tango
Musical Theatre Showcase, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 2007
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat" from Guys and Dolls, Group, Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre Showcase, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, 2007
“For Now” from Avenue Q, Group
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre High School Summer Theater Intensive, Milwaukee, WI, 2006
“Nowadays” from Chicago, Duet
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre High School Summer Theater Intensive, Milwaukee, WI, 2006
“Popular” from Wicked, Group
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre High School Summer Theater Intensive, Milwaukee, WI, 2006
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Companies
2004-2020
Spacetime Dance, Artistic Director Katie C. Sopoci Drake, Washington, DC
Artistic Director
Memory Field: dances of forgetting, Dance Loft on 14, Washington DC, 4/20 (Postponed due to COVID-19)
Contemporary Viewpoints, Dance Place, Washington DC, 12/19
Fragments of Sappho, Taffety Punk, Capitol Hill Art's Workshop, Washington DC, 5/19-6/19
Toward Being, Jack Guidone Theater, Joy of Motion, Washington DC, 5/19
Is It Through You?, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 3/19
Awakening, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 3/19
"Excerpts from Awakening", World Wildlife Fund's Fuller Symposium, National Geographic Washington, DC, 12/18
Topographies: Dances for Land, Air, and Water, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC, 11/18
"Excerpts from Awakening", Springboard Performance Series, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC, 4/18
Movement & Music, Church of the Holy City, Washington, DC, 10/17
"Rise", A Light Mix, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, 10/16
Spacetime Suite, Dance Loft on 14, Washington DC, 9/16
"Rise", Bill Evans Somatic Conference, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 7/16
"Event Horizon", Small Plates Choreography Festival, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, 4/16
"Event Horizon", International Somatics-Based Education Conference, Franklin, MA, 7/15
"Rise", VelocityDC Dance Festival, Sidney Harmon Hall, Washington, DC, 10/15
"Clever Hominini", Reckless Wonders with Wild Space Dance, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 5/15
Exerpts from Spacetime Suite, Nice & Fresh Series, MaMa Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 10/14
"Gravity", VelocityDC Dance Festival, Washington, DC, 10/14
"Taffety Punk's Enter Ophelia: Distracted, CHAW, Washington, DC, 7/14
"Rise", The FIELD DC, Joe's Movement Emporium, Washington, DC, 9/14
"Oh My Love", MKE Follies, Carte Blanche Studios, Milwaukee, WI, 3/13
"Clever Hominini", Wild Night 25 year Anniversary Show, Turner Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI, 6/12
"Paramnesia", First Fridays: Fashion Friday, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 11/07
"Paramnesia", danceLab: Art to Art, Danceworks Studio Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 8/06
I Wish, I Was A Cat, Danceworks Studio Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 12/05
"Office Suite", Patrick’s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN, 12/04
2013-2019
Mountain Empire Performance Collective
Collaborators: Eliza Larson (MA), Rachel Rugh (VA), Katie Sopoci Drake (DC), and Barbara Tait (PA)
Is It Through You?, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 3/19
"State Change", Fat Robin, Small Plates Festival, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, 11/16
Solo/Solo (Excerpt - "Bird") for Kitchen Sink Fest, Dance Place, Washington DC, 7/16
Little Flock of Birds: Make your own wings and fly!, Maryland Day, University of Maryland College Park, MD, 4/30
Solo/Solo, Genders, Bodies & Technology Conference, Roanoke, VA, 4/16
H-O-T Series, Mascher Space Co-op, Philadelphia, PA, 5/14
Salon-Style Show, Mascher Space Co-op, Philadelphia, PA, 5/14
{RE} Happening, Asheville, NC, 4/14
Salon-Style Show, Blacksburg, VA, 4/14
Site-Specific Dance Experience, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, 3/14
Salon-Style Show, Brookland Artspace Lofts, Washington DC, 3/14
Workbench Series, Arts and Industry Lofts, Northampton, MA, 1/14
Birthday Salon, Arts and Industry Lofts, Northampton, MA 1/14
2014-2020
Rebollar Dance, Artistic Director Erica Rebollar, Washington D.C.
Dancer
Variations, Direct Current Festival, The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Washington, DC, 3/20
Variations, Dance Place, Washington, DC, 6/18
Strong in the Broken Places, Dance Place, Washington, DC, 10/17
Sacred Profane, Reston Community Center, Reston, VA, 4/17
Impacting Spaces, Baltimore Theater Project, Baltimore, MD, 3/17
Impacting Spaces, Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2/17
Impacting Spaces, Intersections Festival, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington DC, 2/17
Girl Child Project, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, 2/17
Dance Place's Art on 8th Street, Washington, DC, 6/16
2077, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 5/16
Cyborg Suites for VelocityDC, Sydney Harmon Hall, Washington, DC, 10/15
Sacred Profane, Dance Place, Washington, DC, 10/15
Dance Place's Art on 8th Street, Washington, DC, 9/15
Everything for the First Time: Helanius J. Wilkins & Erica Rebollar/RebollarDance, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC, 4/14
Cyborg Suites, The Baltimore Museum of Art Meyerhoff Auditorium, commissioned by the Baltimore Dance Collective, 11/14
Cyborg Suites, Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland Baltimore County, 10/14
Dance Place's Art on 8th Street, Washington, DC, 9/14
Cyborg Suites for Modern Moves, Reston Community Center, Reston, VA, 5/14
2014
ClancyWorks Dance, Artistic Director Adrienne Clancy, Silver Spring, MD
Company Member, Outreach Teacher
ClancyWorks and Zeta Dance Group, Green Space, Queens, NY, 4/14
ClancyWorks in Concert, Black Rock Center, 3/14
Baltimore County Student Choreography Showcase Adjudicator, Patapsco High School, 2/14
2013-2014
The Collective, Co-Directors Jessica Fultz and Sonia Synkowski, Baltimore, MD
Company Member, Choreographer, Teacher
Maryland Dance Alliance, The Gordon Center, 2/14
The Collective and ClancyWorks, Baltimore Theatre Project,11/13
Out On A Limb, FREE FALL Baltimore with Baltimore Improv Group, at MICA, 10/13
AKIMBO Baltimore, Metro Gallery, 9/13
SHORTS, Creative Alliance, 8/13
2012-2013
Mordine and Company, Artistic Director Shirley Mordine, Chicago, IL
Company Member, Teacher
I Haven't Gone There Yet..., The Dance Center of Columbia College, 10/13
NEXT 2013, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, 5/13
All At Once, Stage 773, 3/13
Fete Champagne 2012, Architectural Artifacts, 12/12
2009-2012
Momentum Dance Company, Artistic Director Delma Iles, Miami, FL
Principle Company Member, Company Representative for Grant Panels and public events, Company Modern Teacher, Choreographer, Residency Teacher
Miami Dance Festival, Colony Theater, Miami, 4/12
Sleepless Night Miami, Raleigh Hotel, Miami, 11/11
Miami Dance Festival, Byron Carlyle Theater, Miami,5/11
Carnival of the Animals, Miami Youth Symphony, Littman Theater, 3/11
The Ugly Duckling, Free Children's Performance Series, Miami-Dade Library System, 4/11
Miami Dance Festival, Momentum Dance at the Byron Carlyle Theater, 5/10
Moving Shakespeare, Books and Books, Miami, 5/10
MDC Presents Momentum Dance Company, Miami Dade College Theater, Kendall, 3/10
Fish Tales, Free Children's Performance Series, Miami-Dade Library System, 11/09-5/10
Little Red Riding Hood, Free Children's Performances, Miami-Dade Library System, 11/09-5/10
Peter and The Wolf, Free Children's Performances, Miami-Dade Library System, 11/09-5/10
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Miami Book Fair, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 11/09
Site Specific, Sleepless Night Miami, Miami Botanical Gardens, 11/09
2005-2009
Wild Space Dance Company, Artistic Director Deb Loewen, Milwaukee, WI
Principle Company Member, Choreographer, Residency Teacher
Wild Space Benefit, Urban Ecology Center, 6/09
Map of Memories, Danceworks Studio Theater, 5/09
Snow, Steimke Theater, 12/08
Snow, Prairie Du Sac Performing Arts Center, 11/08
UWM Dance Partners, Peck Theater, 9/08
On Sight, Chimney Park, Menomonee Valley, 9/08
Map of Memories, Danceworks Studio Theater, 5/08
Balancing Forces, Stansbury Theater, 1/08
Balancing Forces, Steimke Theater, 12/07
Vanishing Line, Lakeshore State Park, 9/07
Place and Occasion, Turner Hall, 5/07
Open Book, Lincoln Performing Arts School, 2/07
Various States of Undress, Lawrence University, 1/07
Various States of Undress, Steimke Theater, 12/06
Site Specific, Marsupial Bridge, 9/07
Open Book, INOVA, UW Milwaukee, 6/07
Open Book, Lincoln Performing Arts School, 2/06
Dancing Aloud, Alverno College, 4/06
Physical Evidence On Tour, Lawrence University, 1/06
Physical Evidence, Turner Hall, 12/05
Physical Evidence On Tour, South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, 10/05
2006-2008
Your Mother Dances, Artistic Director Elizabeth Johnson, Milwaukee, WI
UWM Dance Partners, Peck Theater, 9/08
Lovers, Friends, & Mothers, Danceworks Studio Theater, 5/08
In From the Chill, Danceworks Studio Theatre, 11/06
How Embarrassing, Danceworks Studio Theatre, 5/06
2001-2006
Rosy Simas Danse, Artistic Director Rosy Simas, Minneapolis, MN
Untitled, The Red Eye, 8/06
Bonding and Defending, Best Feet Forward, The Southern Theater, 6/05
If Andy Warhol Were My Dad, The Red Eye, 4/04
Where Do We Come From, Oneida WI, 2003
Where Do We Come From, The Red Eye, 2003
Journey, Presented by Nudes, The Jeune Lune, 1/02
Journey, The Walker Art Museum, 9/01
Companies
2004-2020
Spacetime Dance, Artistic Director Katie C. Sopoci Drake, Washington, DC
Artistic Director
Memory Field: dances of forgetting, Dance Loft on 14, Washington DC, 4/20 (Postponed due to COVID-19)
Contemporary Viewpoints, Dance Place, Washington DC, 12/19
Fragments of Sappho, Taffety Punk, Capitol Hill Art's Workshop, Washington DC, 5/19-6/19
Toward Being, Jack Guidone Theater, Joy of Motion, Washington DC, 5/19
Is It Through You?, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 3/19
Awakening, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 3/19
"Excerpts from Awakening", World Wildlife Fund's Fuller Symposium, National Geographic Washington, DC, 12/18
Topographies: Dances for Land, Air, and Water, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC, 11/18
"Excerpts from Awakening", Springboard Performance Series, Dance Loft on 14, Washington, DC, 4/18
Movement & Music, Church of the Holy City, Washington, DC, 10/17
"Rise", A Light Mix, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, 10/16
Spacetime Suite, Dance Loft on 14, Washington DC, 9/16
"Rise", Bill Evans Somatic Conference, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 7/16
"Event Horizon", Small Plates Choreography Festival, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, 4/16
"Event Horizon", International Somatics-Based Education Conference, Franklin, MA, 7/15
"Rise", VelocityDC Dance Festival, Sidney Harmon Hall, Washington, DC, 10/15
"Clever Hominini", Reckless Wonders with Wild Space Dance, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 5/15
Exerpts from Spacetime Suite, Nice & Fresh Series, MaMa Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 10/14
"Gravity", VelocityDC Dance Festival, Washington, DC, 10/14
"Taffety Punk's Enter Ophelia: Distracted, CHAW, Washington, DC, 7/14
"Rise", The FIELD DC, Joe's Movement Emporium, Washington, DC, 9/14
"Oh My Love", MKE Follies, Carte Blanche Studios, Milwaukee, WI, 3/13
"Clever Hominini", Wild Night 25 year Anniversary Show, Turner Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI, 6/12
"Paramnesia", First Fridays: Fashion Friday, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 11/07
"Paramnesia", danceLab: Art to Art, Danceworks Studio Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 8/06
I Wish, I Was A Cat, Danceworks Studio Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 12/05
"Office Suite", Patrick’s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN, 12/04
2013-2019
Mountain Empire Performance Collective
Collaborators: Eliza Larson (MA), Rachel Rugh (VA), Katie Sopoci Drake (DC), and Barbara Tait (PA)
Is It Through You?, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 3/19
"State Change", Fat Robin, Small Plates Festival, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, 11/16
Solo/Solo (Excerpt - "Bird") for Kitchen Sink Fest, Dance Place, Washington DC, 7/16
Little Flock of Birds: Make your own wings and fly!, Maryland Day, University of Maryland College Park, MD, 4/30
Solo/Solo, Genders, Bodies & Technology Conference, Roanoke, VA, 4/16
H-O-T Series, Mascher Space Co-op, Philadelphia, PA, 5/14
Salon-Style Show, Mascher Space Co-op, Philadelphia, PA, 5/14
{RE} Happening, Asheville, NC, 4/14
Salon-Style Show, Blacksburg, VA, 4/14
Site-Specific Dance Experience, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, 3/14
Salon-Style Show, Brookland Artspace Lofts, Washington DC, 3/14
Workbench Series, Arts and Industry Lofts, Northampton, MA, 1/14
Birthday Salon, Arts and Industry Lofts, Northampton, MA 1/14
2014-2020
Rebollar Dance, Artistic Director Erica Rebollar, Washington D.C.
Dancer
Variations, Direct Current Festival, The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Washington, DC, 3/20
Variations, Dance Place, Washington, DC, 6/18
Strong in the Broken Places, Dance Place, Washington, DC, 10/17
Sacred Profane, Reston Community Center, Reston, VA, 4/17
Impacting Spaces, Baltimore Theater Project, Baltimore, MD, 3/17
Impacting Spaces, Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2/17
Impacting Spaces, Intersections Festival, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington DC, 2/17
Girl Child Project, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, 2/17
Dance Place's Art on 8th Street, Washington, DC, 6/16
2077, Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 5/16
Cyborg Suites for VelocityDC, Sydney Harmon Hall, Washington, DC, 10/15
Sacred Profane, Dance Place, Washington, DC, 10/15
Dance Place's Art on 8th Street, Washington, DC, 9/15
Everything for the First Time: Helanius J. Wilkins & Erica Rebollar/RebollarDance, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC, 4/14
Cyborg Suites, The Baltimore Museum of Art Meyerhoff Auditorium, commissioned by the Baltimore Dance Collective, 11/14
Cyborg Suites, Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland Baltimore County, 10/14
Dance Place's Art on 8th Street, Washington, DC, 9/14
Cyborg Suites for Modern Moves, Reston Community Center, Reston, VA, 5/14
2014
ClancyWorks Dance, Artistic Director Adrienne Clancy, Silver Spring, MD
Company Member, Outreach Teacher
ClancyWorks and Zeta Dance Group, Green Space, Queens, NY, 4/14
ClancyWorks in Concert, Black Rock Center, 3/14
Baltimore County Student Choreography Showcase Adjudicator, Patapsco High School, 2/14
2013-2014
The Collective, Co-Directors Jessica Fultz and Sonia Synkowski, Baltimore, MD
Company Member, Choreographer, Teacher
Maryland Dance Alliance, The Gordon Center, 2/14
The Collective and ClancyWorks, Baltimore Theatre Project,11/13
Out On A Limb, FREE FALL Baltimore with Baltimore Improv Group, at MICA, 10/13
AKIMBO Baltimore, Metro Gallery, 9/13
SHORTS, Creative Alliance, 8/13
2012-2013
Mordine and Company, Artistic Director Shirley Mordine, Chicago, IL
Company Member, Teacher
I Haven't Gone There Yet..., The Dance Center of Columbia College, 10/13
NEXT 2013, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, 5/13
All At Once, Stage 773, 3/13
Fete Champagne 2012, Architectural Artifacts, 12/12
2009-2012
Momentum Dance Company, Artistic Director Delma Iles, Miami, FL
Principle Company Member, Company Representative for Grant Panels and public events, Company Modern Teacher, Choreographer, Residency Teacher
Miami Dance Festival, Colony Theater, Miami, 4/12
Sleepless Night Miami, Raleigh Hotel, Miami, 11/11
Miami Dance Festival, Byron Carlyle Theater, Miami,5/11
Carnival of the Animals, Miami Youth Symphony, Littman Theater, 3/11
The Ugly Duckling, Free Children's Performance Series, Miami-Dade Library System, 4/11
Miami Dance Festival, Momentum Dance at the Byron Carlyle Theater, 5/10
Moving Shakespeare, Books and Books, Miami, 5/10
MDC Presents Momentum Dance Company, Miami Dade College Theater, Kendall, 3/10
Fish Tales, Free Children's Performance Series, Miami-Dade Library System, 11/09-5/10
Little Red Riding Hood, Free Children's Performances, Miami-Dade Library System, 11/09-5/10
Peter and The Wolf, Free Children's Performances, Miami-Dade Library System, 11/09-5/10
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Miami Book Fair, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 11/09
Site Specific, Sleepless Night Miami, Miami Botanical Gardens, 11/09
2005-2009
Wild Space Dance Company, Artistic Director Deb Loewen, Milwaukee, WI
Principle Company Member, Choreographer, Residency Teacher
Wild Space Benefit, Urban Ecology Center, 6/09
Map of Memories, Danceworks Studio Theater, 5/09
Snow, Steimke Theater, 12/08
Snow, Prairie Du Sac Performing Arts Center, 11/08
UWM Dance Partners, Peck Theater, 9/08
On Sight, Chimney Park, Menomonee Valley, 9/08
Map of Memories, Danceworks Studio Theater, 5/08
Balancing Forces, Stansbury Theater, 1/08
Balancing Forces, Steimke Theater, 12/07
Vanishing Line, Lakeshore State Park, 9/07
Place and Occasion, Turner Hall, 5/07
Open Book, Lincoln Performing Arts School, 2/07
Various States of Undress, Lawrence University, 1/07
Various States of Undress, Steimke Theater, 12/06
Site Specific, Marsupial Bridge, 9/07
Open Book, INOVA, UW Milwaukee, 6/07
Open Book, Lincoln Performing Arts School, 2/06
Dancing Aloud, Alverno College, 4/06
Physical Evidence On Tour, Lawrence University, 1/06
Physical Evidence, Turner Hall, 12/05
Physical Evidence On Tour, South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, 10/05
2006-2008
Your Mother Dances, Artistic Director Elizabeth Johnson, Milwaukee, WI
UWM Dance Partners, Peck Theater, 9/08
Lovers, Friends, & Mothers, Danceworks Studio Theater, 5/08
In From the Chill, Danceworks Studio Theatre, 11/06
How Embarrassing, Danceworks Studio Theatre, 5/06
2001-2006
Rosy Simas Danse, Artistic Director Rosy Simas, Minneapolis, MN
Untitled, The Red Eye, 8/06
Bonding and Defending, Best Feet Forward, The Southern Theater, 6/05
If Andy Warhol Were My Dad, The Red Eye, 4/04
Where Do We Come From, Oneida WI, 2003
Where Do We Come From, The Red Eye, 2003
Journey, Presented by Nudes, The Jeune Lune, 1/02
Journey, The Walker Art Museum, 9/01
Freelance and Pick-up Companies
Human Landscape Dance, Washington, DC
"Personal Space", Chi Performing Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA, 3/22
"Personal Space", 39th Annual Choreographers Showcase, Prince Georges Publick Playhouse, Hyattsville, MD 2/22
Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program, Washington, DC
Day of Dance, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 10/18
Day of Dance, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 10/17
Deb Riley, Washington, DC
Art Experience, Dance Metro DC Dance Summit, 9/18
Showing, Dance Place, 7/18
Uprooted Dance, Silver Spring, MD
"Excerpts from Circling the Line", Dance Place, 11/17
"Excerpts from Circling the Line", MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 10/17
"Excerpts from Circling the Line", Joy of Motion, Jack Guidone Theater, 5/17
Circling the Line, Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College, 4/17
Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser, Washington, DC
Pre-Show Performance, Dance Place, 12/15
BONEdanse, Atalee Judy, Chicago, IL
555 Event and fundraiser, Viaduct Theater, 4/12
Zephyr Dance, Dance Collective, Miami, FL
Site Specific Improvisation, Wynwood Art Walk, 7/11
Brazz Dance, Artistic Director Augusto Soledade, Miami, FL
Mistura Fina, Arsht Center, Carnival Studio Theater, 3/11
Kelly Anderson, Milwaukee, WI
To Have and To Hold, Dancer/Actress, The Southern Theater, Minnesota Fringe Festival 8/08
Luc Vanier, Milwaukee, WI
E’s of Water, Dancer, Kennilworth Building, UWM Campus, 6/07
Sofi Askenazi, Milwaukee, WI
UWM Dancemakers Redux, Peck Theater, 9/08
Blue Print, Danceworks Studio Theatre, 6/07
The 5th Cup of Wine, Danceworks Studio Theatre, 7/06
Dancemakers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate Performances
"Chair/Pillow", Yvonne Rainer, reconstructed by Rodger Belman, 7/05
"All Fall Down", Aviva Geismar, Drastic Action, 07/05
"Song of a Lark", Clare Byrne, Clare Byrne Dance, 07/04
"Newton’s Apple", Barbara Grubel, 07/04
"Monsoon", Sara Baird, Anemone Dance Theater, 07/04
"Shiva", Nina Haft, Nina Haft and Dancers, 07/03
Vox Medusa, Artistic Director Kristin Freya, Minneapolis, MN
Nudes, Drink Nightclub, 06/05
Trancendance, St. Cloud State University, 12/04
Theatre and Opera
Florentine Opera, Milwaukee, WI
Handel’s Semele, Role: Pasithea (supernumerary)
Director John LaBouchardiere, The Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 2/09
Minnesota Opera, Minneapolis, MN
The Merry Widow, Role: singer/dancer
Director Chuck Hudson, Ordway Center For the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN, 11/02
RESEARCH
Conference Presentations
Drake, Katie Sopoci. perf. “Rise”. Choreo. Katie Sopoci Drake. International Conference on Teaching Somatics-Based Dance, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. 16 July 2016. Performance.
Drake, Katie Sopoci, and Rugh, Rachel. "Distance Methods of Movement Collaboration: Solo/Solo and the Process of Remote Dance Making". Gender, Bodies and Technology Conference. The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, Roanoke, VA. 23 April 2016. Lecture Demonstration.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. “Exploring Laban Effort Combinations: A Spatial Affinity for Flow”. National Dance Education Organization Conference 2015, Focus on Dance Education. Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, AZ. 8 October 2015. Movement Workshop.
Drake, K. Sopoci, Larson, E., Rugh, R., Tait, B. “Necessity Fuels Creativity: Exploring Long-Distance Methods of Dance Collaboration”. National Dance Education Organization Conference 2015, Focus on Dance Education. Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, AZ. 8 October 2015. Movement Workshop.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. perf. “Event Horizon”. Choreo. Katie Sopoci Drake. International Conference on Teaching Somatics-Based Dance, Dean College, Franklin, MA. 17 July 2015. Performance.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. “Teaching Laban Effort Combinations: A Spatial Affinity For Flow”. International Conference on Teaching Somatics-Based Dance, Dean College, Franklin, MA. 17 July 2015. Movement Workshop.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. “Telephone Dance Project: Playing with Structure in Collaboration”. In Play: Games, Aesthetics, Performance Symposium. Department of English, University of Maryland College Park. Tawes Hall, University of Maryland College Park, MD. 4 March 2016. Poster Presentation and Demonstration.
Conference Presentations
Drake, Katie Sopoci. perf. “Rise”. Choreo. Katie Sopoci Drake. International Conference on Teaching Somatics-Based Dance, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. 16 July 2016. Performance.
Drake, Katie Sopoci, and Rugh, Rachel. "Distance Methods of Movement Collaboration: Solo/Solo and the Process of Remote Dance Making". Gender, Bodies and Technology Conference. The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, Roanoke, VA. 23 April 2016. Lecture Demonstration.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. “Exploring Laban Effort Combinations: A Spatial Affinity for Flow”. National Dance Education Organization Conference 2015, Focus on Dance Education. Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, AZ. 8 October 2015. Movement Workshop.
Drake, K. Sopoci, Larson, E., Rugh, R., Tait, B. “Necessity Fuels Creativity: Exploring Long-Distance Methods of Dance Collaboration”. National Dance Education Organization Conference 2015, Focus on Dance Education. Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, AZ. 8 October 2015. Movement Workshop.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. perf. “Event Horizon”. Choreo. Katie Sopoci Drake. International Conference on Teaching Somatics-Based Dance, Dean College, Franklin, MA. 17 July 2015. Performance.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. “Teaching Laban Effort Combinations: A Spatial Affinity For Flow”. International Conference on Teaching Somatics-Based Dance, Dean College, Franklin, MA. 17 July 2015. Movement Workshop.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. “Telephone Dance Project: Playing with Structure in Collaboration”. In Play: Games, Aesthetics, Performance Symposium. Department of English, University of Maryland College Park. Tawes Hall, University of Maryland College Park, MD. 4 March 2016. Poster Presentation and Demonstration.
Publications
Drake, K. Sopoci, Larson, E., Rugh, R., Tait, B. “Necessity Fuels Creativity: Adapting Long-Distance Collaborative Methods for the Classroom”. Spanning the Spectrum: Current Practices and Innovation in Elementary through Post-Secondary Dance Education, special issue of Journal of Dance Education. vol. 16, Issue 3, 2016, pp. 94-98.
Drake, Katie Sopoci. “Exploring Laban Effort Combinations: A Spatial Affinity for Flow”. National Dance Education Organization Conference 2015, Focus on Dance Education. Phoenix, AZ. 8 October 2015. NDEO, expected publication 2017.
Drake, K. Sopoci, Larson, E., Rugh, R., Tait, B. “Necessity Fuels Creativity: Exploring Long-Distance Methods of Dance Collaboration”. National Dance Education Organization Conference 2015, Focus on Dance Education. Phoenix, AZ. 8 October 2015. NDEO, expected publication 2017.
AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS
Memberships
Congress on Research in Dance - Regular Member since 2015
Dance Metro DC - Member since 2014
Dance/USA - Individual Artist/Choreographer Member 2015-2016
National Dance Education Organization - Individual Member 2013-2020
Memberships
Congress on Research in Dance - Regular Member since 2015
Dance Metro DC - Member since 2014
Dance/USA - Individual Artist/Choreographer Member 2015-2016
National Dance Education Organization - Individual Member 2013-2020
Arts-related Affiliations
Maryland Youth Ballet, Executive Director Alyce Jenkins, Silver Spring, MD - Administrative Manager & Executive Assistant since 2014
4Dancers.org, Owner/Editor Catherine Tully - Contributing Writer 2014-2015
Scholarships and Awards
2020 DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Individual Fellowship Grant
2019 DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Individual Fellowship Grant
2016 Dance Metro DC’s 2016 Presentation Grant
2009-2010 Warren Lamb Scholarship, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2003-2005 Peck School of the Arts Educational Grant, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
1997-2001 Weston Noble Music Scholarship, Luther College, Decorah, IA
1999 Block E Scholarship, Zenon Dance Company and School, Minneapolis, MN
Scholarships and Awards
2020 DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Individual Fellowship Grant
2019 DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Individual Fellowship Grant
2016 Dance Metro DC’s 2016 Presentation Grant
2009-2010 Warren Lamb Scholarship, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2003-2005 Peck School of the Arts Educational Grant, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
1997-2001 Weston Noble Music Scholarship, Luther College, Decorah, IA
1999 Block E Scholarship, Zenon Dance Company and School, Minneapolis, MN