all about me…
born and raised in greenville, south carolina, i started dancing at the ripe age of one and a half years old. it didn't matter where i was or who was around, when the music played i was moving. as every kid enrolled in a dance class, i took ballet primarily and later moved on to jazz and tap.
at age five i joined my local competition dance team and at six i was performing solos. at age eight i won my first national solo title and from there i knew dance was my calling. i kept training and competing until age twelve, where i started really honing in on contemporary and improvisation work.
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as i kept competing i discovered the dance convention world, and in the following years traveled city to city training and being exposed to new teachers, styles, and people. by sixteen, i signed a deal with dance makers inc as a assistant on their collective program, being the first transgender assistant. there i connected and inspired many fellow queer kids and making connections touring with dance makers.
after this my teaching career started, doing small teaching gigs around north and south carolina. at seventeen, i received a half scholarship to cli conservatory, and now at eighteen im teaching and training in massachusetts, chasing my dreams one day at a time.
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