Dance ProgramB.A. Dance; B.S. Evolutionary Anthropology
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Major(s)/minor(s)
- Dance (B.A.)
- Evolutionary Anthropology (B.S.)
Dance productions:
- Continuous Replay: Come Together April 2021, Andrea E. Woods Valdés and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zang Company
- Waters to Waters: Between Yu & Flow March 2021, Courtney Liu
- Effective Immediately November 2019, Nina Wheeler
- Orison November 2018, Michael Klien; Solo
- Brett November 2018, Michael Klien; Duet
- Arc of Time April 2018, Barbara Dickinson
Student groups and awards:
- Dean’s List with Distinction
- President of Duke Swing Dance Club
- Benenson Award in the Arts Recipient 2019
Career aspirations: I am aiming to pursue a career as a professional company dancer. I would love to work on various dance projects and tour with a company. Down the road, I would also love to return to grad school for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Favorite memories: My favorite memories are from tech weeks and from those moments between movements in classes—when I am surrounded by friends and we are laughing together or concentrating together, or working together. I am going to miss being able to dance with such amazing people day after day.
I would like to thank my parents for always being supportive of me; they have always encouraged me to pursue my passions. I would like to thank Andrea Woods Valdes for being my advisor, mentor, professor, and inspiration throughout these years. I would also like to thank all of my friends here at Duke and at home who have come to my shows and who have given their love and honest opinions.
“My time in the Dance Program has let me grow into myself as a dancer; it gave me the chance to find myself as an artist and surrounded me with people who love what they do. My interactions with faculty and students and grad students have shown me that there are different ways to love dance, and they have all knowingly—or unknowingly—encouraged my learning and love of dancing. I have been gifted the freedom of exploration in my own dancing and the ability (time, space, mindset) to dance inspired.”
