SAGAFTRA
AEA
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
University of Central Florida - BA Film| Cum Laude | Phi Kappa Phi
Univ. of South Florida - Fine Art | Ballet 
Cecchetti Method of Dance | A.I.S.T.D. - Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing - London 
Florida Ballet Company - Sarasota
Stephen Book Acting Workshop - Los Angeles
Killian’s Workshop - Los Angeles
Creator, Flex Ropes Fitness™ Dance-Exercise | Featuring Country Cardio® & 7 Other Formats
NASM Senior Fitness Specialist
NASM | AFAA Group Fitness Instructor
CPR | AED |  Insured | Live Scan 

When I was 14, I danced with The Florida Ballet Company. My mom would take me out of school early on Wednesday, drive about 2 hours to Sarasota, where I’d stay and dance until Sunday. It was a challenge to keep up with my studies to be sure. At 15, I entered college early to continue my dance training, eventually moving to NYC at 17 to figure out what kind of dance I wanted to do. I took classes at School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and The Joffrey, asking myself if this was the world I wanted to be in. When someone told me about musical theatre, that it drew on ballet, jazz, acting, and singing, I knew that was where I should be. I got my Actors Equity Card playing Bugs Bunny in Bugs Bunny Follies - probably the most difficult job I’ve ever had!

West Side Story - 1st Revival - Janet - Broadway
Copperfield - Swing - Broadway
Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ - Trumpet Solo - West End
Cats - Tantomile - West End

Manhattan was my home for nearly thirteen years. It was there that I landed the role of Velma in the Broadway Revival of West Side Story, and later, toured with that company throughout Italy and France. I worked with The FAB 5, as I call them, the original creators of the show and inspiration for our art American form that is Musical Theatre. I absolutely adored Jerome Robbins and loved working with Leonard Bernstein. I also performed in the production of Copperfield, and danced the female lead in Bob Fosse's Dancin' when our show was the first All-American company to perform in London's West End. That’s where I met the Queen and Gene Kelly kissed me on the cheek. Wow, right?! After the show's run, I participated in the American/British Equity Exchange program and performed with the London company of Cats. Living and working in London was truly amazing! 

An American Carol - Dancing Professor - Dir. David Zucker - Choreo: Michael Rooney
The Grinch - Whoville Choir - Dir. Ron Howard
Dirty Dancing - Janet Original Dirty Dancer - Dir. Emile Ardolino - Choreo: Kenny Ortega
Look Who’s Talking Too - Hot Babe on Fire Escape - Dir. Amy Heckerling
Ed TV - Stand-In Ellen DeGeneres - Dir. Ron Howard

Oh the memories! I’ve worked on over thirty films from background to day-player roles, and am one of the original dancers in the film, Dirty Dancing. Talk about something that has become part of the fabric of American Pop Culture! That movie screams of it. In Los Angeles, I was cast in the Whoville Choir in Ron Howard’s, The Grinch, and had my first experience with facial prosthetics, big ears, and giant front teeth. I was aged up a bit for An American Carol - now my hair is almost the color of that wig! When the AD called me over on Look Who’s Talking Too, I thought I was being admonished for wearing a dress that was too bright. She said, “No, we want to give you a line!” And similarly, on Ed TV, I was being stared at and people were saying that I looked a lot like a member of the cast. Next thing I knew, I was standing in for Ellen DeGeneres and chatting with Matthew McConaughey!

The Perfect Couple - Wedding Guest Dancer - Dir: Susanne Bier - Choreo: Charm La’Donna
NCIS - Stand-In Tacey Adams
The Rookie - Featured BG S16 Candidate Interrogation Detective
The Lincoln Lawyer - Featured BG S2 Juror #7 - Dir: Various
The Afterparty - Promo - Featured Principal - Dir: Christopher Miller - Choreo: Kat Burns
We Watched it All - Netflix - Promo - Dancer - Dir: Nadia Lee Cohen - Choreo: Dominique Kelley
Rebel - Stand-In Mary McDonnell as Helen - Dir: Adam Arkin
The 63rd Grammys - DaBaby Choir - Dir: Hamish Hamilton - Choreo: Charm La’Donna
All That - Lunch Lady “Yummy” - Choreo: Cris Judd
Perry Mason - Featured BG S1 Juror #10 - Dir: Tim Van Patten
Dave (Lil Dicky) - Nick’s Mother - Dir: Tony Yacenda
Homeland - Featured BG Prosecutor #2 - Dir: Lesli Linka Glatter
Booksmart - Promo - Featured Librarian Dancer - Dir: Melissa Bolton Klinger - Choreo: Shawnette Heard
Disjointed “4/20 Fantasy” - Fan #1 Dancer - Dir: Richie Keen - Choreo: Cris Judd
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend “Josh Just Happens to Live Here” - Dancer - Dir: Marc Webb - Choreo: Michael Rooney
Two and a Half Men “Grab a Feather and Get in Line” - Dancer - Dir: James Widdoes - Choreo: Briana Cuoco
Shake it Up “Rock and Roll it Up - The Vixens” - Vixen Dancer - Choreo: Rosero McCoy
Glee “Sexy” - Jazzercise Dancer - Dir: Ryan Murphy - Choreo: Zach Woodlee
Two and Half Men “That’s Why They Call it Ballroom” - Dir: James Widdoes - Choreo: Mary Ann Kellogg
Eli Stone - Dancer - Dir: Ken Olin - Choreo: Anne Fletcher
Titus - Chris’ Teacher - Dir: NA
NBC Thanksgiving Promo
Showtime Promo
Kojak - Stand-In Angie Dickenson
Welcome to the Club (Berlin)
Don’t Just Sit There - Nickelodeon - Guest
Club MTV - Guest
VH1 - Guest

List Upon Request

Ruth Page Center for the Arts - Creator “The Charlene Gehm-MacDougal Project” - Chicago
Anna Cheselka Dance Center - Ballet | Jazz - Los Angeles
Dance Dimensions - Country Cardio® - Los Angeles
Anisa School of Dance - Country Cardio® - Los Angeles
Burbank Recreation Center - Ballet for Real People™ | Country Cardio® - Burbank
MPTF Saban Health & Wellness Center - Ballet for Real People™ - Woodland Hills
Stephens College - Jazz | Musical Theatre - Columbia, MO
Valencia Community College - Musical Theatre - Orlando
School of Performing Arts - Jazz | Musical Theatre - Orlando
Disney World - Entertainment Arts (Master Classes) - Jazz - Orlando
Southern Ballet Theatre - Ballet | Musical Theatre - Orlando
Peridance Center - Jazz - NYC
Broadway Dance Center - Jazz - NYC
Steps - Jazz - NYC
The Rainbow Grill - NYC
Toi Film Company - Jazz | Musical Theatre - Osaka
Studio Dancin’ - Jazz | Musical Theatre - Osaka
Studio ’69 Theatre Arts - Musical Theatre - London
Pineapple - Jazz - London
Theatre An Der Wien - Tanz Gesang Studio - Musical Theatre - Vienna
Florida Ballet Company - Member - Sarasota, FL

I was 10 when my mom called me down from a treefort I was making. Yes, I was hauling up planks all by myself. Miffed by the disturbance, I demanded to know what she wanted. “Take a look at this.” On our very small (and very ahead of its time portable Sony TV) tiny black and white figures were dancing to music. Is that ballet? She looked again at the screen and said, “Yes, that’s ballet. Do you think you could do that?” I looked again with my self-important scrutiny and replied, Yes, I can do that. Can I go now? The following week, my sister and found ourselves in a ballet class fishing for shoes from a donations box. I was so green, I’d put my leotard on backwards and the pooch in front made some girls laugh. I was mortified, but my teacher pulled me aside and explained how to tell and let me change. The only shoes that barely fit my wide often barefoot tomboy feet were a pair of huge ugly red ballet slippers. How prophetic. Like the film , The Red Shoes, I put them on and haven’t stopped dancing since. Yet even more magical — that “ballet” on our TV was actually West Side Story. A decade later, West Side Story was my first Broadway show. I’d made the connection as soon as I heard the music and started working on the choreography. So dear loving Mother, you gave me the gift of my life’s work by seeing something special in me. I love and miss you so much.

Universal - “Check it Out” - Pilot - Orlando
Pleasure Island - “The Latin” - Orlando
Redken - Orlando
Zotos International - Orlando
Mark O’Brien Productions - Orlando | Germany
Goodsight-Hermann - Orlando
What’s Hot! - Orlando
Southern Ballet Theatre - Orlando
Winter Haven Community Theatre - Winter Haven, FL
Octopus Video - “Millioniser” - London
Merry Clayton in Concert - NJ
The Rainbow Room - NYC
People Magazine - NYC
American Health Magazine - NYC
The Hod Rod - NYC
The Octagon - NYC

I'm a Certified Group Exercise instructor with NASM/AFAA, with Practical Yoga, Resistance Training, 10-Minute Total Body Workout, Turbo Jam, Fuze Craze, YoChi, YogaLean, and Golden Hearts: Senior Fitness Training Workshops/Classes under my belt. I’ve studied UZAZU (Levels 1, 2, & 3), The Language of Energy, a method of achieving energy embodiment by utilizing polarity-based movement, breath, and sound.

Blending dance and fitness is a passion of mine. I created FLEX ROPES FITNESS DANCE-EXERCISE™, a varied format collection that incorporates resistance work using Flex Ropes™. My formats are Country Cardio®, Ballet Body Sculpt™, Ballet for Real People™, Ropes and Balls™, Sit & Shake™ andStand Bend & Shake™, Functional Body Training™.

As a Senior Fitness Specialist with NASM, I've created special programs for seniors and active older adults called, Synergy for Seniors™ and Functional Body Training™. I’ve attended SCW Active Agers Summit over the last 2 seasons focusing on this speciality.

I have a BA in Motion Picture Technology and my production experience includes assisting in the Principals Casting Office of HBO's, From the Earth the Moon, and later, assisting the Director of Photography on this same Emmy award-winning mini-series. When I moved to Los Angeles, I was a set PA on A Magical Friendship (Casper III) and talent wrangler on Blair Witch Web Fest. I’ve worked with Bill Dance Casting in Los Angeles on various projects, handled production coordinating and locations for others, and directed and produced my own documentary entitled, Save the Last Drive-In. In a bit of a turn, I spent six invaluable months as an agent-in-training at the Bobby Ball Agency in the Dance/Music division, coordinating the acquisition of some 150 New York based musical theatre and dance clients as well as maintaining the Los Angeles client roster. 

As the Script Department Supervisor for LMNO Entertainment Group for 15 years, I worked multiple seasons on network and cable shows for History, Soapnet, HGTV, Discovery ID, TLC, WE, OWN, Travel Channel, and CBS. Independently, I worked as the Script Supervisor for Asylum Entertainment's National Geographic's, Origins and for Tent City Productions on The Face of Evil. 

After several years as a member in the Directors Peer Group with the TV Academy, which included a lovely welcoming article in Emmy’s Spotlight, I’ve officially returned to my roots and am now a proud member of the Choreography & Dancers Peer Group.