Eloy Barragan
Summer Intensive 3 Ballet, Pointe and Variation
June 1st to June 5
June 1st to June 5
Eloy Barragán is a globally recognized ballet instructor, choreographer, and filmmaker from México City. His expertise spans ballet technique at all levels, choreography, partnering, ballet pedagogy, pointe work, and screen dance. His innovative approach blends traditional ballet techniques with contemporary concepts, earning him numerous awards, including a Choreographer Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, awards from the Boise Arts Council, a Lifetime Career Fellowship from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, and two Artist Project Grants from the Iowa Arts Council.
Barragán has had an extensive and distinguished career as a dancer and choreographer. He began dancing with Joffrey II and the Washington Ballet before becoming a soloist with Compañía Nacional de Danza in Mexico City. His career then led him to Europe, where he was a soloist with the Ballet Royal de Wallonie and Mainz Staatstheater. He returned to México to perform with Ballet de Monterrey and Compañía Nacional de Danza. He later became a soloist dancer, ballet master, and regisseur for Eugene Ballet and Ballet Idaho.
As a choreographer, Barragán’s works have been showcased at prestigious venues such as the Bolshoi Theatre, the Finnish National Opera, the Conservatoire de Paris, the American Dance Guild Festival, and the International Dance Festival in New York City. He was the only Mexican choreographer outside of México invited to participate in the Bicentennial of Méxican Independence and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution. He has been commissioned to create works for renowned companies, including the National Ballet of México, Richmond Ballet, Beijing Dance Academy, National Ballet of Puerto Rico, Utah Ballet, Ballet Real de Costa Rica, Dance Theater of Oregon, Ballet Theater of Spokane, and the American Dance Repertory Company.
Barragán is a dedicated educator who has taught Master Classes at prestigious institutions including the Beijing Dance Academy, the National Conservatory of Dance and Music in Paris, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, the José Limón Dance Company, the National Ballets of México, Panama, and Puerto Rico, the National School for Classical and Modern Dance in Mexico City, Southern Methodist University, and the University of California, Irvine. Additionally, he served as a guest ballet professor at the University of Utah’s Ballet and Modern Dance Departments, where he was a guest choreographer for Utah Ballet and earned a Screendance Certification from the university’s Graduate Screendance Program.
Expanding his artistic vision into film, Barragán has established himself as the founder and director of the International ScreenDance Festival, as well as the director of the Iowa Dance Festival. His films have been showcased at numerous prestigious international festivals throughout the United States, Stockholm, Cuba, and Mexico, further reinforcing his reputation as a global artist. As a board member and screen dance committee member of the American College Dance Association, he continues to champion innovation and collaboration within the dance community.
Barragán’s entrepreneurship led him to create the E-DANZA non-profit organization with a mission to foster inclusivity and expand access to opportunities for talented individuals across various artistic disciplines.
Through his work, Barragán remains deeply dedicated to passing on knowledge in dance, inspiring future generations of dancers and choreographers, and pushing the limits of movement across both stage and screen.
Barragán has had an extensive and distinguished career as a dancer and choreographer. He began dancing with Joffrey II and the Washington Ballet before becoming a soloist with Compañía Nacional de Danza in Mexico City. His career then led him to Europe, where he was a soloist with the Ballet Royal de Wallonie and Mainz Staatstheater. He returned to México to perform with Ballet de Monterrey and Compañía Nacional de Danza. He later became a soloist dancer, ballet master, and regisseur for Eugene Ballet and Ballet Idaho.
As a choreographer, Barragán’s works have been showcased at prestigious venues such as the Bolshoi Theatre, the Finnish National Opera, the Conservatoire de Paris, the American Dance Guild Festival, and the International Dance Festival in New York City. He was the only Mexican choreographer outside of México invited to participate in the Bicentennial of Méxican Independence and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution. He has been commissioned to create works for renowned companies, including the National Ballet of México, Richmond Ballet, Beijing Dance Academy, National Ballet of Puerto Rico, Utah Ballet, Ballet Real de Costa Rica, Dance Theater of Oregon, Ballet Theater of Spokane, and the American Dance Repertory Company.
Barragán is a dedicated educator who has taught Master Classes at prestigious institutions including the Beijing Dance Academy, the National Conservatory of Dance and Music in Paris, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, the José Limón Dance Company, the National Ballets of México, Panama, and Puerto Rico, the National School for Classical and Modern Dance in Mexico City, Southern Methodist University, and the University of California, Irvine. Additionally, he served as a guest ballet professor at the University of Utah’s Ballet and Modern Dance Departments, where he was a guest choreographer for Utah Ballet and earned a Screendance Certification from the university’s Graduate Screendance Program.
Expanding his artistic vision into film, Barragán has established himself as the founder and director of the International ScreenDance Festival, as well as the director of the Iowa Dance Festival. His films have been showcased at numerous prestigious international festivals throughout the United States, Stockholm, Cuba, and Mexico, further reinforcing his reputation as a global artist. As a board member and screen dance committee member of the American College Dance Association, he continues to champion innovation and collaboration within the dance community.
Barragán’s entrepreneurship led him to create the E-DANZA non-profit organization with a mission to foster inclusivity and expand access to opportunities for talented individuals across various artistic disciplines.
Through his work, Barragán remains deeply dedicated to passing on knowledge in dance, inspiring future generations of dancers and choreographers, and pushing the limits of movement across both stage and screen.
Ralitza Iordanov
Summer Intensive 3 Ballet , Pointe, Variation and Conditioning
Summer Intensive 2 Ballet, Contemporary and Character Dance
All Sumer
Summer Intensive 2 Ballet, Contemporary and Character Dance
All Sumer
Ms. Ralitza Iordanova – Rali, is an American Ballet Theatre Certified Teacher, with training in Vaganova, RAD, and Cecchetti ballet techniques. Rali studied ballet and contemporary theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the Vaganova ballet school “Krassimira Koldamova,” under the instruction and directorship of prima ballerina Academician Krassimira Koldamova. Rali furthered her dance education in Auckland, New Zealand; there she trained with “L’Academie de Dance,” under the RAD ballet system and “Black Grace” – a NZ contemporary dance company. Rali’s early career as a performer and a young choreographer includes ballet and contemporary productions, dance tours, TV productions, musical theatre, movies, and music videos.
Rali received her teacher training and certification at American Ballet Theater in New York, USA, through the “ABT National Training Curriculum” program, under the instruction of Raymond Lukens and Franco De Vita. Her career in the performing arts continued as a teacher, choreographer and performance producer at Faubourg Theatre in Chicago, USA. As an instructor and choreographer, Rali trained and coached dance students and future dance professionals for international ballet competitions, including YAGP, Prix De Lausanne, WBAC, WBC, and IDO Championships. As a performance producer, she directed theatre staging, casting, choreography, lights and sound design.
Rali’s focus is on developing young dance artists with impeccable technique, musicality, mental agility, and love of life and creativity.
Rali received her teacher training and certification at American Ballet Theater in New York, USA, through the “ABT National Training Curriculum” program, under the instruction of Raymond Lukens and Franco De Vita. Her career in the performing arts continued as a teacher, choreographer and performance producer at Faubourg Theatre in Chicago, USA. As an instructor and choreographer, Rali trained and coached dance students and future dance professionals for international ballet competitions, including YAGP, Prix De Lausanne, WBAC, WBC, and IDO Championships. As a performance producer, she directed theatre staging, casting, choreography, lights and sound design.
Rali’s focus is on developing young dance artists with impeccable technique, musicality, mental agility, and love of life and creativity.
Paige Cunningham Caldarella
Summer Intensive 3 Choreography, June 11
Paige Cunningham Caldarella joined the faculty of Dance at Illinois in August 2022 after spending fifteen years at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, where she also held the position of Associate Chair. Paige danced with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC), performing nationally and internationally at prominent venues such as the Joyce Theater, David H. Koch Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Barbican in London, the Tate Modern Museum, and Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. During her time with the Cunningham Company, she had the opportunity to perform a wide range of Cunningham repertoire and participate in the creation of new works.
After leaving MCDC, Paige performed with the Chicago-based company The Seldoms, touring in New York and Russia, with additional performances at Stage 773, Links Hall and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. She has collaborated and performed with various dance artists over the years including Onye Ozuzu, Timothy Buckley, Darrell Jones, Emily Stein, Alfonso Cervera, Anna Peretz Rogovoy, Mandy Salva and Colleen Halloran. Paige creates choreography that is informed by these diverse dance histories while blending contemporary ballet with modern dance forms. This approach seeks to challenge binary paradigms, move away from the perfectionism often found in ballet, and embrace a kind of physicality that recognizes discomfort, risk-taking, and conflict as essential components of growth. Her 2012 work, Without Consideration, for the Cincinnati Ballet, was described as “a modern dance piece cut with classical ballet… by turns satirical, ominous, and oddly compelling” by Julie Mullins of City Beat magazine. Paige’s choreography was recognized as Best of Chicago Dance 2013 by the Chicago Tribune and was listed among the Dance Top 10 for early 2017. She has received grants from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist program, and the Illinois Arts Council. Additionally, she was named a 2023 Merce Cunningham Trust Fellow and was a recipient of a 2023 Bearnstow Artist Retreat.
Paige has restaged Merce Cunningham’s work for several institutions, including Columbia College Chicago, Beloit College, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the American College Dance Association, and the Merce Cunningham Centennial celebration, Night of 100 Solos, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In 2019, her teaching of the Merce Cunningham technique was featured on the cover of Dance Teacher Magazine’s Higher Education issue. She has taught the Cunningham technique for the Joffrey Ballet Academy’s trainee and conservatory programs, as well as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Paige has presented her research in pedagogy and choreography at national conferences such as the World Dance Alliance, the National Dance Education Organization, CORPS de Ballet International, and Audience Architects.
Paige holds a B.F.A. from the Juilliard School and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has been a guest artist at the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Florida, Beloit College, and the University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the National Dance Education Organization and CORPS de Ballet International, and she currently serves on the board of the American College Dance Association.
After leaving MCDC, Paige performed with the Chicago-based company The Seldoms, touring in New York and Russia, with additional performances at Stage 773, Links Hall and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. She has collaborated and performed with various dance artists over the years including Onye Ozuzu, Timothy Buckley, Darrell Jones, Emily Stein, Alfonso Cervera, Anna Peretz Rogovoy, Mandy Salva and Colleen Halloran. Paige creates choreography that is informed by these diverse dance histories while blending contemporary ballet with modern dance forms. This approach seeks to challenge binary paradigms, move away from the perfectionism often found in ballet, and embrace a kind of physicality that recognizes discomfort, risk-taking, and conflict as essential components of growth. Her 2012 work, Without Consideration, for the Cincinnati Ballet, was described as “a modern dance piece cut with classical ballet… by turns satirical, ominous, and oddly compelling” by Julie Mullins of City Beat magazine. Paige’s choreography was recognized as Best of Chicago Dance 2013 by the Chicago Tribune and was listed among the Dance Top 10 for early 2017. She has received grants from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist program, and the Illinois Arts Council. Additionally, she was named a 2023 Merce Cunningham Trust Fellow and was a recipient of a 2023 Bearnstow Artist Retreat.
Paige has restaged Merce Cunningham’s work for several institutions, including Columbia College Chicago, Beloit College, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the American College Dance Association, and the Merce Cunningham Centennial celebration, Night of 100 Solos, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In 2019, her teaching of the Merce Cunningham technique was featured on the cover of Dance Teacher Magazine’s Higher Education issue. She has taught the Cunningham technique for the Joffrey Ballet Academy’s trainee and conservatory programs, as well as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Paige has presented her research in pedagogy and choreography at national conferences such as the World Dance Alliance, the National Dance Education Organization, CORPS de Ballet International, and Audience Architects.
Paige holds a B.F.A. from the Juilliard School and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has been a guest artist at the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Florida, Beloit College, and the University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the National Dance Education Organization and CORPS de Ballet International, and she currently serves on the board of the American College Dance Association.
Valery Lantratov
Summer Intensive 3
Ballet and Pointe
Dates: TBA
Ballet and Pointe
Dates: TBA
Valery Lantratov has had a distinguished career as a dancer in the companies of Vladimir Vasiliev, Maya Plitsetskaya and Ekaterina Maximova and international tours with Rudolf Nureyev. Most recently he has made international headlines for his role as Czar Nicholas II in a production of the new ballet Rasputin, with Farouk Ruzimatov of the Marinsky Theater (Kirov) and for successful international tours of Don Quixote and original choreography for the annual festival for the goddess Aphrodite in Cypruss.
A graduate of the Moscow Academic Choreographic College, Lantratov was selected as a first soloist with the Moscow Stanislavski Ballet. With the theater he danced principal roles in such ballets as Don Quixote, Copellia and Romeo and Juliet.
He has received accolades in the Russian and international press for his strong technique, personality and expressiveness.
In 1993, Lantratov began working for the Kremlin Ballet. This same year, he formed the Russian National Ballet Foundation. He has toured as a solo guest artist in such countries as Japan, Germany, Italy, Greece, France, Portugal, Spain and the United States. The Russian National Ballet Foundation has toured in Europe, Asia, The Middle East and the United States.
In 1997, Russian president Boris Yeltsin named Valery Lantratov “ People’s Artist of Russia,” the Russian Federation’s highest artistic honor.
Mr. Lantratov holds a teaching certificate Russia's renowned National Academy of Theatrical Arts- GITIS.* For three years, Mr. Lantratov served as a guest instructor at the Boston Ballet. With his Russian National Ballet Foundation, Lantratov is able to realize his goal of introducing new audiences throughout the world to some of the finest classical works of Russia. “No matter what might happen between the countries in the world, dance can deliver peace, compassion and art—eternal values.”
*GITIS' ballet department was founded in 1946 under A. Gorsky, R. Zakharov and Leonid Lavaovsky of the Bolshoi Ballet with equal state funding to the Bolshoi. It is the only institute in Russia to offer a diploma in choreography and direction for ballet theatre. Its distinguished ballet masters include Vladimir Vassiliev (director of the
Bolshoi, retired), Nadja Pavlova (prima ballerina absoluta of the Bolshoi, retired) and Katirina Maximova (prima ballerina absoluta of the Bolshoi, retired).
A graduate of the Moscow Academic Choreographic College, Lantratov was selected as a first soloist with the Moscow Stanislavski Ballet. With the theater he danced principal roles in such ballets as Don Quixote, Copellia and Romeo and Juliet.
He has received accolades in the Russian and international press for his strong technique, personality and expressiveness.
In 1993, Lantratov began working for the Kremlin Ballet. This same year, he formed the Russian National Ballet Foundation. He has toured as a solo guest artist in such countries as Japan, Germany, Italy, Greece, France, Portugal, Spain and the United States. The Russian National Ballet Foundation has toured in Europe, Asia, The Middle East and the United States.
In 1997, Russian president Boris Yeltsin named Valery Lantratov “ People’s Artist of Russia,” the Russian Federation’s highest artistic honor.
Mr. Lantratov holds a teaching certificate Russia's renowned National Academy of Theatrical Arts- GITIS.* For three years, Mr. Lantratov served as a guest instructor at the Boston Ballet. With his Russian National Ballet Foundation, Lantratov is able to realize his goal of introducing new audiences throughout the world to some of the finest classical works of Russia. “No matter what might happen between the countries in the world, dance can deliver peace, compassion and art—eternal values.”
*GITIS' ballet department was founded in 1946 under A. Gorsky, R. Zakharov and Leonid Lavaovsky of the Bolshoi Ballet with equal state funding to the Bolshoi. It is the only institute in Russia to offer a diploma in choreography and direction for ballet theatre. Its distinguished ballet masters include Vladimir Vassiliev (director of the
Bolshoi, retired), Nadja Pavlova (prima ballerina absoluta of the Bolshoi, retired) and Katirina Maximova (prima ballerina absoluta of the Bolshoi, retired).
Artem Kalistratov
SI 2 Ballet and SI3 Ballet, Pointe and Variation
June 22 and 23
June 22 and 23
Artem Kalistratov (Bolshoi Theatre)
Artem Kalistratov was born in Moscow, Russia and received his training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. After graduation with honors, he joined the ballet company of the Bolshoi Theatre. His pedagogue repetiteurs include; Yuri Vasyuchenko, Yuri Klevtsov, Alexandr Petuhov, and Karen Ionissian. Has worked with John Nuemier, Yuri Possokhov, Alexei Ratmansky, and other international choreographers. Artem Kalistratov has danced the entire classical and contemporary repertoire of the Bolshoi Theatre, as well as numerous soloist and principal roles such as Nutcracker Prince, Prince Siegfried, Cinderella Prince, Accordion Player from ‘The Bright Stream’, Kolen in ‘La Fille Mal Gardee’, James in ‘La Sylphide’, Prince Desire in ‘Sleeping Beauty’, Espada in ‘Don Quixote’ and more. Has toured to Greece, Italy, USA, China, Korea, and Taiwan. Artem holds a master’s degree in pedagogy from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and under his instruction, students have gone on to be prizewinners of numerous international ballet competitions.
Artem Kalistratov was born in Moscow, Russia and received his training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. After graduation with honors, he joined the ballet company of the Bolshoi Theatre. His pedagogue repetiteurs include; Yuri Vasyuchenko, Yuri Klevtsov, Alexandr Petuhov, and Karen Ionissian. Has worked with John Nuemier, Yuri Possokhov, Alexei Ratmansky, and other international choreographers. Artem Kalistratov has danced the entire classical and contemporary repertoire of the Bolshoi Theatre, as well as numerous soloist and principal roles such as Nutcracker Prince, Prince Siegfried, Cinderella Prince, Accordion Player from ‘The Bright Stream’, Kolen in ‘La Fille Mal Gardee’, James in ‘La Sylphide’, Prince Desire in ‘Sleeping Beauty’, Espada in ‘Don Quixote’ and more. Has toured to Greece, Italy, USA, China, Korea, and Taiwan. Artem holds a master’s degree in pedagogy from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and under his instruction, students have gone on to be prizewinners of numerous international ballet competitions.
Tatyana Mazur
SI2 Ballet and SI3 Ballet, Pointe and Variation
June 29, June 30 and July 1st
June 29, June 30 and July 1st
Tatyana Mazur was trained at the world famous Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg. Following her graduation from the Vaganova Academy she danced with the Odessa Opera in Ukraine and the Moscow Ballet where she enjoyed international touring to India, Ceylon, Jordan and Egypt.
After the termination of the Kiev Theatrical University and Kiyevo-Mogilyansky Academy of dance, Tatyana became the head of the choreography department of the Kiev’s School of The Arts, where she staged many classical ballets as well as her own choreography for the classical ensemble or the “Yaroslavna” ensemble. She served as Artistic Director for 10 years where she led tours to Germany, Israel, France and Poland.
After relocating to the USA, Tatyana worked for 5 years as a professor at Akron University, teaching their highest-level students. She moved to Chicago on 2002 tor work as the Ballet Mistress of Faubourg Ballet. From 2017-2019 she served as a key ballet teacher at Salt Creek Ballet.
Tatyana’s students have gone on to countless ballet companies across the United States, Canada and Europe.
Tatyana has prepared many students for participation in the prestigious competition Youth America Grand Prix where her students in 2005 and 2011 became winners in the Ensemble category and in 2011 one of her students was a winner at the New York finals. Tatyana was awarded the prestigious honor of “Best Ballet Teacher” in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015 by YAGP.
Tatyana has staged and set various classical ballet’s and variations including Swan Lake, Snow Maden, Snow Queen, Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote, Cippolini, Coppelius, Chopiniana.
After the termination of the Kiev Theatrical University and Kiyevo-Mogilyansky Academy of dance, Tatyana became the head of the choreography department of the Kiev’s School of The Arts, where she staged many classical ballets as well as her own choreography for the classical ensemble or the “Yaroslavna” ensemble. She served as Artistic Director for 10 years where she led tours to Germany, Israel, France and Poland.
After relocating to the USA, Tatyana worked for 5 years as a professor at Akron University, teaching their highest-level students. She moved to Chicago on 2002 tor work as the Ballet Mistress of Faubourg Ballet. From 2017-2019 she served as a key ballet teacher at Salt Creek Ballet.
Tatyana’s students have gone on to countless ballet companies across the United States, Canada and Europe.
Tatyana has prepared many students for participation in the prestigious competition Youth America Grand Prix where her students in 2005 and 2011 became winners in the Ensemble category and in 2011 one of her students was a winner at the New York finals. Tatyana was awarded the prestigious honor of “Best Ballet Teacher” in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015 by YAGP.
Tatyana has staged and set various classical ballet’s and variations including Swan Lake, Snow Maden, Snow Queen, Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote, Cippolini, Coppelius, Chopiniana.
Reida Dobi
SI3 Ballet, Pointe and Variation
July 6 to July 10
July 6 to July 10
Originally from Albania, Reida Dobi studied at the Academy of Classica Dance of Tirana under the direction of master choreographer Agron Aliaj, a graduate from the Bolshoi Theatre of Ballet, Moscow.
By invitation, she enrolled in the Institute of Arts and Choreography in Tirana and worked as an instructor at the Academy of Classic Dance, teaching Variations and Partnering.
Ms. Dobi joined the Tirana State Opera and Ballet in 1990 where she quickly became a soloist, moving to principal dancer, earning the title of Prima Ballerina with many performances in Greece, Italy, France and Bulgaria. She has also performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York City.
She has dance principal roles in several ballets including Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Raymonda and Swan Lake. Her repertoire also includes contemporary adaptations of Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet and featured spots in the operas Don Juan and La Traviata.
Ms. Dobi has more than 15 years of teaching experience in dance schools in the United States.
She currently teaches Vaganava Technique in ballet, pointe, variations and floor barrre at Texas Ballet Theatre.
By invitation, she enrolled in the Institute of Arts and Choreography in Tirana and worked as an instructor at the Academy of Classic Dance, teaching Variations and Partnering.
Ms. Dobi joined the Tirana State Opera and Ballet in 1990 where she quickly became a soloist, moving to principal dancer, earning the title of Prima Ballerina with many performances in Greece, Italy, France and Bulgaria. She has also performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York City.
She has dance principal roles in several ballets including Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Raymonda and Swan Lake. Her repertoire also includes contemporary adaptations of Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet and featured spots in the operas Don Juan and La Traviata.
Ms. Dobi has more than 15 years of teaching experience in dance schools in the United States.
She currently teaches Vaganava Technique in ballet, pointe, variations and floor barrre at Texas Ballet Theatre.
Corbin Phillips
Summer Intensive 2 and 3
All summer
Ballet, Contemporary and Choreography
All summer
Ballet, Contemporary and Choreography
Corbin Phillips is a dancer and choreographer from Champaign, IL. He graduated from The University of Iowa with a BFA in dance and a focus on Choreography. He grew up training locally and spending time with schools such as Ballet Chicago, Tampa Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Joffrey Chicago, and Dance Theater of Harlem. Through college he trained in various modern and contemporary styles while continuing his ballet training. His choreographic works explore the contrast between classical ballet lines and idiosyncratic movements while creating a fluidity between the technique and natural movements of gravity and transformation. His works have been presented at the University of Iowa, the YAGP Chicago Regional Competition, and various performances throughout the greater Chicago area. In Fall of 2023, he started the CU Dance Festival which has held 4 concerts since. He is currently the resident choreographer for the Dance Theater of Illinois and is starting his first season with Ballet Quad Cities.