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Performing Arts
Music, theater and dance within the community.
Bassoon performance and singing are the heart of my musical training.
I play regularly with the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra, my woodwind quintet, at open mic nights at Hot Spot Music, and gig with my bandmate Page Nelson.
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My work in the performing arts helps me build relationships and foster ideas for my film projects.
Dance & Movement
Studying dance has several benefits for me: challenging my mind and spatial awareness, and learning to become more present in my body.
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Dance Studies
I study ballet and pointe work with Shari Setchell from the Northfield Arts Guild and ballet and tap with Daphne McCoy from Northfield Dance Academy.
Theater
Throughout my adulthood, I have performed with amateur troops creating professional-class work. I am often cast as a character actor because of my love of comedy. I developed my skills as a writer for film and radio plays because I felt there to be a lack of interesting roles for people like me in common repertoire.
Lysistrata
Rocky Horror Show
Winter Wonderettes
Crimes of the Heart
Nine
Twelfth Night