My Biography

I was born in Managua, Nicaragua. My first experience as an Independent Improvisational Choreographer and Performer occurred at the age of seven at a National Dance Youth competition in 1969.  I won first place, and was later hired to dance weekly in a youth TV show (Luis Mendez) host. I studied folk dance with Irene Lopez and contemporary dance with Heriberto Mercado.

 I moved to Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico in 1983 to study Forestry. Upon graduating in 1986, I spent a short time in New Mexico and San Francisco before moving to Edmonton 1987, Alberta to work as a Forester.

My official dance training began in Edmonton, although I had performed in Managua, Mexico and the United States before that time.  In Edmonton, I attended the dance program at Grant MacEwan College (1991-1992) where I studied with Brian Webb, Debra Shanz, Andrea Rabinovitch, Charlene Tarver and David Adams. In 1993 I formed Dirty Feet Productions, a dance collective which had thirteen choreographers including: Kathy Metzger, Kathy Ochoa, Trevor Klushin, Katrina Smy, Silvia Nuzzo, Jodi Beresozky, Dorrie Dutshendorf, Allyn Embree, Danielle Aways, Bobbie Todd and Tania Alvarado. The collective was active for three years during which we produced five independent shows.

STEP ONE/1994, RAW SPACE/UNCENSORED/1994, UNSUAL SIDE EFFECTS/1995, LET THEM EAT CAKE/1995 & TATTOO ROOMS/1996

I have performed and trained in Improvisation, Contact Improvisation Ballet and Post-Modern Dance at:

Vancouver, with  EDAM with (Harwood, Boivin, Bingham)

Edmonton, with Mile Zero and Orchesis Dance group

Montreal, at Studio 303 (Aiken, Harwood, Boivin), Pierre Perralult Dance Center

Bennington College, Working on Improvisation ( Creach, Jones, Sgorbati and Florin)

Massachusetts, Earthdance & Northamton-Thorn Studio

Connecticut - American Dance Festival and Masters Weekend at Weslyan

New York - various workshops

I moved to Hartford in 2003 to study Massage Therapy at the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy, graduating in 2005. I graduated from The Hartford Conservatory May 2008, Diploma in Dance Pedagogy Major.

While I continue to call Edmonton, Canada my dance home, I am currently living in Hartford where I collaborate and perform with the Dance community.

At present times I am dancing with DancEnlight a recently formed Dance company at the sametime I am getting my bachelor degree in Theater and Dance at Trinity College and continue performing my solo work.

My Mission Statement

I respect the immense mystery of our universe

The power and the beauty of nature

The daily sunrises and sunsets

My dog and cat interactions

The amazing human body that recovers after a hard day of work 

I believe in respecting all living things.

I believe in balance; emotional and physical.

I believe in living in the present.

I believe in love.

As an artist, I have a responsibility in sharing my thoughts and my deep feeling about issues that affect me and my world 

I love teaching, performing and choreographing this discipline of art called DANCE.

My stage has no walls, borders, fences or artificial lights.