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kashak0721@yahoo.com

(440) 935-6713

Date of Birth: July 21, 1992

Height: 5'3"  /  Weight: 120 lbs

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

June 2018-Present                            Ashley E. Daigle Choreography 

                                                                Dancer and collaborator

                                                                    Dancer in NYU Tisch Graduate Thesis Project 

January 2018-Present                   Enidsmithdance, Chicago, IL, led by Enid Smith January 2018-Present
                                                        Dancer, collaborator, choreographer
                                                            Howard Levy’s live Jazz and Harmonica performance

November – December 2017       Neos Dance Theatre, Akron, OH, Artistic Director, Robert Wesner

                                                                Guest Artist

                                                                     Robert Wesner, A 1940’s Nutcracker

June 2016 – August 2016            

                                                                     Stephanie Martinez, In Grace of Wit

                                                                     Robert Wesner, Sylvia

2015, 2017                                      Thodos Dance Chicago, Chicago, IL, Artistic Director, Melissa Thodos

                                                                Cast member for New Dances summer project

April 2017-July 2017                           Alex J. Gordon, Choreographer, Devouring Love

                                                                     Brennen Renteria, Choreographer, When in Doubt        

      

April 2015-July 2015                              Alissa Tollefson, Choreographer, Go

      

December 2015, 2016                      Ruth Page Civic Ballet, Chicago, IL, Associate Director, Dolores Long

                                                                Corps de ballet member

                                                                     The Nutcracker, roles as Snow and Marzipan

 

October 2016 – November 2016  Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Chicago, IL, Artistic Director, Wilfredo Rivera

                                                                Fill in artist

                                                                    Wilfredo Rivera, Home

                                                                     Timothy Tsang, Dream

May 2010 - May 2014                    Ohio Dance Theatre, Oberlin, OH, Artistic Director, Denise Gula    

                                                                Company member

                                                                     Denise Gula, Dracula, Tabula Rasa, Come Rain or Come Shine, Swing, Spindrift, The Nutcracker, Alice in                                                                      Wonderland, Cinderella, Firebird, & Midsummer Night’s Dream

                                                                     Lisa K. Lock, Choreographer, The Dream,

                                                                     Marie Zvosec, Choreographer Snow White, Fairy Forest, and Sleeping Beauty

2010 - present
2010 - present

TRAINING

August 2014 – July 2016                  Lou Conte Dance Studio, School Director, Claire Bataille, Chicago, IL

                                                                Scholarship student

                                                                     Trained in advance professional levels of ballet, various disciplines of modern, contemporary,                                                                              improvisation, and floor work.

 

1998 - 2011                                     Ohio Dance Theatre, School Director, Denise Gula, Oberlin, OH,1998 - 2011

                                                                Student

                                                                     Trained in ballet, pointe, modern, and jazz.

SUMMER TRAINING

2013 and 2014                                Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Chicago, IL 

2007 and 2008                                American Ballet Theatre, Detroit, MI

2003 - 2006                                     Ohio Dance Theatre, Oberlin, OH

INTERNATIONAL & OTHER TRAINING

March 2016                                     Mandala Dance Company, Artistic Director, Paola Sorressa, Rome, Italy

                                                                Student of Twinning Week USA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

May 2011 -  May 2014                    School of Ohio Dance Theatre, Oberlin, OH, School Director, Denise Gula

                                                                Instructor

                                                                     Taught classes in all levels of ballet, pre-pointe, creative movement, modern, and contemporary.                                                                       Assisted school director with National Dance Institute Kids-In-Motion® program in the Oberlin City                                                                       School District. Assisted with school and company rehearsals.

EDUCATION

August 2011 - July 2014                Lorain County Community College

                                                                Associate of Arts degree with Honors

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