Accolades

2019 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity
2017 Best of Baltimore – Dance Production, What’s Going On, MD
2017 Pola Nirenska Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance, DC
2016 Baker Awards Finalist
2010 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award- Solo Dance Performance
2009 Best of Baltimore- Choreographer Award
2009 MetroDC Dance Award Finalist for Overall Production
2009 Baker Artist Award- Baltimore Choice
2009 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist- Choreography Award
2009 Source Festival Mash-Up Artist (DC)
2007-2008 Artist Scholar in Residence at Michigan State University (MI)
2008 Baltimore Office of Promotion & Arts Award
2008 Kennedy Center Millennium Stage Local Dance Commission Award
2007 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist- Choreography Award
2006 Metro DC Dance Awards
– Emerging Choreographer
– Outstanding New Work (Grandmother Project)
2005 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist – Choreography Award
2005 City Arts & Humanities Individual Artist Grant from the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts

2005 Omi International Dance Residency
2004 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Solo Dance Performance
2003 Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Arts and Cultural Heritage Division Twentieth Annual Choreographers’ Showcase).
2002-2003 Finalist for the Metro DC Dance Awards