Awards

Metro DC Dance Award for "Outstanding Overall Production in a small venue" in 2006.

Metro DC Dance Award for "Outstanding Individual Dance" in 2006.

Dance Magazine's "Top 25 to Watch in 2005"

The 20th Mayor's Arts Award for "Outstanding Emerging Artist in 2004".

Metro DC Dance Award for "Outstanding Scenic Design" in 2003.

Metro DC Dance Award for "Outstanding Individual Performance" in 2002.

Dance USA Scholarship to attend the Dance USA/National Roundtable in Miami, Florida. 2002.

"Vaslav Nijinskia" Award for Contemporary Choreography (Kiev, Ukraine), 2002.

Music World 2000 Award "Best Female Modern Solo" at the Music World 2000 in Italy, 2000.

 

Grants

"International Travel Grant" from the College of Arts and Humanities
University of Maryland. 2006.

"City Arts Grant" from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. 2005

"CAPA the Creative and Performing Arts Award" from the University of Maryland division of Research and Graduate Studies. 2005

"International Travel Fund" from the Office of International Programs at the University of Maryland, College Park. 2005.

National Performance Network Creation Fund grant co-commissioned by Dance Place, the Miami Dade Community College and Reston Arts Center. 2004/2005

"Americas Project" touring grant from the National Performance Network, Arts International and La Red to support Brazil tour. 2004

"Artist Fellowship Grant" from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. 2004

"City Arts Grant" from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and
Humanities and the NEA. 2003

"The Creative and Performing Arts Award" (CAPA) from the University
of Maryland division of Research and Graduate Studies. 2003

"Millennium Stage Local Dance Commissioning Project" from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. 2001.

"Young Emerging Artist Grant" from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. 2002.

"International Travel Fund" from the Office of International Programs at the University of Maryland, College Park. 2001.

"Artist Fellowship Program Grant" from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanitites and the National Endowment for the Arts. 2001.

"Small Project Grant" from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanitites. 2001.

"Astral Career Grant" from the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). 2001.