DANCE EXPERIENCE:
♦ 2008-pres: Member of The Devil-Ettes, a 1960s Go-Go dance troupe. Over 100 performances including:
- New York Burlesque Festival (B.B.King’s, Times Square)
- U.S. Conference of Mayors (San Francisco, 2015)
- Tiki Oasis, San Diego (multiple years)
- Tease-O-Rama, Bimbo’s 365 (multiple years) and tour
- Go-Go Spectacular, Brava Theatre
- Pipsqueak A-Go-Go (multiple years)
- Maker Faire
- McKinley Elementary School – DogFest 2014
- Project Nunway
- Walt Disney Family Museum
- Trader Vic’s
- Castro Theatre for Peaches Christ’s Midnight Mass
- Celebrity Pool Toss at the Phoenix Hotel
- The Tricycle Music Fest at the Main San Francisco Library
♦ 2010 – pres: student & performer with Hālau Ka Ua Tuahine: Hawaiian & Tahitian Dance
- 2014: Ka ʻAha Hula ʻO Hālauaola (4th World Conference on Hula): particiapant / performer
- 2013: 20th Anniversary Center for International Dance Gala performance (dancer, stage manager, keiki hula teacher)
- 2013: Teacher for Keiki Polynesian Dance class (maternity leave coverage)
- Lei Day (Alameda Fairgrounds)
- Art Deco Preservation Ball (Bimboʻs 365)
- Solano Stroll
♦ 2014: Taught and performed National Dance Week’s “One Dance” with my 4th grade class. Videos here and here
♦ 2009: Performer / Stage Manager: Go-Go Spectacular, Brava Theatre
♦ 2008: Teacher of Jive and East Coast Swing at Tuesday Night Jump (Verdi Club, San Francisco)
♦ 2008: Viva Las Vegas Jive Contest: 3rd place.
DANCE TRAINING / EXPERTISE:
Partner dance: Lindy, East Coast Swing, Jive, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, Charleston
Vintage Dances: Twist, Frug, Hully Gully, Madison, Watusi, Stroll, Mashed Potato, more.
Polynesian: Hula (ʻAuana and Kahiko), Māori Poi and Haka, Tahitian Ori
Other Dances: Tap (Broadway and Rhythm), Jazz, Ballet
Shona Mitchell 