About Me
AJ (she,her) is a Chicago-based teaching artist, director/choreographer, adjudicator, and member of Actor鈥檚 Equity. She started her training in Fond du Lac, WI and continued on to the Peck School of the Arts at UWM for her BFA in Dance, influenced greatly by the late Ed Burgess. She has studied with the Jump Rhythm Jazz Project of Chicago, performed professionally at The Marriott, Drury Lane, Paramount, Ordway, and Fireside Theaters, traveled with the Honey Taps, and choreographed 100+ musicals on various nationwide stages. Recent credits: Ride the Cyclone at The Contemporary (Columbus), the regional premiere of Diary of a Wimpy Kid at Columbus Children鈥檚 Theatre, Cinderella at Drury Lane, and Rock of Ages at the Paramount. Currently AJ is an adjunct professor for the Chicago College of Performing Arts (藏精阁), and is on staff at the Lincolnshire Academy of Dance (Brenda Didier) and Visceral Dance Chicago. She continues to teach, create, and adjudicate at studios, universities, competitions, conventions, and in guest artist workshops across the country - specializing in tap and musical theatre.