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Hey there! You have found Erica's Vision Board. This is my way of documenting various goals and plans I have for my future during senior capstone and beyond! I am also using this to jot down my own thoughts as I go along this final year as an undergraduate.

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I am a senior dance major at Goucher College. I am on Goucher Dance Council's Board as their NDEO Representative.
I currently work full-time as a dance instructor with a head choreographer position on the studio's company. I am a mentor for our studio's NHSDA middle and high school chapters.

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JAMZ Dance Studio on Instagram: "Ms. Erica is returning again this year! Ms. Erica  is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, and teacher. After dancing with The Seton Keough High School’s Dance Company under scholarship and serving as President of their High School Level NHSDA (National Honor Society for the Dance Arts) chapter, Erica received a Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship from Goucher College upon entrance. During her time at Goucher, Erica has been inducted into their Collegiate Level NHSDA chapter, became Goucher Dance Council’s NDEO Representative, received the Dance Gala Scholarship, and will be the only senior Dance major eligible to produce her own independent choreography concert in 2021. 
As a dancer, Erica was accepted into the Joffrey Ballet School’s 2019 Summer Jazz/Contemporary Intensive under Pre-Professional Scholarship. She trained under Angelica Stiskin, Michael Waldrop, Bradley Shelver, Amy Yakima and others. 
Erica has judged and guest taught at Notre Dame Preparatory High School and became a resident choreographer for their Upper Level Dance Company in 2019. She is a faculty member of the Independent Dance Network (IDN) Festival.
While being in college full-time, Erica works as a full-time instructor and choreographer at Jamz Dance Studio. She has been an alumni from their competitive company and hip hop crew since 2017 and returned in 2018 to bring her continuing knowledge of dance to their current dancers. During her time working at Jamz, her choreography has won numerous choreographic awards and overall placements at both a regional and national level. Her work set on their dancers has been accepted into the 2019 Ascending Choreographer’s Festival (with the opportunity to produce her own split-bill show in 2020 after being named an Audience Favorite) and the 2020 BDC Aim Invitational. For the 2020-2021 season, she has been promoted to a Co-Head Choreographer position for their company. We can’t wait to see what Ms. Erica brings to the studio this year! #jmzdnc #dance #dancer #dancing #jazz #modern #competition #annearundelcounty #pasadenamd #dmvdancers #mddancers"

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22 likes, 0 comments - jamzdancestudio on August 19, 2020: "Ms. Erica is returning again this year! Ms. Erica  is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, and teacher. After dancing with The Seton Keough High School’s Dance Company under scholarship and serving as President of their High School Level NHSDA (National Honor Society for the Dance Arts) chapter, Erica received a Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship from Goucher College upon entrance. During her time at Goucher, Erica has been inducted into their Collegiate Level NHSDA chapter, became Goucher Dance Council’s NDEO Representative, received the Dance Gala Scholarship, and will be the only senior Dance major eligible to produce her own independent choreography concert in 2021. 
As a dancer, Erica was accepted into the Joffrey Ballet School’s 2019 Summer Jazz/Contemporary Intensive under Pre-Professional Scholarship. She trained under Angelica Stiskin, Michael Waldrop, Bradley Shelver, Amy Yakima and others. 
Erica has judged and guest taught at Notre Dame Preparatory High School and became a resident choreographer for their Upper Level Dance Company in 2019. She is a faculty member of the Independent Dance Network (IDN) Festival.
While being in college full-time, Erica works as a full-time instructor and choreographer at Jamz Dance Studio. She has been an alumni from their competitive company and hip hop crew since 2017 and returned in 2018 to bring her continuing knowledge of dance to their current dancers. During her time working at Jamz, her choreography has won numerous choreographic awards and overall placements at both a regional and national level. Her work set on their dancers has been accepted into the 2019 Ascending Choreographer’s Festival (with the opportunity to produce her own split-bill show in 2020 after being named an Audience Favorite) and the 2020 BDC Aim Invitational. For the 2020-2021 season, she has been promoted to a Co-Head Choreographer position for their company. We can’t wait to see what Ms. Erica brings to the studio this year! #jmzdnc #dance #dancer #dancing #jazz #modern #competition #annearundelcounty #pasadenamd #dmvdancers #mddancers". 

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I'd like to be a well-known professional choreographer, teacher, and dancer. I'd like to travel the world to network, teach at conventions/festivals, freelance studio/concert work, and showcasing it in various different types of festivals. I may consider dancing for a company.
I want to have my DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy). I plan to eventually open up my own practice to make my schedule flexible and to rehabilitate those who need it.
Later on, I may open up a dance studio of my own with a built-in company.

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In 2019, my work was accepted into the Ascending Choreographer's Festival. It was voted an audience favorite. I was given the opportunity to present a collection of my choreographic projects in a split-bill performance in January of 2020. This was the first time I was able to have concert and studio dancers share a space together.

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In 2019, I was accepted into the Joffrey Ballet School's Jazz/Contemporary Summer Intensive on Pre-Professional Scholarship. There, I networked with multiple national/international dancers of various ages. I was also offered acceptance into their year-round Trainee Program.

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In 2020, my work was accepted into Broadway Dance Center's AIM Invitational. I was prepared to receive feedback from BDC faculty regulars while my dancers received class training under them. Unfortunately, the performance was cancelled due to COVID-19.

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In 2019, I was on the faculty for the Independent Dance Network Festival. I was able to teach middle school students.

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I'm not sure if I have a solid goal for this class. I'm currently putting my "dream" career plan into motion in different ways.
I think where my mind is at right now for capstone is my project and senior independent. Especially for my independent, I have a lot of main and back-up ideas because of how unpredictable the world is at this time. I think a main goal of mine would be to hear feedback as the class progresses. I need all of the growth as an individual I can get.

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I am a guest judge and choreographer for Notre Dame Preparatory High School. I've looked at dancers for their high school company/scholarship auditions, and set a work on them in 2020.

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It is intriguing how my mind wants to go towards different directions in choreography. Right now, I choreograph for concert and studio dancers (primarily studio during COVID-19). I want to work my way up choreographically to independently present from smaller to more well-known festivals.
I need to keep networking nationally/internationally. Go to every conference, concert, festival I can find.
A few festivals/conferences I'd like to see my work to be in:
- CDCFest
- Capezio A.C.E. Awards
- Jacob's Pillow Dance
- NDEO Conference
- YCF Dance

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A Rough Draft of The (Possible) Near Future: The Dream!

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A Rough Draft of The (Possible) Near Future: The Dream!

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An altering bullet-point list of actions I plan to take during senior year/after graduation (in order as of now; may change as the uncertainty of life moves on):
- Send work into various different small festivals that plan to go forward in 2021.
- Look to attend the Limón Dance Company Summer Workshop in 2021.
- Apply to different dance studios for teaching/choreographic work (every year).
- Finish the rest of my Physical Therapy prerequisites and practice internship in the next year.
- Go to graduate school for Physical Therapy for 3 years (while maintaining myself as a freelancer and teacher/choreographer).
- After graduate school, work at a practice or open my own practice; find time to be able to make my own schedule.
- Get K-12 certified (could happen earlier)
- Travel to freelance while still networking in the dance community with work.
- Possibly open up a dance facility of my own.
- Potentially go back to graduate school for Dance Writing.

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A Dream, But Finding Time: Dance Company? 

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A Dream, But Finding Time: Dance Company? 

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I have been seriously considering training to be in a dance company after graduation. Whatever I do in life, I want to keep training and dancing to stay a student.
I have been interested in 3 different companies and all 3 are different genres: Giordano Dance Chicago, Entity Contemporary Dance, Limón Dance Company. A problem at the moment: they all require me to move to either Illinois, California, or New York. I do have a lot on my current plate with choreography and physical therapy school, but if presented an opportunity to dance for someone I would and take an LOA in a heartbeat.