MARCHING ARTS

Clinician & Consultant

Dancer in pointe shoes and a leotard
color guard member with flag
marching band member with shako hat, uniform, and instrument

Hi friends,

I’m Bethany!

I’m a dance and marching arts choreographer, designer, clinician and consultant.

I’m all about big ideas and creative vision, but my bread and butter is foundations. I understand that your stretch, conditioning, and technique blocks determine the success of your season, and my groups consistently receive the most precious judges’ comment of all time:

“This group is clearly well trained.”

From there, we can build into the fun things, such as choreography, visual elements, characterization, and so much more.

The programs I work with are consistently awarded best color guard, best visual, and best general effect in their division. Judges frequently comment on the musicality of my choreography, and the strength of my performers.

Want your program to be able to say the same?

From the Judges' Tapes:

  • "What a refreshing sense of visual musicality. The color guard book has great dynamic effort changes that directly matches what's happening in the band proper. There is so much contrast in this music and that's difficult to accent visually."

    SAM AMADO - Belleville, NJ

  • "You can definitely appreciate the integration of the weapons with each other - especially with the restriction of space and the sharing of equipment within that space - the sheer RISK that comes with that. Excellent job color guard."

    AUSTIN GREENE - Raleigh, NC

  • "There are some BRILLIANT moments of color guard writing in this show. Soft flags and soft choreography... that ballad was handled really well visually... And then, to turn around and just HIT US with a very detailed, well articulated full flag moment... That was just designed and executed really, really well."

    CHRIS CAFLIK - Brownsburg, IN

  • "There is so much control written into this choreography, even with the environmental challenges of the props and dual responsibilities of your set. It’s very involved from a design standpoint, but it’s executed very well."

    KIMBERLY PRESLEY - Grenada, MS

  • I’m really loving all the different poses and positions - a great exploration of rotation, flexibility, and contraction in the body. Even the soloist’s individual efforts are exploring some tension - very controlled and sustained - perfectly in line with the character that’s being portrayed.”

    LIN DAFFRON - Richmond, VA

  • "We really see some beautiful displays of technique and style here, certainly setting the overall tone for the production. The marriage of visuals to the musical phrases is absolutely there, and it’s clear that there are additional opportunities to showcase later in the season."

    DREW SOLOMONSON - Atlanta, GA

  • "What an iconic look to your program this season. Certainly recognizable in movement and mood and visuals that you can continue to artistically craft to maximize the vehicle this year. You’ve obviously got strong performers as well - their abilities are really well suited for this class, maybe even higher!"

    RANDALL BROWNLEE - Gainesville, VA

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