Ciara Billups
Denver, CO
BFA Class of 2022
Ciara Billups | Photo by Cathryn Farnsworth
Email: billupsciara01@gmail.com
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Originally from Denver, Colorado, Ciara Billups began her training at a competitive dance studio where she attended regional and national conventions and competitions, performing works by artists such as Stacey Tookey, Travis Wall, Misha Gabriel, Randi Kemper and Hefa Tuita, Jason Parsons, Teddy Forance, Kirsten Russell and more. Prior to the start of her senior year, she attended Sweatshop Dance, another competitive dance studio under the direction of Brian Young. She continued her competitive dancing at this studio and performed many in-house choreographed dances ranging from pointe to contemporary to jazz and hip-hop. Through many competitions, Ciara has grown a love for performing and she aspires to be in a professional contemporary/contemporary ballet company upon graduating. She hopes to have opportunities to perform and travel internationally and share her passion with many audiences. During her time at USC Kaufman, she has had the opportunity to learn choreography from many inspiring professors and guest artists including William Forsythe, Bret Easterling, Fiona Lummis, d. Sabela grimes, Dwight Rhoden, Jermaine Spivey, Barak Marshall and more. She also hopes to spread her knowledge and experiences learned through USC Kaufman to help young dancers after her time dancing professionally. Another love and passion of Ciara’s is sports business. She has always had an interest in sports and the industry itself. In addition to majoring in dance at USC, she is studying Sports Business and Management as her minor.
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