Cassie Kosin Liu Begley is currently an instructor of Contemporary Dance and Cardio Dance at Ohlone College; and an instructor of Jazz Dance and Dance Performance & Production at Cañada College.  Cassie holds a B.A. in Dance from San Francisco State University and an M.F.A. in Dance from Saint Mary's College of California.
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Educational Background

Master of Fine Arts in Dance, with Honors Summer 2017
Saint Mary’s College of California (Moraga, CA)

Bachelor of Arts in Dance Spring 2003
San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA)

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Faculty
2019 - Present, Cañada College (Redwood City, CA)
  • Jazz Dance - Beginning and Intermediate Level Course
  • Dance Production & Performance

Adjunct Faculty
2005 - Present, Ohlone College (Fremont, CA)
  • Cardio Dance
  • Jazz Dance - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Level Course
  • Modern Dance - Beginning and Intermediate Level Course
  • Contemporary Dance - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Level Course
  • Dance Company Repertoire Course
  • Composition Course
  • Dance Rehearsal and Performance Course
  • Summer Dance Program
  • Substitute Instructor for Jazz, Ballroom, Hip Hop, Ballet, Tap

Dance Teacher
  • Twirly Girls Pole Dance Fitness Studio (Pleasanton, CA) 2018-Present
  • Yao Na Dance Studio (Pleasanton, CA) 2017 - 2019
  • Mona Khan Dance Company (Milpitas, CA) 2014 - 2019
  • Purdance (San Jose, CA) 2013 - 2019
  • Dance Theatre International (San Jose, CA) 2004 - 2005
  • Newark Junior High School (Newark, CA) 2002 - 2003
  • Cisco (Sunnyvale, CA) 2000 - 2000
  • Mission Dance and Performing Arts (Fremont, CA) 1999 - 2000
  • Fred Astaire Dance Studio (San Jose, CA) 1998 - 1999

Professional Dance Training

Jazz / Modern Jazz / Street Jazz
Reginald Savage; Sheila Barker; Frank Hatchett; Michelle Assaf; Albirda Rose; Derek Mitchell
Contemporary
Rogelio Lopez; Dana Lawton; Slam; Wes Delvink; Rosanna Talvarez
Modern
Randee Paufve; Catherine Davalos; Alicia Pierce; Cathleen McCarthy
Ballet
Elizabeth Randall; Marcia Cantillana; Wendy Diamond; Dr. Susan Sandri
Hip Hop
Dennis Infante; Doc Lock, Jaypee Diaz

Performance and Choreography

  • "Feels Like Home", Panic! at the Pandemic, 2020
  • "Lost In Me", Bliss Dance Company, 2020
  • “Wiping Him Off”, Bliss Dance Company, 2019
  • “Submission”,  Solo, 2018
  • “Her Desires”, Bliss Dance Company, 2018
  • “January 2016”, Bliss Dance Company, 2017
  • “Awakened Submission”, Bliss Dance Company, 2017
  • “Submission/Permission”, Bliss Dance Company, 2017
  • “Bound”, Bliss Dance Company, 2016
  • “Phenomenal Woman”, Bliss Dance Company, 2015
  • “Precious Gems”, Bliss Dance Company, 2014
  • “Duets”, Bliss Dance Company, 2013
  • “Gripped”, Bliss Dance Company, 2012
  • “Emergency”, Bliss Dance Company, 2011
  • “Fashion Provoked”, Bliss Dance Company, 2011
  • “Graduation”,  Whether The Weather, 2010
  • “Caught in the Rain”, Whether The Weather, 2010
  • “Minor Swing”, Bliss Dance Company, 2010
  • “The Power of a Woman”, Bliss Dance Company, 2010
  • “Death”, Carnival De Los Muertos, 2009
  • “My Secret”, Bliss Dance Company, 2009
  • “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall”, Bliss Dance Company, 2008
  • “Jealous”, Bliss Dance Company, 2008
  • “Pedestals”, Bliss Dance Company, 2008
  • “Labeled”, Bliss Dance Company, 2007
  • “My Water Broke”, Bliss Dance Company, 2006
  • “Women in Love”, Bliss Dance Company, 2005
  • “Wholeness”, Bliss Dance Company, 2004
  • “He Said, She Said”, Visual Rhythm Dance Co., 2003
  • “Suite Dreams”, Ohlone College, 2003
  • “Lumminessence”, Spectacles Productions, 2002
  • “Speaking of Dance”, Visual Rhythm Dance Co., 2002
  • “Petrushka”, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Theater Tour, 2001
  • “Club La Bomba”, National Entertainment TV Series, 2000
  • “One”, Visual Rhythm Dance Co., 2000
  • Commercial, Wham!net.com, 2000
  • “Imagine It”, Spectacles Productions, 1999

Certifications

Certificate in Dance Production, 2017
​Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Related Skills and Work Experience

Visionary & Creative Director
Bliss Dance Festival, 2019, 2020
Founder & Artistic Director
Bliss Dance Company, 2003 - Present
Sound Board Operator
Process Dance Festival, Coalesce, Stage Crew, 2016 - 2017
Costume Coordinator
​Visual Rhythm Dance Company, 2002 - 2003
​© 2019 Cassie Kosin Liu Begley