Rachael Coad, BFA

Rachael Coad has always been in movement. She grew up dancing in Northern Virginia and attended the prestigious Virginia School of the Arts for high school, under the direction of Petrus Bosman of The Royal Ballet. She also worked with amazing guest choreographers such as Keelan Whitmore, Kathy Brenner, Jennifer Medina, and Christopher Huggins. She received her BFA with Honors in Ballet and Modern Dance from Texas Christian University where she trained under Li Chou Cheng, Elizabeth Gillaspy, and Susan Douglas Roberts, among others. She performed in works by renowned choreographers such as Kanji Segawa, Er Dong Hu, Loretta Livingston, and Alexandra Bellar. During her time at TCU, she was honored to perform “Soaring,” an original work of Doris Humphrey; as well as Jessica Lang’s “Confessions” in the American College Dance Festival Association National Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

Lastly, she is a proud wife and mum to two young daughters and of all her jobs, she takes the most pride in the one that makes her absolutely no money.