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Performance Resume
CHOREOGRAPHY
“Bloodline” Original dance work,
Lincoln Center, Out of Doors Series NY, 2004, and Phila. Fringe
Festival, 2004.
“ Pacific Overtures” Arden Theater
Company director Terry Nolen. 2003
“ Pal Joey, Myths
and Hymns, Peter Pan and Wendy” Prince Music Theater 2002-03.
“ Laughing in Brackish water” Wilma Theater, Phila,
Dance Boom 2002.
“Quiescence” Film, live music
and dance theater, Philadelphia Fringe festival, 2000, Painted
Bride Arts Center, 2001.
"ENDZONE" This collaboration
with designer Conrad Bender and playwright Anne George was performed
by nine dance/theater artists at the Philadelphia Arts Bank,
the Painted Bride Art Center, and the Phila. Museum of Art,
2000.
Pennsylvania Ballet Two works created for Shut Up and Dance
with the Spoken Hand Drum Ensemble in 1999, with fellow choreographer
Monica Favand in 1998 and a duet titled Broken Sky for the Phila.
Fringe Festival, Best of Fringe, Annenberg Center, 2000.
"TRAPTURE" evening length work for 10 dance artists
performed at the Phila. Arts Bank, the Beaux Arts Ball, Philadelphia
Dances at the Drake Theater, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, (Arden
Theater). and the Phila. Museum of Art. 1998
TV Highlights Filming of “Carry Me” WHYY Philadelphia,airing
1996-00, DUTV airing Traces,Trapture,Downwind, 1995-00.
Silvan Opera Company. Choreographed premier performance of "Pagliacci,"
1999, Operissimo,”2000
"Three Penny Opera"
Choreographed Brecht musical directed by Blanka Zizka. The Wilma
Theatre, Phila. 1997.
Avenue X" Choreographed a cappella musical directed by
Blanka Zizka. The Wilma Theatre, Phila. 1997.
"Traces."
(the group work) This collaboration with set and lighting designer
Conrad Bender is an evening-length dance theatre work for 13
performers. Performed at the Philadelphia Arts Bank, 1996.
"Traces." (the solo) Project Theatre, Dresden; Tacheles
Arts Center, Berlin; Waschaus, Pottsdam; Int'l Dance Festival,
Bielefeld and Bonn; Mandell Theatre, and American Music Theatre
Festival's Spelvin Series, Phila. 1994-95.
SCRAP Performance Group. Co-creator and choreographer for dance
theatre collective. Created works for performances at Philadelphia
Arts Bank, The Painted Bride Arts Center, Theatre Sancta Anna,
Buenos Aires and Bryn Mawr College. 1994-present.
American Music Theatre Festival. Choreographer / Director for
The Rainbow Connection Co. 1994-present.
"Carry Me."
This duet is a collaboration with choreographer/dancer Monica
Favand, and is about reversal of roles in a parent-child relationship.
Filmed for Public Television broadcast, 1995. Performed at PIA
in New York, Dance Place in Washington, D.C., the Merriam Theatre,
MTI, Women's Theatre Festival, Packard Theatre, Painted Bride
Arts Center, Penn's Landing, Phila, and Tacheles, Berlin. 1992-95.
"Walnut Street Theater." Childrens theater productions
1995-present.
"Wither." Original Movement Theater
work performed Dresden, 1995.
Group Motion Dance Theatre. Choreographed works for home seasons
at Movement Theatre International Group Motion, Drake Theatre,
Shubert Theatre, and Theatre of Living Arts, Phila; Theatre
at Tacheles, Berlin; Theatre Cervantes, Argentina; Arcosanti,
Arizona; and Dance Place, Washington D.C. 1980-94.
"State
of Mind." This collaboration with choreographer Rennie
Harris and music artists Lenny Seidman and Toshi Makihara was
about creating a mutual vocabulary with which to communicate
across cultural boundaries. Painted Bride Art Center, 1995.
"The Passing." This dance theatre piece is about three
women finding support from each other in their mutual struggles
with domestic abuse. Group Motion, Drake Theatre, MTI, Tacheles,
Berlin, Theatre Cervantes, Argentina. 1990-93.
"This
Moment is Gone." This site-specific collaboration with
sound designers Hardy Hartenberger and Rolph Beaumont and lighting
designer Jens Pallas was a work for 14 performers about breaking
through boundaries and using physical and spatial obstacles
to create structures. Commissioned by the Berlin Senate. Performed
in an outdoor sculpture garden, Berlin, 1994.
"Broken
Column." Inspired by the Frieda Kahlo painting, this piece
explored issues of helplessness, dealing with social isolation
and individuals' needs to reclaim active positions. Movement
Theatre International, Phila. 1993.
"Helpless."
This solo was commissioned by the First International Women's
Theatre Festival of Russia, and was about dealing with one's
own insignificance when facing the threat of global destruction.
Jaroslavl, Russia. 1992.
Opera Company of Philadelphia. Choreographed "La Traviata,"
1992.
Silvan Opera Company. Choreographed premier performance of "Pagliacci,"
1999, Operissimo,”2000
American Vocal Academy. Choreographed "Don Giovanni."
and "Hansel and Gretel," 1992-93.
Wilma Theatre. Choreographed "Philomon." 1988.
Waves Dance Company. Choreographed and performed for international
touring company. 1980-91.
West Side Story, Chicago, Pippin, The Wiz, Rogers & Hammerstine,
Regional productions, Phila. 1982-90.
Coca Cola, Calvin Kline, Speedo, SmithKline, & Beachman,
Industrial commercials. National 1988-90._ |
DIRECTING
“The Ring” The Philadelphia Theater Company ,
Young Playwrights Series. 2003 and Black Writers Association
Conference,2004.
“Smell the Roses, Philadelllphia
Young Playwrights , temple University 2003.
“ I Stand
Before You Naked” Second Stage Theater Catalyst, Philadelphia.
2003.
“Clucks and Whirr and Other sounds of Love”,
Second Stage Theater/ Theater Catalyst, Philadelphia, 2001.
”The Year of the Woman.” Lantern Theater, 2000.
Rainbow Connection Children’s Theater. Prince Music Theater.
1996-02.
Original dance/ theater work for SCRAP and commissioned independent
work. 1993-present. |
TEACHING
Technique classes:
The University of the Arts, Theatre Department, Philadelphia,
1993-2003.
Bryn Mawr College, Dance Department, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1995-present.
Temple University, Dance Department, Philadelphia, 2001-present.
Koresh Studio, Philadelphia.2003-2004
Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, 1996-present.
Susan Hess Modern Dance, Philadelphia. 1996-present
12th Street Gym, Fluid Power Fitness technique 2003-present.
Tanz Tangente, Berlin, Germany, 1995.
Rowan College, Dance Department, Glassboro, NJ, 1993-94.
Camden County College, Dance Department, Camden, NJ, 1988-91.
High School for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, 1985-86.
Choreography and technique workshops in dance theatre:
Jean Ruddy Dance Space, Philadelphia, three day Professional
Movement/Theater Workshop, 2004
Sala Anna Italman Danza Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2
week workshop, 2000.
The Wilma Theater, 5 Week Workshop. Phila. 1997.
Tachles Arts Center,Brelin, Germany. Three week workshop in
choreography, 1995
Pfefferberg Arts Center. 3 day workshop with Group Motion Dance
Theatre. Berlin, 1994.
Armar Danza Theatre Company, 3 week workshop, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 1992.
Performing Arts Institute of Jaroslavl, 3 week workshop, Russia,
1994.
Matan Performing Arts Center, 4 week workshops, Israel, 1985,
1986.
Ulm Contemporary Dance Company, 3 week workshop, Germany, 1986.
West Chester Performing Arts Center, 2 week workshops, Pennsylvania,
1989- |
TRAINING
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. BFA in Dance, 1993.
Trained in Graham, Horton, and Cunningham techniques.
Jacob's Pillow, Massachusetts. Studied with Lynn Simonson, Bill
T. Jones, Bebe Miller, Ralph Lemon, Ushio Amagatsu. 1988-89.
Hedgerow Acting School, Pennsylvania. Studied Stanislavski technique.
1979-81.
Philadelphia High School for the Performing Arts. 1978-81. |
AWARDS
Independence Foundation Fellowship, for choreography, study
in France and create new work, 2004
Leeway Foundation, Special Opportunity Grant, Choreography 2000,
Lincoln Center’s Philly Feet Series, 2003,
Pew Charitable Trust, Dance Advance, Choreography Grants for
TRAPTURE,ENDZONE and Quiescence 1998, 2001, 2002.
Pew Charitable Trust, Philadelphia Repertory Development Initiative,
. Individual Choreographer's grants for the creation of Traces,
the group work, 1995, and Down Wind a group work, 1997.
Franklin Mint Foundation for the Arts. Grant for the production
of Down Wind, 1997.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Choreography Fellowship for
Traces, the solo, 1994, and for the group work Trapture, 1998.
Berlin Senate. Support for creation and performance of This
Moment is Gone, 1993.
First International Women's Theatre Festival of Russia. Support
for the creation and performance of Helpless, 1992. |
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