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October
2006
Movement Coordinator/Choreographer/Director for a group of five young
adults attempting to expand and weave their separate, original spoken
word pieces in to an evening-length group performance piece.
March 2006
Movement Coordinator/Choreographer for a group of seven gay and transgendered
teens. The group worked for six weeks on monologues and ensemble movement,
gently and safely discovering a pedestrian but lyrical vocabulary to
physically support their written work, which culminated in an hour-long
performance at Dance Theater Workshop, NYC.
July 2005
West Kortright Center, East Meredith, NY
Costumer & Teacher for Shakespeare in the Valley’s 2005 Summer
production. Responsibilities included teaching of costume design, strategies
for sourcing materials, character development and final construction
of over 75 costumes.
2000- present
Co-founder/co-teacher of Magma, an all-girls circus/modern dance company
based in Brooklyn. The group was established with an Artist-in-Residence/Public
Imaginations grant from Dance Theater Workshop that was awarded to Sarah
East Johnson, the director of LAVA, a New York based dance company and
myself. Responsibilities (shared with Sarah) include: curriculum development,
developing and teaching composition & choreography, teaching classes,
pursuing performance opportunities, costuming.
Summer 1990,1991,1993
Teaching Artist at Middletown Kids’ Circus. This program was co-sponsored
by Oddfellows Playhouse and the City of Middletown, Ct. Responsibilities
included teaching morning and afternoon sessions combining circus acrobatics,
dance and composition; developing two acts for an end-of-program circus
performance; designing and constructing props, costumes, etc. for these
acts. Each act would have approximately 10-16 children. This was a six-week
program in a non-profit setting. All prop and costume designs were very
low-budget/high imagination, with unique sourcing of cheap materials
and dedicated to the furthest possible exploitation of duct tape, cardboard,
foam and paper machier!
1994-present
Local teacher of dance, theater, acrobatics, circus, or any combination
thereof, in New York City since moving here in 1994. These classes have
tekn place at or been sponsored by private gyms, public schools, independently,
and through arts organizations, including Dance Theater Workshop, Brooklyn
Arts Exchange, Movement Research and The Kitchen. Of late chosen teaching
opportunities have been commensurate with scenarios that include a certain
rigor, the intention to perform and compose pieces, as opposed to strictly
recreational/after-school programs.
