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CURRICULUM VITAE
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EDUCATION
Drexel University, Bachelor of Science, 1997
MAJOR: Graphic Design
CONCENTRATION: Film/Video & Theatre
GRANTS / AWARDS
Nominated Tucson Weekly's 40 Under 40: 2011
Arizona Commission on the Arts: 2009
Puffin Foundation: 2005, 2008, 2013
Leeway Foundation: 2002, 2003, 2008
Poetry.com Editor's Choice Award: 2007
Dance Advance: 2005
PA Council on the Arts: 2003
New Society Education Foundation: 2002
EMPLOYMENT
1997-
current |
MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST: Performing Artist (Dance, Theatre, Stilt-Dancing, Puppetry, Installation Performance), Graphic Designer, Video and Sound Artist and Editor, Poet, Visual Art, Event Producer, Arts Advocate, Consultant/Strategic Planner (Everywhere)
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2007-
2013 |
TUCSON ARTS BRIGADE: Director of Dance Theater Program (develop projects, teach workshops), Outreach and Marketing Director (organize events, graphic design, networking, admin.) Director of The Water Festival: Synergy of Art, Science, and Community (programming, design, logistics), advocate for the arts in schools and communities (Tucson)
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| 2009 |
TUCCI CREATIVE: Graphic designer and video artist for advertising agency; filmed, edited, designed television commercials with a mix of video footage and graphics; designed print materials such as ads and brochures; designed websites; recorded and edited radio spots (Tucson)
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2007-
2008 |
PROJECT FOR NUCLEAR AWARENESS: Assistant to the Director for Programming and Creatives, conference organizer, and use creative methods to engage people into action opposing nuclear weapons (Philadelphia)
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2001-
2004 |
LAURENCE SALZMANN: Art Director of El Festival Cubano, designed all promotional materials such as poster, program booklet, postcards, signage, exhibition pamphlets and edited 2 videos shown during an art exhibition, designed photo books about Turkish Jews and young Cuban wrestlers, designed logo and signage for Photo West Gallery, learned how to salsa with the Cubans (Philadelphia)
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2002-
2003 |
CLEAN AIR COUNCIL: Canvasser for membership and financial support in the Philadelphia area for cleaner air, honored as a star canvasser who made the most money at the first door, encouraged reducing pollution so that dogs and cats can be happy too (Philadelphia)
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1997-
1999 |
PHILADELPHIA FRINGE FESTIVAL: Art Director, oversaw overall design concepts and representation of Fringe, designed and produced logo, catalog, signage, banners, posters, flyers, website, ads, Bourse window installation and supporting materials, be “fringe” (Philadelphia)
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PERFORMANCE WORKS
| 2015, 2014 |
GAGA GOGO: Party dance w/ crazy lighting and multiple costume changes while throwing toys out into the audience during Prescott College's Pitfire festival & 24hr 1Block1Day. (Tucson, Douglas AZ)
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| 2014 |
LADY GAGA & ROCKETTES QUINCEANERA: Trained a young giral and a team of dancers to perform "Applause" by Lady Gaga and "New York, New York" by the Rockettes. (Tucson)
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| 2013 |
WEDDING DANCE: Restaged the choreography of the dance in the movie "Ana Karina" for an wedding dance of a couple who are in their late 60's. (Tucson)
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| 2013 |
TAART WALK: Multi-media performance party as Beyond the Box entertainment company during the Toole Avenue Art Walk (Tucson)
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| 2013 |
JCC TU B'SHVAT CALEBRATION OF TREES: Costume-making workshop, rehearsal and performance with 2-12 year olds (Tucson)
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| 2012 |
PARADIGM SHIFT: Butoh-inspired workshop series and performance about technology and spirituality performed during All Souls Procession and Prescott College's Pitfire Event (Tucson, Douglas AZ)
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| 2012, 2010 |
TREE: Butoh-inspired solo about the slow and empathic birth and death of a tree, expanded to be performed with community members to address the human impact on water issues, performed at Zuzi Theater and the Green Gala (Tucson)
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2012, 2011
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DANCING EARTH: Butoh dance performance and workshop series, performed at ZUZI! Theater at the Historic Y and at Earth Walk 2011 (Tucson) and Tsunami on the Square (Prescott, AZ)
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2011
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ANIMAL: Dance as a response to Jan Brewer's involvement with SB 1070 immigration laws (Tucson)
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2011
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TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART: Installation / dance performance responding to Mexican glass art show by Einar and Jamex de la Torre, 1hr. in sand, 1hr. in water (Tucson)
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2011,
2010
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BODIES OF WATER: Butoh performance performed with dance workshop participants, Portland visiting artist Mizu Desierto, and Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc Aztec Dance Group (Tucson)
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2010, 2009, 2008
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BUTOH CLOWN: Dichotomized emotional/kinesthetic response to modern times (Philadelphia, Tucson)
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| 2009 |
LA POCHA NOSTRA: Performance installation culminating from an International workshop of rebel artists, led by Guillermo Gómez-Péna (Tucson)
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| 2008 |
THE PALIN DOCTRINE: A pre-election Sarah Palin impersonation (Tucson)
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| 2008 |
THE TIPPING POINT: Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell's book about how to create a social movement (Philadelphia)
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| 2008 |
GOT BOMB?!: Animating the iconic mascot with a cardboard box head for the "Thinking Outside the Bomb: A Conference on Nuclear Weapons, the Environment, and Health" (Philadelphia)
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| 2007 |
DEGREES OF CHANGE: Dance pace increases as industrialization and global climate change intensifies (Tucson)
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| 2007 |
GATE: Leah Stein Dance Company's site-specific performance and documentary video about one of the oldest prisons in the United States (Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia)
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| 2007 |
PRINCIPLES OF UNCERTAINTY: Dancer in Miro Dance Company's piece about particle acceleration (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2007 |
THE KHAN GAME: Staged reading as “Ambassador to the People's Republic of China” in Dr. Craig Eisendrath's political play about nuclear proliferation (Philadelphia)
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| 2006 |
EARTHQUAKES: Participatory piece about consumerism, fear and interconnectivity (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2006 |
ARCHEOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Performance result as an invitee to an international physical theatre workshop conducted by Teatr Novogo Fronta (Prague, Czech Republic)
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| 2006 |
WATER WORKS: Dancer and video projection for Brigitta Herrman of Group Motion Dance company, inspired by Dr. Emoto's “Messages of Water” (Philadelphia)
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| 2006 |
I DREAMED TlÖN IN RUINS: Theatrical monologue as a ghost for Guaranteed Overnight Theatre, a 24-hr written and produced evening of short plays (Philadelphia)
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| 2006 |
FEAR IS A COMFORTABLE PLACE: High-tension piece about being stuck in an elevator for Guaranteed Overnight Theatre (Philadelphia)
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| 2005 |
UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA: Epic performance where Shamans of the 4 Elements battle Politics, Media, Military, and the Parasite of Fear (Alliance for a Sustainable Future, Philadelphia Earth Charter Community Summit)
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| 2005 |
BIRD IN A CAVE: Dance performance in a cenote (sinkhole with water) about a quetzal bird mythology (Playa de Carmen, Mexico)
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| 2005 |
THE PIG/THE COW/THE CHICKEN: Monologue and dance piece about factory farming (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2005 |
NIGHT OF 1,000 PLAYS: In 2 original theatre shorts by local writers and directors produced by Brick Playhouse (Philadelphia)
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| 2004 |
SEX FOR SURVIVORS: Soloist dancer in piece about survivors of sexual abuse by poet/musician Cassandre Xavier (Philadelphia)
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| 2004 |
GOD AS ALIEN?!: Puppet dance piece about a conspiracy theory that the Holy One is really an alien (Puppet Uprising Cabaret, Philadelphia)
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| 2003 |
SOLITARILY CONFINED: Installation performance, locked in 8ft. box with peepholes for three days straight being observed while self-observing (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2003 |
LIFE IS SCHIZOPHRENIA: Dance theatre piece from participants' stories about “normalcy” being insane while often “insanity” is normal (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2002 |
THE GOOD AMERICAN: Post 9/11 performance where a mother and daughter have contentious differences about how they define “happiness” and “responsibility” (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2002 |
PUPPETMASTER: Dance performance where the puppetmaster is a puppet and the puppet is the puppetmaster (Puppet Uprising Cabaret, Philadelphia)
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| 2001 |
EXECUTE: Dance piece about the evolution of execution methods (Bread & Puppet Theatre in Vermont and Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2001 |
INCUBUS: Theatre piece about the Prison Industrial Complex where a crib becomes a shopping cart, execution chair and coffin (Chicago Puppetry Festival and Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2000 |
PUPPET POLITICS: Puppet show in reaction to the unlawful pre-emptive actions by the FBI during the RNC2000 (Puppet Uprising Cabaret and White Dog Café Discussion Series, Philadelphia)
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| 2000 |
THE LUDDITES: Puppet show about the Luddites and workers rights of the early 19th century factory workers (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 1999 |
SKIN: Butoh-inspired piece where the separation of Mind, Body, and Spirit destroys each other in the battle for control but return as one being (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 1999 |
THE EVILS OF DR. MONSANTO: Touring puppet show as a member of Shoddy Puppet Company about genetic engineering (Toured nationally)
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| 1999 |
DEADLY DIVINE...IT'S LOVE: Dancer in Sheila Zagar’s piece about relationships (Philadelphia)
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| 1999 |
BIRTHING SKIN: Performance installation of a wrapped amoeba-like sculpture moving through space (Philadelphia)
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| 1998 |
THE SENSES: “Touch” in Group Motion Dance Company’s installation and dance performance (Philadelphia)
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| 1998 |
ONCE VAUDEVILLE: “Shadow” in Kevin Augustine's puppet show about a vaudevillian's son trying and failing to be like his father (San Francisco and Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
MERMAID SERENADE: Dancer for Diedre Egan's performance about a Mermaid leaving the beach to ride a bike (Philadelphia)
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| 1996 |
THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED: Abridged version of Tennessee William's play, playing Willie Starr (Drexel University, Philadelphia)
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| 1995 |
THE BLUE LINE: Performance art piece about urbanization and various subway stops along the Blue Line subway (Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia)
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| 1994 |
HEAVEN ON EARTH: Performance installation about an unsanitary institutionalized version of a Heaven on Earth (Philadelphia)
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
1993-current: Brochures, posters, postcards, branding, websites, and more...
Organization List (Partial):
A-Space
Bloodlink Records
Blue World Music
Books Through Bars
Brick Playhouse
Curds n' Whey Gourmet Café
Dance Advance
Durkin Law Offices
El Festival Cubano (Art Director)
Group Motion Dance Company
Leah Stein Dance Company
Lone Wolf Tribe
Nightmares on Broad Street Halloween Theme Park
PA Ballet/MANNA
Philadelphia Dance Projects
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Art Director)
Project for Nuclear Awareness
Roko Kawai
Sarah McCarron
Scribe Video Center
Susan Hess Dance Studio
Take Note Entertainment
Tucson Arts Brigade
Whirlwind Press
Women's Community Revitalization Project
PRODUCING EVENTS / ORGANIZING
2009-
2012 |
THE WATER FESTIVAL - Synergy of Art, Science, and Community: Director/facilitator of festival which includes an exhibitor fair, art show, performances, art happenings, speakers, workshops, film festival, water ritual, puppet-making, Community Brainstorm Gatherings (Tucson)
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| 2011 |
EARTH WALK 2011: Assistant Producer of Summer Solstice 200' labyrinth in Hi Corbett Field Baseball Stadium with cermonies, music, performances, food, info booths, kids area, and more for Planet Coexist and the Integrated Planetary Wellness Movement (Tucson)
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2009
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CREATIVE
CITY (Originally merged from Tucson Performing Arts Network): Organizing
the Tucson arts community to highlight the arts, support jobs,
and develop a comprehensive online resource center (Tucson)
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| 2008- 2009 |
NATIONAL
CAMPAIGN TO HIRE ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES: Campaign
to promote the formation of a National Green Arts Corp as
part of the Green Jobs Initiative (Nationwide
to the Obama Transition Team)
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| 2006 |
TEATR NOVOGO FRONTA: Award-winning Czech-Russian troupe for their performance “Dybbuk” (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2005 |
5TH ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA EARTH CHARTER COMMUNITY SUMMIT: Event organizer for a summit about environmental issues and the Millennial Goals (Philadelphia)
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| 2004 |
WEDDING: Produced potluck wedding/performance/costume party open to the public, juice bar, music, merry-go-round, raw carrot cake for 200 people (Philadelphia)
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| 2002- 2003 |
THE BUMPIN' BIG TOP: Founder, Artistic Director, Programmer, Video Trailer Editor, and Featured Performer for circus of over 40 performing groups including dance, theatre, puppetry, film/video, music, sideshows, fire spinning, stilt-walking, installations, cheap art, merry-go-round, concessions (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2000 |
RNC2000 DEMONSTRATIONS: Lead organizer, spokesperson, and puppet maker of the “Ministry of Puppetganda”, the huge puppet warehouse during RNC2000 demonstrations (Philadelphia)
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FILM / VIDEO / PROJECTED MEDIA
| 2013 |
TAART WALK: Video projection for multi-media performance party as Beyond the Box entertainment company during the Toole Avenue Art Walk (Tucson)
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| 2013 |
TAART WALK: Video projection for multi-media performance party as Beyond the Box entertainment company during the Toole Avenue Art Walk (Tucson)
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| 2013 |
DANCE THE DESERT: Dance film in a desert lanscape with Ramjeet Kaur featuring music by The Gong Temple (Tucson)
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| 2012 |
WATER WARS: 3-part web series for green builder and water expert, Jerry Yudelson, inspired by his book "Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis (Tucson)
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| 2012 |
PARADIGM SHIFT: Video projection for performance about technology and spirituality performed during All Souls Procession and Prescott College's Pitfire Event (Tucson, Douglas)
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| 2006 |
TABLE DANCE: Dance video in a food court with unexpecting and unaware patrons (Philadelphia)
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| 2006 |
ODD CONTACT: Dancer for Nicole Canuso's quirky dance video romp around the neighborhood (Philadelphia)
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| 2005 |
BEDROOM SEQUENCES: Collection of dance videos choreographed, danced, shot and edited each day for 20 days as part of Art Clash's Fun-A-Day Project (Philadelphia)
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| 2005 |
WATER WORKS: Video projection artist for Brigitta Herrman / Group Motion Dance Company's performance inspired by Dr. Emoto's “Messages of Water” (Philadelphia)
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| 2002- 2004 |
SENIOR CELEBRATION: Video projection artist for Sheila Zagar's dance project and performance featuring elders (Philadelphia)
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| 2003 |
THE BUMPIN' BIG TOP: Trailer for a circus that produced over 40 performing groups during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Philadelphia)
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| 2003 |
SOLITARILY CONFINED: Trailer for a performance installation about being locked in an 8ft. box for 3 days straight (Philadelphia)
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| 1996- 2003 |
GROUP MOTION DANCE COMPANY: Video and slide animation projection artist for multi-media dance company (Philadelphia)
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| 1997, 1999, 2001 |
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: Slide projection artist for student performances taught by Manfred Fischbeck of Group Motion Dance Company (Philadelphia)
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| 2003 |
PATH: Projection artist of collaged video footage for autobiographical dance performance about the German Director of Group Motion Dance Company, Manfred Fischbeck (Philadelphia)
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| 2002 |
THE GOOD AMERICAN: Dance video where politicians play with the world and Uncle Sam is an ominous presence on stilts (Philadelphia)
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| 2001 |
BODY: Animated projection of blood cells and assisted with a film of a dance in the street for Group Motion Dance Company (Philadelphia)
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| 1998 |
BOSNIA: Video and slide projection artist for Myra Bazell and SCRAP Performance Group dance about war victims (Philadelphia)
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| 1998 |
MAYO: Avant garde video collaboration with Paul Burns about gluttony and mean-spirited domestication (Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
ABSTRACTION: Slide projection artist for Diedre Egan's performance animating her art (Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
MINDKISS: 16 millimeter dance film short featuring Myra Bazell about breaking out of being trapped in the mind (Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
KEVIN THE KLOWN: Video short featuring Kevin Augustine about a depressed clown who doesn't laugh (Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
SUPER MARKET: Super-8 experimental film short about the mix of consumerism and patriotism (Philadelphia)
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| 1996 |
THE JOHNNY CAGE EXPERIMENT: Assistant in Jessie Jane Lewis's tribute to Johnny Cage (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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| 1996 |
THE VOICE: Video short where a man hears voices and is murdered by an unknown intruder (Philadelphia)
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| 1995 |
THE CHASE: Super-8 film short of a chase scene where the lone person is chasing and then reenters himself (Philadelphia)
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| 1995 |
THIS: Video short about a girl who paints her way out of mourning over her mother (Philadelphia)
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PUPPETRY
| 2010 |
THE WATER FESTIVAL: Oversized fish, faucet and adjustible wrench for The Water Festival Performance, taught puppet-making workshops (Tucson)
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| 2008 |
GOT BOMB?!: Animating the iconic mascot with a cardboard box head for the "Thinking Outside the Bomb: A Conference on Nuclear Weapons, the Environment, and Health" (Philadelphia)
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| 2007 |
ROCK SCHOOL BALLET: Constructed foam and fabric mouse heads for a modernized version of the Nutcraker (Philadelphia)
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| 1999- 2005 |
SPIRAL Q PUPPETTHEATRE: Papier máche and cardboard puppet making and costumes for Peoplehood pageant (Philadelphia)
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| 1999- 2002 |
BREAD & PUPPET: Puppeteer at demonstrations, conferences, performances, and their large pageant (Glover VT, Boston, NYC)
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| 2000- 2002 |
PUPPET UPRISING: Performer and organizer of grassroots puppet cabaret (Philadelphia)
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| 2001 |
CHICAGO PUPPETRY FESTIVAL: Created and performed “Incubus” which included a toy theatre and finger puppets (Chicago)
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| 1999- 2000 |
SHODDY PUPPET COMPANY: Touring puppet troupe and puppet maker with original shows about genetic engineering, baseball stadium construction/gentrification, and imperialism (East of the Mississippi River)
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| 2000 |
RNC2000 DEMONSTRATIONS: Lead organizer, spokesperson, and puppet maker of the “Ministry of Puppetganda”, the huge puppet warehouse during RNC2000 demonstrations (Philadelphia)
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| 1997- 1998 |
KEVIN AUGUSTINE: Operated banraku-style foam puppets in “Once Vaudeville”, about the son of a Vaudevillian in a changing modern age (San Francisco, Philadelphia)
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STILT-DANCING
| 2005- 2008 |
FIRST NIGHT: Entertainment and parade leader for New Year's Eve event (Mt. Holly NJ)
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| 2007 |
STILTED: Performance as a white girl in a Nigerian stilt-dancing costume that falls apart in “trying too hard” to emulate another culture (Zuzi Dance Theater, Tucson)
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| 2007 |
ARTS DAY: African-themed stilt-dancer for Drexel Elementary School in celebration of the arts (Tucson)
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| 2006 |
EARTHQUAKES: “Quake” character in a community performance about consumerism, fear, and interconnectivity (Philadelphia)
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| 1999- 2005 |
SPIARAL Q PUPPETTHEATRE: Stilt-dancer, teacher, “Peoplehood” parade/pageant section leader, puppet maker, and costume maker (Philadelphia)
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| 2005 |
UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA: “Pigeon” in performance as a post-apocalyptic animal (Philadelphia Earth Charter Community Summit)
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| 2005 |
DIABOLIQUE: Corset fashion show with a circus theme (Philadelphia)
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| 2005 |
HOLIDAY PARTY FOR THE HOMELESS: Entertainment
for Point Breeze Performing Arts Center in South Philly (Philadelphia)
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| 2004 |
FAIRMOUNT PARK COMMISSION: Parade in support of municipal parks (Philadelphia)
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| 2002, 2003 |
THE BUMPIN' BIG TOP: Entertainer and promoter for the circus (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 1999- 2003 |
DEMONSTRATIONS: Protests opposing WTO/IMF, prison industrial complex, and injustice (D.C., Philadelphia)
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| 2001, 2002 |
MUMMERS PARADE: Comics section team member during the famous televised New Years Day parade (Philadelphia)
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| 1999- 2002 |
BREAD & PUPPET: Pageant, performance participant, and resident artist during the Summer (Glover VT, NYC)
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| 2002 |
THE GOOD AMERICAN: “Uncle Sam” in a dance film (Philadelphia)
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| 2002 |
LISANGA YA BANA KIN: Congolese dance troupe for Dance Africa at the International House (Philadelphia)
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SOUND
| 2013 |
TAART WALK: Assemble soundtrack for performance (Tucson)
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| 2012 |
PARADIGM SHIFT: Assemble soundtrack for performance (Tucson)
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| 2012, 2011 |
DANCING EARTH: Assemble soundtrack for several performance versions (Tucson)
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| 2011 |
ANIMAL: Assemble soundtrack for performance (Tucson)
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| 2011, 2010 |
BODIES OF WATER: Assemble soundtrack for several performance versions (Tucson)
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| 2008 |
TIPPING POINT: Assemble soundtrack (Philadelphia)
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| 2008 |
PROJECT FOR NUCLEAR AWARENESS: Two 30sec and 60sec Public Service Announcements for “Thinking Outside the Bomb: An Action Conference on Nuclear Weapons, the Environment, and Health” (Philadelphia)
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| 2007 |
DEGREES OF CHANGE: The dance pace increases as industrialization and global climate change intensifies (Tucson)
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| 2005 |
UTPOIA/DYSTOPIA: Epic performance where Shamans of the 4 Elements battle Politics, Media, Military, and the Parasite of Fear (Alliance for a Sustainable Future, Philadelphia Earth Charter Community Summit)
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| 2005 |
THE PIG/THE COW/THE CHICKEN: Monologue and dance piece about factory farming (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2003 |
LIFE IS SCHIZOPHRENIA: Dance theatre piece from participants' stories about “normalcy” being insane while often “insanity” is normal (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 2002 |
PUPPETMASTER: Dance performance about the puppetmaster being a puppet and the puppet being the puppetmaster (Puppet Uprising Cabaret, Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
MINDKISS: Dance film featuring Myra Bazell about breaking out of being trapped in the mind (Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
KEVIN THE KLOWN: Film short about a depressed clown who doesn't laugh featuring Kevin Augustine (Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
SUPER MARKET: Experimental film short about consumerism and patriotism (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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| 1996 |
THE VOICE: Film short where a man hears voices and is murdered by an unknown intruder (D.C., Philadelphia)
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| 1995 |
THE BLUE LINE: Performance art piece about urbanization and various subway stops along the Blue Line subway (Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia)
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STAGE / FILM PRODUCTION
| 2013 |
TAART WALK: Production for multi-media performance party as Beyond the Box entertainment company during the Toole Avenue Art Walk (Tucson)
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| 1996- 2003 |
GROUP MOTION DANCE COMPANY: Production Assistant for multi-media dance company (Philadelphia)
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| 1993- 1997 |
DREXEL UNIVERSITY MANDEL THEATER: Stage Manager, lights, sound, stage production and crew (Philadelphia)
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| 1997 |
LIES THE RADIO TOLD ME: Production Assistant, Grip, and Video Assist for feature film (Philadelphia)
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SYMPOSIA / PRESENTATIONS
| 2015 |
CHANGE IS COMING FOR THE NEW PARADIGM: Motivational speech to an enthusiastic audience at 1Block1Day. (Tucson)
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| 2013 |
POWER UP FOR THE PARADIGM SHIFT - MARKETING, BRANDING & IDENTITY EXTRAVAGANZA: Panelist and activity leader about personal awareness and life/business goals (Tucson)
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| 2010 |
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA'S WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Performance and presentation for conference on leadership (Tucson)
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| 2008 |
COLLECTIVE IMPRINTS: Taught movement theory and practice to inspire visual imagery for participatory mural at community center (Philadelphia)
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| 2007 |
THE GREAT TURNING: Multiple Intelligence Theory through performance and assisted facilitation on a mural at a conference sponsored by the Traveling Audubon Expedition (Leslie College NH)
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| 2006 |
STREET ART WORKERS: Presentation and permanent installation at LAVA community center (Philadelphia)
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| 2005 |
EARTH CHARTER COMMUNITY SUMMIT: Talk about arts and ecology (Philadelphia)
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| 1996- 2004 |
POETRY READINGS: Open mics at Poems Not Prisons, Kaffa Krossing, and more (NYC, Philadelphia, San Francisco)
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| 2003 |
DANCE THEATRE CAMP: Taught workshop and facilitated discussion (Philadelphia)
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| 2000 |
RNC2000 DEMONSTRATIONS DEBRIEFING: Puppet show and discussion about the puppet warehouse that was preemptively shut down (White Dog Café, Philadelphia)
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| 1999 |
THE EVILS OF DR. MONSANTO: Puppet show and discussion about radical puppet theatre (State College PA)
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| 1999 |
RADICAL CHEESE: Conference of radical puppet artists (Glover VT)
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ARTIST RESIDENCIES / SELECTED WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT
| 2013, 2010 |
CREATIVE CAPITAL: Professional development workshops about community engagement and arts business (Tucson)
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| 2009 |
GUILLERMO GÓMEZ-PEÑA: Interview about the creation of the Peace Fair mural created by Michael Schwartz (Tucson)
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| 2007 |
nEW: Residency for the development of a new project (Philadelphia)
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| 2006 |
TEATR NOVOGO FRONTA: International performance workshop intensive (Prague, Czech Republic)
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| 1999- 2000 |
BREAD & PUPPET: Summer resident puppeteer and stilt-dance teacher (Glover VT)
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FILM / VIDEO SCREENINGS AND BROADCASTS
| 2007 |
DANCE BOOM!: Screening of “Table Dance” at a dance film festival (Philadelphia)
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| 1998- 2002 |
DUTV: Broadcasting of “Mindkiss”, “Kevin the Klown”, “Super Market”, and “The Voice” on Drexel University's local TV station (Philadelphia)
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| 2002 |
THE BUMPIN' BIG TOP: Screening of “Path” in the film/video program at a circus (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)
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RADIO / TELEVISION / VIDEO APPEARENCES
| 2015 |
KGUN9 / MORNING BLEND: Reveal for a $2,200 makeover that I won in a raffle, right before my 40th birthday. (Tucson)
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| 2013 |
FRED & JEFF SHOW 104.1FM: Popular radio show to promote Tucson Arts Brigade's fundraiser "Art Under the Stars" and its community arts programs (Tucson)
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| 2012, 2013 |
KGUN9 / MORNING BLEND: Representative for Tucson Arts Brigade about the fundraiser "Art Under the Stars" and its community arts programs (Tucson)
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| 2011, 2012, 2013 |
PBS / ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA: Several television interviews for Tucson Arts Brigade (TAB), TAB's Dance Theater Program featuring "Dancing Earth" Workshop/Performance, and The Water Festival: Synergy of Art, Science, and Communityl (Tucson)
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| 2010 |
KXCI
91.3FM: 2 radio show interviews for The Water Festival: Synergy of Art, Science, and Communityl (Tucson)
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| 2009 |
KXCI
91.3FM: Radio show focusing on Green Art
Jobs and current community art projects (Tucson)
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| 2007 |
TUCSON COMMUNITY CABLE: Interview about the creation of the Peace Fair mural created by Michael Schwartz (Tucson)
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| 2000 |
RNC2000 DEMONSTRATIONS: Press conference in the form of a puppet show broadcasted on local and national TV news networks, including C-SPAN (Nationwide, Philadelphia)
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| 2000 |
WHYY/NPR: Interview with Marty Moss-Coane Radio Times WHYY about the puppet warehouse preemptively shut down during the RNC2000 demonstrations (Nationwide, Philadelphia)
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| 2000 |
UNCONVENTION: Documentary video by Big Tea Party about the RNC2000 demonstrations (Philadelphia)
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WORK PUBLISHED
| 2006 |
STENCIL ART: Photographs from India and Czech Republic (JustSeeds Press)
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| 1999 |
KINGDOM COME: Poem selected to be in a book about the new millennium (Amsterdam)
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| 1994- 1997 |
MAYA: Drexel University's poetry and short story student publication (Philadelphia)
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EXHIBITS
| 2010 |
EPIC CAFE: "Volcano" piece as an invited artist in a group show (Tucson)
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| 2005, 2006 |
STREET ART WORKERS: Facilitator of collection of various artists at A-Space and Lava (Philadelphia)
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| 1996- 1999 |
ANNUAL: Installations and installation performances “Robert Frank”, “Heaven on Earth”, “Cacoon”, “Birdcage”, “On My Cat's Thanksgiving” and more at Drexel University (Philadelphia)
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| 1996 |
BORDERS BOOK STORE: Exhibit of original works (Philadelphia)
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| 1989 |
TEARS: Illustration in a permanent exhibit at a middle school in memoriam to an art teacher (Monroe CT)
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VOLUNTEER
| 2005- 2007 |
STREET ART WORKERS: Organizer and exhibitor for bringing radical art to the street (National)
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| 1999- 2004 |
FOOD NOT BOMBS: Provided food to those who need it (Philadelphia)
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| 2000- 2002 |
BOOKS THROUGH BARS: Sent books and letters to prisoners (Philadelphia)
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| 1999- 2001 |
PHILADELPHIA FRINGE FESTIVAL: Usher for performing arts festival (Philadelphia)
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| 1996- 1999 |
PHILADELPHIA FLIM FESTIVAL: Usher for festival of local, national, and international independent film (Philadelphia)
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| 1993- 1997 |
DREXEL CAMPUS ACTIVITIES BOARD: Designer and organizer of Drexel University campus activities (Philadelphia)
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| 1992 |
TUESDAY NIGHT GANG: Assistant in after school program for autistic children and adults (Trumbull CT)
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TRAINING
| 1995- current |
WORKSHOPS: Eclectic experiences including Improvisation, Modern, Butoh, Capoiera, Folkloric Cuban, African (Czech Republic, Poland, Cuba, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, Tucson)
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| 2002- 2008 |
DANCE THEATRE CAMP: Invited workshop participant in a peer group exchange with local and visiting performing artists/companies (Philadelphia)
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Workshop Mentors/Collaborators (Partial List):
Group Motion Dance Company
New Paradise Laboratories
Pig Iron Theatre Company
Headlong Dance Company
Leah Stein Dance Company
EgoPo
MOMIX
The Architects
Masaki Iwana (Japan/France)
Akira Kasai (Japan)
Ko Murobushi (Japan)
Guillermo Gómez-Peña (Mexico/US)
Teatr Novogo Fronta (Czech Republic)
Jacek Luminski (Poland)
Emmio Greco (Itally)
Cutumba Ballet Forlórico (Cuba)
Sean Feldman (U.K.)
Dada von Bzdülöw Theatre (Poland)
Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe (South Africa)
Jérôme Meyer & Isabelle Chauffaud (Netherlands)
Marianela Boán (Argentina/US)
Wendy Rogers & Sara Rudner
Paule Turner a.ka. “Duchess”
Melanie Stewart
Myra Bazell
Lisa Kraus
Nicole Canuso
Alissa Cardone
Olase Freeman
Michele Stortz
Megan Duram
Beth Braun
TRAINING GENRE
Improvisation
Physical Theatre
Modern
Butoh
Veiwpoints
Puppetry
Clown
Stilts
Ballet
Contact
Capoeira
African
Afrofusion
Afro-Brazillian
Folkloric Cuban / Vodún
Cambodian
Kathak Indian
Yoga
Pilates
Alexander Technique
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