Nathan Andary
Teaching Fellow: MFA in Dance
301.405.4196
1211 Preinkert Field House
nandary@umd.edu
www.andarydance.org
Education/Training: BFA Dance, Ohio University, 1999; CMA, Laban Institute for Movement Studies, NYC, 2009
Areas of Specialization/Interest: Release Technique, Improvisation, Butoh, Choreography, Social Issues, Diversity in Dance Performance, Laban Movement Analysis, Video for Dance, Somatics, Yoga, Human Interaction through Movement and Performance, Social pressures and gender roles through dance performance.
Professional Affiliations: National Dance Educators Organization, NEFA Touring Roster Artist Program, Boston Dance Alliance.
Representative Productions: Created/Directed projects that toured nationally for Andary Dance—Inside Out; Outside In, Flight Plan, Osmosis, Crossover, Serious (series of) Solos, Spatial Tendencies; Curated Providence's Frazier Festival (2006, 2009); Curated/Directed Rhode Island's RIPPED.
Honors/Awards: Teaching Fellow at University of Maryland School of Dance; Project Awards from Toyota, Massachusetts Cultural Arts Council, Berwyck Research Institute in Boston, Green Street Studio Theater of Boston, Creative Arts Council at Brown University, Innovation Grant from NG Systems of Rhode Island; Choreography Awards from Antonio Cirino at the Rhode Island Foundation for the Arts, World Music/CrashARTS of Boston, Island Moving Company of Rhode Island, Moving Laboratory of Boston, and Two-time recipient of the Merit Award from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts; Board member for Rhode Island Dance Alliance, Providence's Frazier Festival, and Rhode Island Independent Performer's Network
Diedre Dawkins
Teaching Assistant: MFA in Dance
301-405-3197
1942 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
diedre.dawkins@gmail.com
Education/Training: Jubilation! Dance Company, N.Y.C. High School for the Performing Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Marie Brooks Caribbean Dance Theater, Fareta School of Dance and Drum, New York City Tisch School of the Arts BFA in Dance
Professional Affiliations: Member of the International Association of Blacks in Dance, Member of the Screen Actors Guild N.Y.C. Co-Director of DishiBem Traditional Contemporary Dance Group. Director Of DishiBem Performing Arts Preparatory
Performances: United States, Europe, Cuba and Senegal West Africa with Jubilation! Dance Company, Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theater, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Urban Bush Women, Muntu Chicago Dance Theater, Ronald K. Brown/ Evidence Dance Company and DishiBem Traditional Contemporary Dance Group. Representative for the G35 Infinity Artists of Color in Motion Campaign.
Awards: 2003 Bessie Schonberg Award recipient for Dance Performance in "Walking Out the Dark". Choreographed by Ronald K. Brown. 2008 Black Theater Alliance - Katherine Dunham Award for Best Choreography in a Music/Dance Program for "Suite Nina"
Valerie Durham
Teaching Assistant: MFA in Dance (Choreography Emphasis)
301-405-3197
1942 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
vdurham@umd.edu
www.duncandancers.com
Education/Training: Orlando School of the Performing Arts, Royal School of Ballet, Brigham Young University, University of Florida, Isadora Duncan Foundation for Contemporary Dance and other Duncan Dance technique masters
Professional Affiliations: Kennedy Center Teaching Artist, Maryland Dance Council, National Dance Educators Association
Representative Performances: Performances at national, regional and local theaters for the following theater and dance companies: National Operatic Society (lead actor, company member), Nassau, the Bahamas; DuncanWorks Children's Dance Theater (featured soloist), Gainesville, FL; Floridance Company (company member), Gainesville, FL, Lori Belilove & Company (company member, soloist), New York, NY; The Duncan Dancers (artistic director, soloist, choreographer), Washington, DC; Word Dance Theater (guest artist, director of education), Washington, DC.
Area of Specialization / Interest: Isadora Duncan technique and repertory
Other: Artistic Director, The Duncan Dancers; Director of Education, Word Dance Theater
April Gruber
Teaching Assistant: MFA in Dance (Performance Emphasis)
301.405.4196
1211 Preinkert Field House
algruber@umd.edu
Education/Training: BA in Dance, James Madison University, Summa Cum Laude
Honors and Awards: Goldhaber Award recipient
Vannia Ibarguen
Teaching Assistant: MFA in Dance
301.405.4196
1211 Preinkert Field House
vanniai@umd.edu
http://vanniai.webs.com
Education/Training: MFA in Dance, University of Maryland, 2009; Residency in Contemporary Dance and Choreography, Instituto de Arte de La Habana Cuba, 2004; Systems Engineer, University of Lima Peru, 1998; Professional Ballet Dancer, Choreartium Association Peru, 1990
Area of Specialization / Interest: Performance, Choreography. Dance and Technology, World Dance
Professional Affiliations: National Dance Education Organization, Professional Member of Dance Metro DC, Board Member of National Dance Council of Peru
Representative Performances: Maryland Dance Ensemble, UMD 2009. "In your Absence" by Danilo Rivera, "Dance for Women" and "Now Hope", Gonda Theatre at Georgetown University, and Jack Guidone Theatre at the Joy of Motion. Danza al Mar Festival, Buenos Aires Argentina (2005). Solamente Solos Festival, Holguin Cuba. La Habana: Ciudad en Movimiento Festival, Cuba (2004). Giselle (Pas de Deux, Act I), Nutcracker (Chinese Dance, Mirliton Dance, Ballerina Doll), Swan Lake (Pas de Trois, Four Little Swans, Princess), Sleeping Beauty (Charm Fairy), La Fille Mal Gardeé, Coppelia, La Bayadere, Paquita, Le Corsaire at Municipal Ballet of Lima, Peru (1993-2006). Contemporary Dance Program with Danzul, Florida Atlantic University
Representative Publications/Research Activities: Zone Zero and Beyond: A dance program for inner city 5th graders (New York, 2009); Dance Journalism and Critics for "Danza Hoy" (San Francisco, 2002-2007).
Honors and Awards: Anne Zirulnik Student Scholarship for exceptional promise in Dance Education. 2009. MFA Dance Department Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2007-2008. Magna Cum Laude Thesis, University of Lima. 2006. Best Dancer "Danza al Mar" Dance Competition. First Place for choreography "Idilio Muerto" and Gold Medal for best Interpretation in Professional Category. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005. Unesco-Aschberg Laureate in Dance at the Instituto Superior de Arte, La Havana, 2004. Best Female Interpretation Elsinor 2004 Contest, La Havana 2004. Finalist at the XIII International Ballet Festival and Competition, Trujillo Peru, 2003. Scholarship in Release Technique Seminar, Improvisation and Creativity Workshop, Lima – Peru, 2002. Royal Academy of Dance (London) Examination, Honors in Senior Grade, 1992.
Emily Oleson
Teaching Assistant: MFA in Dance
301.405.3197
1942 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
ekoleson@umd.edu
www.mattyandem.net
Education: B.A. in Theatre and Dance, Dance concentration, James Madison University, 2004
Professional Affiliations: Good Foot Dance Company, Charlottesville Dance Alliance
Representative Performances: "100 Migrations" with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in Charlottesville, VA; Good Foot Dance Company at the Performatica festival, Cholula, Mexico; A Charlottesville Wunderkammer, Charlottesville, VA
Florian Rouiller
Teaching Assistant: MFA in Dance
301.405.3197
1942 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
florianrouiller747@hotmail.com
Education/Training: John Cranko School 1992, David Howard 1993, Joffrey Ballet School 1993.
Representative Performances: Professional dance experience since 1992 with such companies as:Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co., Milwaukee Ballet, Ohio Ballet, Ballet Chicago, City Dance Ensemble, Merce Cunningham Company, Ballet International USA, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Delta Festival Ballet, Jane Franklin Dance DC, Lucy Bowen McCauley, Ballet Caracas, Daniel Singh, Goteborgoperans Sweden.
Area of Specialization / Interest: Modern and Ballet teaching and Performance
Betty Skeen
Teaching Assistant: MFA in Dance
301.405.4196
1211A Preinkert Field House
Education / Training: South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, a public residential performing arts high school, studying classical ballet under Stanislav Issaev. After high school, she studied philosophy, creative writing, digital filmmaking, moderndance and the mountains at Sweet Briar College. In 2007, she graduated from Sweet Briar with a BA in dance and a minor in creative writing.
Lauren Lloyd Withhart
Teaching Assistant: MFA in Dance (Performance and Choreography)
301.405.3197
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Room 1942
withhart@mail.umd.edu
http://laurenwithhart.homestead.com
Education and Training: BFA in Dance (2001) Florida State University, BS in Psychology (2001) Florida State University, MS in Psychology (2005) Florida State University
Professional Affiliations: Adjunct Faculty at Community College of Baltimore County Association of Behavior Analysis International
Representative Performances: Dance Repertory Theatre (FSU), Repertory from Lynda Davis, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Urban Bush Women, Buglisi-Foreman Dance, Christopher Burnside, and Ann Carlson. Women's Dance Project (FL), The Collective (Baltimore), VTDance (Baltimore), under direction of Vincent Thomas. Witness performed at Kennedy Center Millennium stage, Dance Place, and Baltimore Theater Project. Gesel Mason Performance Projects (DC). ClancyWorks (DC). Independent and collaborative choreographic projects presented at: Baltimore Museum of Art, Creative Alliance, AREA 405, Artscape, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
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