Education:
Currently Women’s Studies Certificate Program (Texas Woman’s University)
2012 - Current Texas Woman’s University (PhD Candidate in Dance)
2005 - 2008 Florida State University M.F.A. program (Dance)
2002 - 2004 Florida International University B.A. program (Dance)
Professional Training:
Ballet: Tina Santos, Sheila Humphrey’s, Anjali Austin
Modern: Bambi Anderson, Jawole Zollar, Gerri Houlihan, Lynda Davis, Anthony Morgan, Dan
Wagoner
Jazz: Freddick Bratcher, Lees Hummel, Scottie Tittle-Cook, Roberto Dias
African: Coreen Eto'o, Sherone Price, Anita McBeth, Djoniba Mouflet, Njeri Plato
Caribbean: Richard Gonzalez, Peniel Guerrier, Peter London, Cynthia Oliver
Administrative Experience:
2011 Dance Director, Summer Arts Program; SUNY Potsdam; Potsdam, NY
2005 – 1998 Dance Director, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center; Miami, FL (scheduled
classes, supervised staff, wrote curriculum and counseled students)
Artistic Director:
2011 - Current CariDanco
2003- 2000 Winds of Heritage Performing Arts Dance Company
Awards/Grants:
2011 Facul-TE Award (University Award)
2010 Title III Professional Development Grant (University Award)
2010 Facul-TE Award (University Award)
2005 Black Graduate Student Orientation Award (Merit Based)
2003 American Dance Festival Scholarship (Merit Based)
Teaching Experience:
2014 - 2015 University of Utah (One Year Visiting Professor)
2014 Texas Tech University (Guest)
Lubbock, TX
2013 Southern Methodist University (Adjunct Professor)
Dallas, Texas: Taught CaribFunk
The University of Georgia in Athens (Guest)
Athens, Georgia: Taught CaribFunk, Jazz, and Dance Appreciation
The School of Contemporary Ballet Dallas
Dallas, Texas: Taught Zumba
2012 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Peck School of the Arts (Guest)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Taught CaribFunk, Modern and Composition
Texas Woman’s University Denton, Texas: Taught CaribFunk, Intro to
Modern, Beginning Ballet, World Dance Forms (online assisting) and Dance,
Gender and Culture (online assisting)
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado: Taught CaribFunk and Non- Western Dance Lecture
2012- 2010 SUNY Potsdam (Assistant Professor of Dance)
Potsdam, New York: Taught Ballet, Modern, and CaribFunk
Senior Project and Composition
2011 Buffalo State College (The Ann Frank Project)
Buffalo, New York: Taught CaribFunk
Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts
Buffalo, New York: Taught CaribFunk
Edna Manley School of Visual and Performing Arts
Kingston, Jamaica: Taught CaribFunk
Manhattan Theatre Lab High School
New York, New York: Taught CaribFunk
St. Lawrence County Arts Council
Potsdam, New York: Taught Zumba®
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York: Taught CaribFunk
St. Lawrence University
Canton, New York: Taught CaribFunk and Zumba®
Buffalo State College
Buffalo, New York: Taught CaribFunk at The Anne Frank Project
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York: Taught CaribFunk
2010 Movema Dance Company
Liverpool, England: Two-day workshop in CaribFunk
Dance Away
Liverpool, England: Taught CaribFunk
92nd Street Y
New York, New York: Taught Zumba®
Wiggles and Giggles
New York, New York: Taught Zumba®
Brighton Ballet Theater
Brooklyn, New York: Taught Hip Hop/Funk, Caribbean, and Zumba®
Silhouette
Bay Ridge, New York: Taught Zumba®
Dance Theatre of Harlem
New York, New York: Taught Modern and Caribbean
Crunch Fitness
New York, New York: Taught Global Grooves
Bronx Charter School: After School Program
Bronx, New York: Taught Hip Hop
2009 Berea Recreation Center
Berea, Ohio: Taught Zumba®
Jackson School of the Arts
Massillon, Ohio: Residency (Afro-Caribbean/African) (YouTube Footage)
Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island: Residency (CaribFunk), Zumba®
Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
New York, New York: Taught CaribFunk (YouTube Footage)
Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Taught CaribFunk
Miss Kristin’s Dance Studio
Avon Lake, Ohio: Taught CaribFunk, Zumba®
The Gemini Center
Fairview Park, Ohio: Taught Zumba® and CaribFunk
Studio 11
Cleveland, Ohio: Taught CaribFunk and Zumba®
Cleveland Ballet Conservatory
North Royalton, Ohio: Taught Modern, Zumba®, and Ballet
STEPS Summer Program (University of Akron)
Akron, Ohio: Taught Modern
Seeds to Succeed Summer Program
Cleveland, Ohio: Taught Hip Hop
The Dance Institute (University of Akron)
Akron, Ohio: Taught Modern and CaribFunk
Booth Private Studio
Avon Lake, Ohio: Taught CaribFunk
Church on the Rise
West Lake, Ohio: Taught CaribFunk
2008 - 2005 Diva Arts Academy
Miami, Florida: Taught Ballet, Modern, and Caribbean
2008 - 2005 Graduate Student Instructor, Florida State University Dance Department
Tallahassee, Florida: Taught Introduction to Caribbean
2008 Suzanne Farrell- Young Dancers Workshop
Tallahassee, Florida: Taught Caribbean
2007 Tallahassee Little Theatre Summer Program
Tallahassee, Florida: Taught Caribbean
2005 - 1998 African Heritage Cultural Arts Center- Dance Director
Miami, Florida: Taught Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Choreography, Dance
Production and Choreography
2006 - 2005 Children’s Trust Summer Program
Miami, Florida: Taught: Hip Hop and Liturgical
2003 Dance Adjudicator- National Arts Festival
Nassau, Bahamas: Taught CaribFunk
2004 Workshop Series- Dade County Public Schools
Miami, Florida: Taught Modern
In Motion Dance Studio
Miami, Florida: Taught Modern
Dancer’s Gallery
Pembroke Pines, Florida: Taught CaribFunk
2003 - 2000 Winds of Heritage Performing Arts Dance Company- Artistic Director
Miami, Florida: Taught Ballet, Modern, and Caribbean
2000 New Birth Baptist Church
Miami, Florida: Taught Modern
Choreographing Experience:
2014 Spirit and Water in 4: (21:00): A dance theatre work exploring ritual,
spirituality, and futurism; Salt Lake City, UT
2013 That Power: (4:00): A jazz group work that celebrates life in the midst sickness; Dallas, TX
Sittin’ in the Middle: (4:00): A group Latin jazz work; Dallas, TX
The Personal is Political (12:00): An ethnographic performance exploring oppression and resistance focusing on Caribbean popular culture as the lens for interpretation; Dallas, TX
Corporeal Discourse (4:00): The soloist breaks the ethno-cultural
constructs of masculinity and femininity; Washington, DC
2012 Truth Don Die (7:00): An exploration of the Black females
supposed “hyper-sexual” body; Potsdam, NY
2011 Blues for Mr. Charlie: A swing and jazz exploration; Potsdam, NY
Trinity-group: (10:22): A woman in a polygamous relationship searches
For home; Potsdam, NY
Suite Soweto-group (10:20): A work exploring breast cancer and
the acceptance of the female body; Potsdam, NY
2010 Trinity (excerpt)-solo (5:00): Afro fusion: New York, NY
2009 Continuous Grace- solo (3:19): Modern dance and Liturgical; West Lake,
OH
He Lives- trio (4:00): Modern dance and Liturgical; West Lake, OH
The Lord’s Prayer- solo (3:59): Modern dance and Liturgical; West Lake,
OH
110th Street and 5th Ave- solo (2:43): African/Latin Jazz ; West Lake, OH
2008 Dig Deep- group (9:20): A celebration of the female body through
Carnival; Tallahassee, FL
Pinched- group (8:57: Exploration of the dark side of beauty;
Tallahassee, FL
Trinity- group (9:28): A woman in a polygamous relationship searches
For home; Tallahassee, FL
2007 Senie part 1- solo (4:00): An exploration of female
sensuality; Tallahassee, FL
Senie part 2- group (5:12): An exploration of female
Sensuality; Tallahassee, FL
Once On This Island (musical): Afro-Caribbean and Modern;
Tallahassee, FL
2005 - 1998 African Heritage Cultural Arts Center (over 45 works): Afro-Caribbean,
Ballet, Modern, and Jazz works; Miami, FL
2005 Home- group (5:15): A choreo-poem about travelling; Miami, FL
2003 - 2000 Winds of Heritage Performing Arts Company (over 20 works): Afro-
Caribbean, Ballet, Modern, and Jazz works; Miami, FL
2000 Soca Explosion- group (5:49): Afro-Caribbean/Carnival; Miami, FL
1998 More Than I Can Bear- solo (4:23): Modern and Liturgical; Miami, FL
1997 Push/Pull- group (3:48); An exploration of spatial relationships; Miami,
FL
Performing Experience:
2013 Corporeal Discourse: CaribFunk and World Grooves; Washington, D.C
(The Kennedy Center)
Corporeal Discourse: CaribFunk and World Grooves; Pittsburgh, PA
(Black Existentialisms: Situating Black Existential Philosophy)
2012 Truth Don Die: CaribFunk; Potsdam, NY
2011 The Latin Jazz Ensemble/The Crane School of Music: Latin Jazz;
Potsdam, NY
Carnegie Science Hall; Contemporary; Washington, DC
California Academy of Sciences: Contemporary; San Francisco, CA
2010 Bates Dance Festival; Contemporary/Caribbean; Lewiston, ME
Danspace Project Presents Academy Dances; Contemporary/Caribbean;
New York, NY
Central District Forum: Contemporary/Caribbean; Seattle, WA
Dance Place: Contemporary/Caribbean; Washington, DC
2009 Danspace Project/St. Marks Church: Contemporary/Caribbean;
New York, NY
Painted Bride Art Center; Philadelphia, PA
Church On The Rise: Modern and Liturgical; West Lake, OH
2008 - 2005 Dance Repertory Theatre, Florida State University: Modern; Tallahassee,
FL
2008 MFA Concert- Upside Out: Modern; Tallahassee, FL
2007 Orchesis, Florida A&M University: CaribFunk; Tallahassee, FL
MFA Concert- Passage: Afro-Modern; Tallahassee, FL
MFA Concert- When The Delta Speaks: Modern; Tallahassee, FL
Evening Of Dance: Modern; Tallahassee, FL
2006 Dance Harlem: Contemporary/Jazz; Harlem, NY
Splice: East Coast/West Coast: Contemporary; New York, NY
Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company: Modern; New York, NY
2005 Days of Dance: Modern; Tallahassee, FL
In Motion Dance Studio: Jazz; Miami, FL
IFE ILE: Afro-Cuban; Miami, FL
2003 Florida International University: Modern; Miami, FL
ACDFA-SE Regional Informal Concert: Afro-Modern; Miami, FL
2001 - 2000 Caribbean Dance Celebration: Haitian and Modern; Miami, FL
2000 Soca Explosion: Afro-Caribbean; Miami, FL
1999 - 1998 Dialu Dance Ensemble: African; Miami, FL
1998 - 1997 Black Door Dance Ensemble: Modern; Miami, FL
1998 - 1997 Miami Dade Community College Repertory: Modern and Jazz; Miami, FL
1998 New Birth Baptist Church: Modern and Liturgical; Miami, FL
1998 Oklahoma, Academy of Arts of Hollywood: Jazz and Modern; Hollywood,
FL
1997 The Moving Company; Jazz; Hollywood, FL
Companies Worked/Performed With:
Currently - 2010 Kristin McArdle Dance
Marine Conservation and Bioluminescence
Currently - 2008 Cynthia Oliver/COCo Dance Theatre
Dance Theatre/Contemporary/Caribbean
2008 – 2005 Dance Repertory Theater (F.S.U.)
Modern
2007 Cedar Lake (F.S.U.)
Contemporary Ballet
2007 Urban Bush Women (F.S.U)
African/Modern
2006 Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company (member)
Modern
2005 IFE ILE (guest)
Afro- Cuban
2001 - 2000 Sosyete Koukouy (guest)
Haitian
1999 - 1998 Dialu Dance Ensemble (member)
African
1998 - 1997 Black Door Dance Ensemble (member)
Modern
1997 The Moving Company (member)
Jazz
Choreographic Residencies:
2009 Roger Williams University; Bristol, RI
Teaching Residencies:
2014 Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX
2013 Spare Works and Our Lady of the Lake University-International Folk
Culture Center; San Antonio, TX
2012 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Milwaukee, WI
2009 Roger Williams University; Bristol, RI
Jackson School of the Arts; Massillon, OH
Works Presented:
2008 Dig Deep: ACDFA SE Regional Concert A; Gainesville, FL
2003 Senie: ACDFA SE Regional Informal Concert; Miami, FL
Works Restaged:
2011 Trinity: SUNY Potsdam
2009 Trinity: Roger Williams University
Collaborations:
2011 The Junkanew Project
Adjudication Panels:
2004 – 2002 National Arts Festival; Nassau, Bah
1999 - 1998 NAACP ACT-SO Competition; Plantation, FL
Certification:
2009 CPR Heartsaver AED
2008 Zumba® Basic Skills Level 1 and 2
Memberships:
2014 Society of Dance History Scholars
2014 National Women’s Studies Association
2010 - Current Congress on Research and Dance
2012 National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
2012 International Association of Blacks in Dance
2012 American Association of Blacks in Higher Education
2009 IDEA Health and Fitness
2009 –Current National Dance Education Organization
2009 Dance/USA
Dance Reviews:
2009 www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/arts/dance/19bamba.html
Conferences:
2013 The International Association of Blacks in Dance; Panelist
Washington, DC
Black Existentialisms: Situating Black Existential Philosophy; Panelist
Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Edna Manley College/Rex Nettleford Inaugural Arts Conference; Presenter
Kingston, Jamaica
The Humanities and Sciences Department of the School of Visual Arts
Presenter; New York, NY
2010 Association of Dance of the African Diaspora; Presenter
London, England
Article/Interviews:
2013 http://www.movementresearch.org/criticalcorrespondence/blog/?p=7510
2010 www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20101211/DCO01/312119926
Publications:
2011 The Journal of Pan African Studies (Special Edition on Dance)
CaribFunk Technique: Afro-Caribbean Feminism, Caribbean Dance and
Popular Culture
http://www.jpanafrican.com/docs/vol4no6/4.6-8CaribFunk.pdf
Pending Publications:
2013 CaribFunk Philosophy and the Paradigmatic Shift: (Re) Imagining Afro-Caribbean Cultural Performance as Praxis in Dance Curriculum in Higher Education in the United States;
The Association of Dance of African Diaspora; London, England
Lectures/Presentations:
2013 The Urban League of Dallas: Institutional Racism
Dallas, TX
Troubling the Waters: Systemic Racism in Higher Education
International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference; Washington, D.C.
Afrofusion Technique: CaribFunk and Afrofuturism
Black Existentialisms Conference; Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Women and Gender Studies Lecture Series;
SUNY Potsdam: Potsdam, NY
Currently Women’s Studies Certificate Program (Texas Woman’s University)
2012 - Current Texas Woman’s University (PhD Candidate in Dance)
2005 - 2008 Florida State University M.F.A. program (Dance)
2002 - 2004 Florida International University B.A. program (Dance)
Professional Training:
Ballet: Tina Santos, Sheila Humphrey’s, Anjali Austin
Modern: Bambi Anderson, Jawole Zollar, Gerri Houlihan, Lynda Davis, Anthony Morgan, Dan
Wagoner
Jazz: Freddick Bratcher, Lees Hummel, Scottie Tittle-Cook, Roberto Dias
African: Coreen Eto'o, Sherone Price, Anita McBeth, Djoniba Mouflet, Njeri Plato
Caribbean: Richard Gonzalez, Peniel Guerrier, Peter London, Cynthia Oliver
Administrative Experience:
2011 Dance Director, Summer Arts Program; SUNY Potsdam; Potsdam, NY
2005 – 1998 Dance Director, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center; Miami, FL (scheduled
classes, supervised staff, wrote curriculum and counseled students)
Artistic Director:
2011 - Current CariDanco
2003- 2000 Winds of Heritage Performing Arts Dance Company
Awards/Grants:
2011 Facul-TE Award (University Award)
2010 Title III Professional Development Grant (University Award)
2010 Facul-TE Award (University Award)
2005 Black Graduate Student Orientation Award (Merit Based)
2003 American Dance Festival Scholarship (Merit Based)
Teaching Experience:
2014 - 2015 University of Utah (One Year Visiting Professor)
2014 Texas Tech University (Guest)
Lubbock, TX
2013 Southern Methodist University (Adjunct Professor)
Dallas, Texas: Taught CaribFunk
The University of Georgia in Athens (Guest)
Athens, Georgia: Taught CaribFunk, Jazz, and Dance Appreciation
The School of Contemporary Ballet Dallas
Dallas, Texas: Taught Zumba
2012 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Peck School of the Arts (Guest)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Taught CaribFunk, Modern and Composition
Texas Woman’s University Denton, Texas: Taught CaribFunk, Intro to
Modern, Beginning Ballet, World Dance Forms (online assisting) and Dance,
Gender and Culture (online assisting)
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado: Taught CaribFunk and Non- Western Dance Lecture
2012- 2010 SUNY Potsdam (Assistant Professor of Dance)
Potsdam, New York: Taught Ballet, Modern, and CaribFunk
Senior Project and Composition
2011 Buffalo State College (The Ann Frank Project)
Buffalo, New York: Taught CaribFunk
Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts
Buffalo, New York: Taught CaribFunk
Edna Manley School of Visual and Performing Arts
Kingston, Jamaica: Taught CaribFunk
Manhattan Theatre Lab High School
New York, New York: Taught CaribFunk
St. Lawrence County Arts Council
Potsdam, New York: Taught Zumba®
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York: Taught CaribFunk
St. Lawrence University
Canton, New York: Taught CaribFunk and Zumba®
Buffalo State College
Buffalo, New York: Taught CaribFunk at The Anne Frank Project
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York: Taught CaribFunk
2010 Movema Dance Company
Liverpool, England: Two-day workshop in CaribFunk
Dance Away
Liverpool, England: Taught CaribFunk
92nd Street Y
New York, New York: Taught Zumba®
Wiggles and Giggles
New York, New York: Taught Zumba®
Brighton Ballet Theater
Brooklyn, New York: Taught Hip Hop/Funk, Caribbean, and Zumba®
Silhouette
Bay Ridge, New York: Taught Zumba®
Dance Theatre of Harlem
New York, New York: Taught Modern and Caribbean
Crunch Fitness
New York, New York: Taught Global Grooves
Bronx Charter School: After School Program
Bronx, New York: Taught Hip Hop
2009 Berea Recreation Center
Berea, Ohio: Taught Zumba®
Jackson School of the Arts
Massillon, Ohio: Residency (Afro-Caribbean/African) (YouTube Footage)
Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island: Residency (CaribFunk), Zumba®
Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
New York, New York: Taught CaribFunk (YouTube Footage)
Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Taught CaribFunk
Miss Kristin’s Dance Studio
Avon Lake, Ohio: Taught CaribFunk, Zumba®
The Gemini Center
Fairview Park, Ohio: Taught Zumba® and CaribFunk
Studio 11
Cleveland, Ohio: Taught CaribFunk and Zumba®
Cleveland Ballet Conservatory
North Royalton, Ohio: Taught Modern, Zumba®, and Ballet
STEPS Summer Program (University of Akron)
Akron, Ohio: Taught Modern
Seeds to Succeed Summer Program
Cleveland, Ohio: Taught Hip Hop
The Dance Institute (University of Akron)
Akron, Ohio: Taught Modern and CaribFunk
Booth Private Studio
Avon Lake, Ohio: Taught CaribFunk
Church on the Rise
West Lake, Ohio: Taught CaribFunk
2008 - 2005 Diva Arts Academy
Miami, Florida: Taught Ballet, Modern, and Caribbean
2008 - 2005 Graduate Student Instructor, Florida State University Dance Department
Tallahassee, Florida: Taught Introduction to Caribbean
2008 Suzanne Farrell- Young Dancers Workshop
Tallahassee, Florida: Taught Caribbean
2007 Tallahassee Little Theatre Summer Program
Tallahassee, Florida: Taught Caribbean
2005 - 1998 African Heritage Cultural Arts Center- Dance Director
Miami, Florida: Taught Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Choreography, Dance
Production and Choreography
2006 - 2005 Children’s Trust Summer Program
Miami, Florida: Taught: Hip Hop and Liturgical
2003 Dance Adjudicator- National Arts Festival
Nassau, Bahamas: Taught CaribFunk
2004 Workshop Series- Dade County Public Schools
Miami, Florida: Taught Modern
In Motion Dance Studio
Miami, Florida: Taught Modern
Dancer’s Gallery
Pembroke Pines, Florida: Taught CaribFunk
2003 - 2000 Winds of Heritage Performing Arts Dance Company- Artistic Director
Miami, Florida: Taught Ballet, Modern, and Caribbean
2000 New Birth Baptist Church
Miami, Florida: Taught Modern
Choreographing Experience:
2014 Spirit and Water in 4: (21:00): A dance theatre work exploring ritual,
spirituality, and futurism; Salt Lake City, UT
2013 That Power: (4:00): A jazz group work that celebrates life in the midst sickness; Dallas, TX
Sittin’ in the Middle: (4:00): A group Latin jazz work; Dallas, TX
The Personal is Political (12:00): An ethnographic performance exploring oppression and resistance focusing on Caribbean popular culture as the lens for interpretation; Dallas, TX
Corporeal Discourse (4:00): The soloist breaks the ethno-cultural
constructs of masculinity and femininity; Washington, DC
2012 Truth Don Die (7:00): An exploration of the Black females
supposed “hyper-sexual” body; Potsdam, NY
2011 Blues for Mr. Charlie: A swing and jazz exploration; Potsdam, NY
Trinity-group: (10:22): A woman in a polygamous relationship searches
For home; Potsdam, NY
Suite Soweto-group (10:20): A work exploring breast cancer and
the acceptance of the female body; Potsdam, NY
2010 Trinity (excerpt)-solo (5:00): Afro fusion: New York, NY
2009 Continuous Grace- solo (3:19): Modern dance and Liturgical; West Lake,
OH
He Lives- trio (4:00): Modern dance and Liturgical; West Lake, OH
The Lord’s Prayer- solo (3:59): Modern dance and Liturgical; West Lake,
OH
110th Street and 5th Ave- solo (2:43): African/Latin Jazz ; West Lake, OH
2008 Dig Deep- group (9:20): A celebration of the female body through
Carnival; Tallahassee, FL
Pinched- group (8:57: Exploration of the dark side of beauty;
Tallahassee, FL
Trinity- group (9:28): A woman in a polygamous relationship searches
For home; Tallahassee, FL
2007 Senie part 1- solo (4:00): An exploration of female
sensuality; Tallahassee, FL
Senie part 2- group (5:12): An exploration of female
Sensuality; Tallahassee, FL
Once On This Island (musical): Afro-Caribbean and Modern;
Tallahassee, FL
2005 - 1998 African Heritage Cultural Arts Center (over 45 works): Afro-Caribbean,
Ballet, Modern, and Jazz works; Miami, FL
2005 Home- group (5:15): A choreo-poem about travelling; Miami, FL
2003 - 2000 Winds of Heritage Performing Arts Company (over 20 works): Afro-
Caribbean, Ballet, Modern, and Jazz works; Miami, FL
2000 Soca Explosion- group (5:49): Afro-Caribbean/Carnival; Miami, FL
1998 More Than I Can Bear- solo (4:23): Modern and Liturgical; Miami, FL
1997 Push/Pull- group (3:48); An exploration of spatial relationships; Miami,
FL
Performing Experience:
2013 Corporeal Discourse: CaribFunk and World Grooves; Washington, D.C
(The Kennedy Center)
Corporeal Discourse: CaribFunk and World Grooves; Pittsburgh, PA
(Black Existentialisms: Situating Black Existential Philosophy)
2012 Truth Don Die: CaribFunk; Potsdam, NY
2011 The Latin Jazz Ensemble/The Crane School of Music: Latin Jazz;
Potsdam, NY
Carnegie Science Hall; Contemporary; Washington, DC
California Academy of Sciences: Contemporary; San Francisco, CA
2010 Bates Dance Festival; Contemporary/Caribbean; Lewiston, ME
Danspace Project Presents Academy Dances; Contemporary/Caribbean;
New York, NY
Central District Forum: Contemporary/Caribbean; Seattle, WA
Dance Place: Contemporary/Caribbean; Washington, DC
2009 Danspace Project/St. Marks Church: Contemporary/Caribbean;
New York, NY
Painted Bride Art Center; Philadelphia, PA
Church On The Rise: Modern and Liturgical; West Lake, OH
2008 - 2005 Dance Repertory Theatre, Florida State University: Modern; Tallahassee,
FL
2008 MFA Concert- Upside Out: Modern; Tallahassee, FL
2007 Orchesis, Florida A&M University: CaribFunk; Tallahassee, FL
MFA Concert- Passage: Afro-Modern; Tallahassee, FL
MFA Concert- When The Delta Speaks: Modern; Tallahassee, FL
Evening Of Dance: Modern; Tallahassee, FL
2006 Dance Harlem: Contemporary/Jazz; Harlem, NY
Splice: East Coast/West Coast: Contemporary; New York, NY
Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company: Modern; New York, NY
2005 Days of Dance: Modern; Tallahassee, FL
In Motion Dance Studio: Jazz; Miami, FL
IFE ILE: Afro-Cuban; Miami, FL
2003 Florida International University: Modern; Miami, FL
ACDFA-SE Regional Informal Concert: Afro-Modern; Miami, FL
2001 - 2000 Caribbean Dance Celebration: Haitian and Modern; Miami, FL
2000 Soca Explosion: Afro-Caribbean; Miami, FL
1999 - 1998 Dialu Dance Ensemble: African; Miami, FL
1998 - 1997 Black Door Dance Ensemble: Modern; Miami, FL
1998 - 1997 Miami Dade Community College Repertory: Modern and Jazz; Miami, FL
1998 New Birth Baptist Church: Modern and Liturgical; Miami, FL
1998 Oklahoma, Academy of Arts of Hollywood: Jazz and Modern; Hollywood,
FL
1997 The Moving Company; Jazz; Hollywood, FL
Companies Worked/Performed With:
Currently - 2010 Kristin McArdle Dance
Marine Conservation and Bioluminescence
Currently - 2008 Cynthia Oliver/COCo Dance Theatre
Dance Theatre/Contemporary/Caribbean
2008 – 2005 Dance Repertory Theater (F.S.U.)
Modern
2007 Cedar Lake (F.S.U.)
Contemporary Ballet
2007 Urban Bush Women (F.S.U)
African/Modern
2006 Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company (member)
Modern
2005 IFE ILE (guest)
Afro- Cuban
2001 - 2000 Sosyete Koukouy (guest)
Haitian
1999 - 1998 Dialu Dance Ensemble (member)
African
1998 - 1997 Black Door Dance Ensemble (member)
Modern
1997 The Moving Company (member)
Jazz
Choreographic Residencies:
2009 Roger Williams University; Bristol, RI
Teaching Residencies:
2014 Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX
2013 Spare Works and Our Lady of the Lake University-International Folk
Culture Center; San Antonio, TX
2012 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Milwaukee, WI
2009 Roger Williams University; Bristol, RI
Jackson School of the Arts; Massillon, OH
Works Presented:
2008 Dig Deep: ACDFA SE Regional Concert A; Gainesville, FL
2003 Senie: ACDFA SE Regional Informal Concert; Miami, FL
Works Restaged:
2011 Trinity: SUNY Potsdam
2009 Trinity: Roger Williams University
Collaborations:
2011 The Junkanew Project
Adjudication Panels:
2004 – 2002 National Arts Festival; Nassau, Bah
1999 - 1998 NAACP ACT-SO Competition; Plantation, FL
Certification:
2009 CPR Heartsaver AED
2008 Zumba® Basic Skills Level 1 and 2
Memberships:
2014 Society of Dance History Scholars
2014 National Women’s Studies Association
2010 - Current Congress on Research and Dance
2012 National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
2012 International Association of Blacks in Dance
2012 American Association of Blacks in Higher Education
2009 IDEA Health and Fitness
2009 –Current National Dance Education Organization
2009 Dance/USA
Dance Reviews:
2009 www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/arts/dance/19bamba.html
Conferences:
2013 The International Association of Blacks in Dance; Panelist
Washington, DC
Black Existentialisms: Situating Black Existential Philosophy; Panelist
Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Edna Manley College/Rex Nettleford Inaugural Arts Conference; Presenter
Kingston, Jamaica
The Humanities and Sciences Department of the School of Visual Arts
Presenter; New York, NY
2010 Association of Dance of the African Diaspora; Presenter
London, England
Article/Interviews:
2013 http://www.movementresearch.org/criticalcorrespondence/blog/?p=7510
2010 www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20101211/DCO01/312119926
Publications:
2011 The Journal of Pan African Studies (Special Edition on Dance)
CaribFunk Technique: Afro-Caribbean Feminism, Caribbean Dance and
Popular Culture
http://www.jpanafrican.com/docs/vol4no6/4.6-8CaribFunk.pdf
Pending Publications:
2013 CaribFunk Philosophy and the Paradigmatic Shift: (Re) Imagining Afro-Caribbean Cultural Performance as Praxis in Dance Curriculum in Higher Education in the United States;
The Association of Dance of African Diaspora; London, England
Lectures/Presentations:
2013 The Urban League of Dallas: Institutional Racism
Dallas, TX
Troubling the Waters: Systemic Racism in Higher Education
International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference; Washington, D.C.
Afrofusion Technique: CaribFunk and Afrofuturism
Black Existentialisms Conference; Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Women and Gender Studies Lecture Series;
SUNY Potsdam: Potsdam, NY
