Education:
2018 - Current Certificate in African and African Diaspora Studies (Florida International University)
2013- 2014 Women’s Studies Certificate Program (Texas Woman’s University)
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:
2017 - 2018 Enrichment Program Department Chair; Indian Ridge Middle School; Davie, FL
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:
2015 Primary Investigator: Fusion: Art and Social Justice Lecture Series
Individual Teaching Grant, University of Utah, $3500.00
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:
2018- Current Barry University (Adjunct Professor); Miami, FL
2017 - Current Miami Dade College-Kendall (Adjunct Professor); Miami, FL
2015- Current 24 Hour Fitness (Zumba, Hip Hop, Body Pump); Fort Lauderdale, FL and NY, NY
2016 - 2018 Indian Ridge Middle School (Intensive Reading and Dance Teacher); Davie, FL
2014 - 2015 University of Utah (One Year Visiting Professor); Salt Lake City, UT
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
2008 - Current Diva Arts Academy
Miami, Florida: Taught Ballet, Modern, and Caribbean
2005 - 1998 African Heritage Cultural Arts Center- Dance Director
Miami, Florida: Taught Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Choreography, Dance
Production and Choreography
Choreographing Experience
2017 Womanifesto (8:00): A.I.R. Dance Conference; Miami, FL
Womanifesto (8:00): Iowa Dance Festival: Coralville, IA
Womanifesto (8:00): Akwaaba African Dance Festival: Houston, TX
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
Performing Experience:
2017 Dance Africa Miami (Olujimi Dance Theatre); Miami, FL
Womanifesto (8:00): A.I.R. Dance Conference; Miami, FL
Womanifesto (8:00): Iowa Dance Festival: Coralville, IA
2016 Womanifesto (8:00): Akwaaba African Dance Festival: Houston, TX
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
Companies Worked/Performed With:
2017 - Current Olujimi Dance Theatre
2010 - 2015 Kristin McArdle Dance
Marine Conservation and Bioluminescence
2008- 2010 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(s):
2017 Dance K-12 (Florida)
2016 Zumba and Body Pump
2014 Woman's Studies Certificate
2009 CPR Heartsaver AED
Memberships:
2016 – Current Dance Caribbean Collective (Community Project Scholar Writer)
2015 - Current Critical Ethnic Studies Association
2015 - Current Cultural Studies Association
2014 - Current Society of Dance History Scholars
2014 - Current 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:
2017 IFE-ILE Afro Cuban Dance and Music Conference
Panel: Empowerment through Embodiment of the Goddess
Paper Presentation (Accepted): Oshun: A Cross Cultural Experience in the
Classroom: Miami, FL
2016 Collegium for African Diasporic Dance (CAAD)
CaribFunk: A New Feminist/Womanist Futuristic Technique in Dance
Studies at Duke University (taught CaribFunk)
Durham, NC
2015 Women in Dance Leadership Conference Paper Presentation
(Accepted): “Invisible Identities and Intersectionality in
Dance: Finding Voice in Higher Education”
Baton Rouge, LA
National Woman Studies Association Conference: Precarity
Paper Presentation (Accepted):
“Embodied Protest: Decolonial Dance Techniques in the 21st Century
Milwaukee, WI
The Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa’s 2015 El Mundo Zurdo
Conference, Memoria y Conocimiento--Interdisciplinary Anzaldúan Studies: Archive, Legacy, and Thought: Paper Presentation (Accepted): “Finding Neplantla in Caribbean Cultural Performance”
The University of Texas: Austin, TX
Feminist Pedagogies Conference: Paper Presentation (Accepted):
“Subversive Identities in Performance: Bridging Theory/Connecting
Praxis.”
CUNY Graduate Center; NY, NY
Women’s Leadership Summit: Panelist
Empowering Voice through Arts and Creativity
The University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT
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
Dance Festivals:
2017 Dance Africa Miami: Miami, FL
Taught: CaribFunk
2016 Akwaaaba African Dance Festival; Houston, TX
Taught CaribFunk
2016 Our Caribbean Spirit: New Traditions Dance Festival Caribbean Dance
Collective: Brooklyn, NY
Taught: CaribFunk
2015 UDEO High School Dance Festival; Salt Lake City, UT
Article/Interviews:
2013 http://www.movementresearch.org/criticalcorrespondence/blog/?p=7510
2010 www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20101211/DCO01/312119926
Publications (articles):
2016 Carey, A. 2016. Junkanoo and Carnival as Theoretical Frameworks: A
Pedagogical Narrative in Society for Dance History Scholars: Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies
Visualizing Caribbean Performance (Jamaican Dancehall and Trinidadian Carnival) as Praxis: An Autohistoria
of KiKi’s Journey. National Dance Education Association/Journal of Dance Educators. vol (4): pgs 129-138.
2015 Carey, A. 2015. CaribFunk: A Melange of Caribbean
Expressions in a New Dance Technique. Hemispheric Institute of
Performance and Politics- Emisferica.
http://hemisphericinstitute.org/hemi/en/emisferica-121-caribbean-rasanblaj/carey
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
Publications (Book Chapters):
2018 Carey, A. CaribFunk Technique: A New Feminist/Womanist Futuristic
Technology in Black Dance Studies in Higher Education in the United
States in Embodied Practice Book Project: Narratives in Black British Dance
2016 Roots and Culture: Exploring Afro-Caribbean Music and Dance in the Classroom. In
Teaching General Music: A K-12 Experience, eds. N. R. Robinson, Hal, S. &
Spano, F. P. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Publications in Print:
2018 Escape Routes and Roots to Freedom: Rewriting the Narrative of The Vulgar Body in Writing the Body in Staging the Other: Essays on Corporeal Marking, Creating and Resisting.
Lectures/Presentations:
2017 CaribFunk™ Technique
Carnival Workshop: The University of Iowa
Iowa City; IA
CaribFunk™ Technique
A.I.R. Dance Conference—Miami Dade College—Kendall
Miami, FL
2015 National Black Arts Festival: (Invited Participant)
Symposium: “Dance Across the Diaspora: A Historical Lens on a
Black Cultural Movement”: Teaching CaribFunk™
Atlanta, GA
The Power of the Hip Wine: Decolonizing Dance Curriculum in Higher
Education: Women and Gender Studies Lecture
Rhode Island College; Providence, RI
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
Blogs:
2017 Our Caribbean Spirit: Chutney as Cultural Identity
" The Spirit of Chutney: Cultural Identity Through Movement with Denyse
Baboolal."
https://ourcaribbeanspirit.wordpress.com/
2015 “Technologies, Pedagogies, and Performances of Resistance.” Critical Ethnic Studies Journal.
http://www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2015/8/19/technologies-pedagogies-and-performances-of-resistance
“Invisible Identities: Coping and Finding Voice in Higher Education.” Critical Ethnic Studies Journal.
http://www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2015/9/2/invisible-identities-coping-and-finding-voice-in-higher-education
Thesis Committee’s:
2015 Tamara Williams
Hollins University