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CURRI CULUM VI TAE
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Charles Jordan Community Center, Portland Parks and Recreation
2014 Art & Dance program Director
SUNY the College at Brockport
2014 Study Abroad Coordinator, Guest Lecturer: Introduction to Dance
2013 Guest Lecturer: Introduction to Dance
2012 Adjunct Faculty
Course: Conditioning and Injury Prevention for Dance Majors
2012 Guest Lecturer, Introduction to dance
2012 Instructor, Dance Awareness Days Instructor
Classes: Traditional West African dance and Afro-Brazilian Samba
2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: Introduction to Dance
Nazareth College
2014 MADD Festival Guest Artist
2013 MADD Festival Guest Artist
2012 Master Class: Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance
Rochester School of the Arts
2013 Guest Artist
Master Class for High school juniors and seniors
Fundaco Cultural do Estado do Bahia, Escola de Dana, Salvador, Brazil
2011 Guest Teacher, pre-professional program
Master class instruction,Afro-Cuban Orisha Movement
Master Class, Afro-Cuban Palo technique
Peoples Food Cooperative, Portland, Oregon
2010 Instructor
Course: World Dance Expressions
CLASSES TAUHGT/PREPARED TO TEACH
Modern, West African techniques (Guinea/Nigeria), Afro-Brazilian, Samba Reggae, Samba no P
(Samba Rio), Brazilian Orixa technique, Afro-Cuban folklore and Orisha technique, Looking at
Dance, Introduction to dance, Conditioning and Injury Prevention for Dancers
ACADEMIC EXTENSION PROGRAMS
Afro-Brazilian Dance and Cultural Studies in Bahia, Brazil
Winter Study Abroad Program
Program Creator and Coordinator
Afro-Cuban Drum & Dance Workshop at Brockport
Funded by the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant
Program Creator and Coordinator
EDUCATION
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Master of Fine Arts in Dance
State University of New York at Brockport

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude (2009)
Kutztown University, PA
Major: Geography
Minor: International Studies

National Student Exchange Program (2007)
Humboldt State University, CA

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2014 Fulbright Scholarship Finalist, Nigeria
2013 Promoting Excellence in Diveristy Grant
Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Workshop
2013 Garth Fagan Summer Movement Intensive Scholarship
2013 Graduate Assistant Professional Development Award
Conference Presentation at the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD)
2013 Student Travel Grant Award
Support for organizing conference presentation at IABD
2012-14 Graduate Diversity Fellowship
Award for contributing to the diversity of SUNY the College at Brockport, Full Tuition
2012 Distinguished Professors Award for Graduate Research
Funding for independent research in Matanzas, Cuba
2012 Monserrat Fund for Dance Award
Summer study and research in dance
2012 Student Travel Grant Award
Conference Presentation at University of California at Riverside
2010 Best Original Score
X-dance Film Festival 2010, Vocalist, Dream Result Theme Song
2006-09 Carrie Babb Scholarship
Academic Scholarship in Geography, Full Tuition scholarship

RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 Silvestre Technique Certification, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
2013 Garth Fagan, Summer Movement Intensive
2013 Afro-Cuban folkloric dance, Matanzas, Cuba
Yoruba folkore, Arara folkore and Rumba
2011 Brazilian Dance, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Brasil
Samba no P, Orixa, Dana Afro, Dancas dos Blocos Afros
2009 Nigerian Dance, National Theatre of Nigeria, Lagos and Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Bata and Badagry Dance
2009 Yoruba Religious Research, Ile-Ife, Morakeke, Osogbo, and Abeokuta, Nigeria
2012 Explorations in Afro Cuban Drum & Dance
Humboldt State University, CA
2012 Contemporary Dance Summer Intensive, Conduit Dance Inc.
Portland, OR
2011 Curso de Pratica e Montagem Coreografica
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
The black female dancing body as image of Nationalist Expression; Yoruba folklore in Nigeria,
Brazil and Cuba; Modern dance from an Africanist perspective


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2014 Xica Da Silva: Re-envisioning African Femininity in the Americas
Critically Kineshethic: Performing Bodies of Political Engagement
York University, Toronto, Canada
2013 Cuba Dances: An Ethnographic Journey Across Borders
Scholars Day Conference
SUNY the College at Brockport
2013 Dancing the Orishas from Havana to Arcata
The International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference
. Washington D.C

The Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference
St. John Fisher College
2012 Revolutionary Bodies: The Bodily Archives of the Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba
Dance Under Construction Graduate Research Conference
University of California at Riverside
2012 More than Just Samba
Scholars Day Conference
SUNY the College at Brockport
2008 Undergraduate Thesis, Cultural Preservation and Migration

SELECTED CONCERT PERFORMANCES & CHOREOGRAPHY
2014 Ten Tiny Dances
Sojourners Truth
Beaverton, OR
2014 Sankofa African Drum & Dance Ensemble Concert
Choreography Oshun, Xica and the Sambista
2014 Carnaval, 40 year of Blocos Afros
Salvador, Brazil
Choreographer and Performer
2013 Mounafanyi, Pan African Drum & Dance Ensemble
Fringe Festival, Rochester, NY
New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Auburn Summer Arts Series, Auburn, NY
2013 Sankofa African Drum & Dance Ensemble Concert
Choreograhy: Embrace and Homenaje para Matanzas
Performer: Embrace, Adzogbo and Candela
2013 The International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference
Choreographer and Performer Mojba
2012 Diversity Conference, The State University of New York at Brockport
Choreographer and Performer Mojba
2012 Explorations in Afro-Cuban Drum & Dance, Faculty Concert
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2012 Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble Concert
Choreographer: Rumba de Oshun and Meninasde Samba
Performer: Rumba de Oshun, Taking Flight, Cycle of Womanhood
2012 SUNY Brockport International Festival
Brockport, New York
Solo Performance, He Opens the Path
2012 University of California, San Diego
Guest Performance with TapWater
2012 Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble
Special Olympics Opening Ceremony, Rochester, New York
2011 Ax Did, Brazilian & Cuban Dance Company
Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
Rio Samba/Samba Show
2011 Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble
Rochester Arts & Culture Council for Greater Rochester Award Recognition
Ceremony
2011 Bill Evans Presents: Autumn Leaves, Hot Jazz/Cool Tap
Geva Theater, Rochester, NY
2011 SUNY Brockport Diversity Conference
Student Union Center, State University of New York, Brockport, NY
Solo performance, Waters of Oshun
Solo performance, Yemonja
2011 Ax Did, Brazilian & Cuban Dance Company
Portland State University Carnaval Celebration
Bossanova Ballroom, Portland, OR
The Warrior and the Princess
Samba Reggae
Rio Samba
2011 Scratch PDX
Hipbone Studios, Portland, OR
Keyon Gaskin Choreography

2010 Sambamore Brazilian/West African Music and Dance Ensemble
New Years 2011 Tour, December 29-31
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Mount Tabor Theater,Portland, Or
Olympia, WA
Bellingham, WA

2010 Ax Did, Brazilian & Cuban Dance Company
Alberta Rose Theater, Portland,OR
Rio Samba
2007 West African Percussion Ensemble
Humboldt State University Percussion Ensemble, Arcata, CA
Sorconer/Sounou
2007 Guinea Gbe West African Drum Ensemble
Arcata, CA
Dancing in Dunes Arts Festival
Drummer/Dancer/Vocalist
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS
2013 Oshn, Xica and the Sambista
2013 Homenaje para Matanzas Sankofa African Drum & Dance Ensemble
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2013 Embrace Sankofa African Drum & Dance Ensemble
2012 A Beleza do Samba, New Dancers Showcase, The College at Brockport
2012 Mojba, The College at Brockport, 12
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Diversity Conference
2012 Rumba de Ochun,Sankofa African Drum & Dance Ensemble
2011 Meninas de Samba, New Dancers Showcase, The College at Brockport
2008 Samba Reggae International Student Organization Banquet, Kutztown
2007 A Breathing Beat Evening of Dance, Humboldt State University
DANCE STYLISTIC INFLUENCES/TEACHERS
Donna Oefinger, Ax Did, Portland, Oregon
Freila Merencio, Grupo Raices Profundas, Havana, Cuba
Clyde Morgan, Centro Coreografico da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Rosangela Silvestre, Silvestre Technique, Salvador,Brasil
Dandha da Hora, SambaD, San Francisco, California
Nildinha Fonseca, Bal Folclorico, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
Vnia Oliveira, Il Aiye, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
Nem Brito da Silva, Diaspora Arts Center, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
Steve James, National Theater of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria
Olive Prince, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SERVICE/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2013 The School of the Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
Assistant to the Deans Office
2013 The Hunter Institute on Young Children
Program Assistant
2012 Conduit Dance, Inc., Portland, Oregon
Intern Administrative Assistant
Projects: Annual Benefit, House Manager, Summer Intensive
2010 African Womens Coalition, Portland, Oregon
Project and Development Coordinator
2009 The Center for Intercultural Organizing, Portland, OR
Intern Project and Development Coordinator
2009 Vision in to Action, Portland, OR
Grant Evaluator, City of Portland Department of Community Development

SERVICE/COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
2010 1
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Health Summit against HIV,
Program Coordinator, African Womens Coalition
2010 Census 2010 Grant Project,
Grant Coordinator, African Womens Coalition
2009 Pan-Immigrant Leadership and Organizing Training (PILOT),
Intern Project Coordinator
The Center for Intercultural Organizing (January - May,2009)
o City of Portland Immigrant and Refugee Task Force: a series of meetings with the
mayoral staff of Portland, Oregon discussing policy change.
o Advocacy and Lobby Training: workshops for community and leaders and
organizers to learn the language of lobbyist, and education on current bills that
support or threaten communities of color.
o Civic Engagement in budget hearings for City of Portland and Office of
Neighborhood Involvement: engagement with the city budget process for
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community visibility in the procedure.
SERVICE/UNIVERSITY
2013 Dance 2050 National Dance Education Organization
Symposium Transcriber
2012 Archivist, Department of Dance
The College at Brockport, SUNY
2012 Assistant to Dean, the Department of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
The College at Brockport, SUNY
2012 Instructor and Undergraduate Mentor, 1
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Annual Hip Hop Happening
National Dance Education Organization, SUNY Brockport Chapter
2008 Treasurer of Geography Club
2007 Treasurer of Club Cubano, Afro-Cuban Music and Dance study group
Humboldt State University, CA

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Spanish (intermediate conversational, reading and writing)
Portuguese (intermediate conversational, beginner reading and writing)
French (intermediate conversational, reading and writing)