MICHAEL FOLEY

mcf@usf.edu

                                                                       

Education (degree-seeking)                                                                                            

 

2002                 Master of Fine Arts / Dance, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1989                 Bachelor of Arts / English (minor in Spanish), Bates College, Lewiston, ME

 

Education (professional development)

 

2014                 Intensive French Language Study (Level B2), Étoile Institut de Langue, Paris, FRANCE

2006                 Intensive French Language Study (Level A2), Alliance Française, Paris, FRANCE

1994                 Studies in Contemporary American Literature, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

1987                 Studies in Nineteenth Century Spanish Literature; Instituto de Sampere, Madrid, SPAIN

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Selected Commissioned Choreography -- Professional Dance Companies (National and International)

 

Yo, Desaparezco                                     Compañía Nacional de Danza Contemporánea de la República Dominicana,

Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• ENDANCO Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea (September 2018)

• Battery Dance Festival, New York, NY (August 2017)

• Dirección General De Aduanas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (December 2016)

• Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (October 2016)

 

Juana                                                    Delfos Danza Contemporánea, Mazatlán, MEXICO

• Kuanas Dance Festival, LITHUANIA (October 2014)

• Columbia College, Chicago, IL (April 2013)

• Teatro Nacional de Panama, Panama City, PANAMÁ -- Prisma International Dance Festival (October 2012)

• Teatro de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, MEXICO (May 2011)

• Centro Cultural del Bosque, Mexico City, MEXICO (May 2011)

• Bates Dance Festival, Maine (August 2010)

• Mexico City, MEXICO (March 2010)

 

Yo, Desaparezco (duet)                           Delfos Danza Contemporánea, Mazatlán, MEXICO

• Teatro de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, MEXICO (May 2011)

• Teatro Angela Peralta, Mazatlán, MEXICO (April 2011)

 

Capricho con Cabeza en las Manos           Delfos Danza Contemporánea, Mazatlán, MEXICO

• Casa Haas, Mazatlán, MEXICO (November 2024)

• Teatro de la Ciudad de Ensenada, Ensenada, MEXICO (April 2010)

• Mexico City, MEXICO (March 2010)

• Durango, MEXICO (March 2010)

• Teatro Àngela Peralta, Mazatlán, MEXICO (November 2009)

 

Fuera                                                    Laboratorio del Cuerpo, Mazatlán, MEXICO

• Teatro Àngela Peralta, Mazatlán, MEXICO (June 2009)

 

Three Sins/Trois Pêchés                           Cirque du Soleil’s La Nouba, Orlando, FL

• Cirque du Soleil’s “Dark Cabaret” (industry-only) at the Cirque du Soleil Pavilion in Orlando (December 2009)

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No Angels in My Kamikaze Heaven           Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Detroit, MI

• Lakeside Chautauqua, Ohio (July 2014)

• Wharton Center for the Performing Arts at Michigan State University (February 2014)

• Traverse City Opera House, Traverse City, MI (February 2014)

• Ironwood Theatre, Ironwood, MI (February 2014)

• Dogwood Center for the Performing Arts, Fremont, MI (October 2013)

• Lake Superior State University (June 2013)

• Ohio Northern University (September 2013)

• Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, MI (June 2013)

• Western Illinois University (April 2013)

• The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL (April 2013)

• Kirtland Performing Arts Center, Roscommon, MI (April 2013)

• Macomb Center for the Arts, Clinton, MI (April 2013)

• NEWDance Fest at California State University at Monterey Bay (March 9, 2013)

• The Lariat at Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA (February 2013)

• Detroit Opera House, Detroit, MI (January 2013)

• Flickinger Center for the Performing Arts, Alamogordo, NM (November 2012)

• The Wortham Center, Houston, TX (November 2012)

• The Wright Center at Samford University, Birmingham, AL (November 2012)

• Queen Creek Performing Arts Center, Queen Creek, AZ (November 2012)

• Dogwood Center for the Performing Arts, Fremont, MI (October 2012)

• James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (September 2012)

 

Ladrones en la Casa del Rumor                Delfos Danza Contemporánea, Mazatlán, MEXICO

• Teatro de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, MEXICO (January 2010)

• Sala Miguel Covarrubias del Centro Cultural Universitario, Mexico City, MEXICO (September 2008)

• National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, MEXICO (September 2008)

• The Watercourt, Los Angeles (July 2008)

 

Fuse                  Modern American Dance Company, St. Louis, MO

• Spring to Dance Festival, St. Louis, MO (March 2013)

• Annhauser-Busch Performance Hall, St. Louis, MO (May 2012)

• Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO (March 2012)

 

The Carpet         Modern American Dance Company, St. Louis, MO

• Center for Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO (October 2025)

• Annhauser-Busch Performance Hall, St. Louis, MO (May 2011)

• Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO (April 2011)

 

Torch                Sarasota Dance Company, Sarasota, FL

• Asolo Theater at the Ringling Center for the Performing Arts, Sarasota, FL (February 2017)

 

Joan                  Sarasota Dance Company, Sarasota, FL

• American College Dance Association/Southeast Conference, Tampa, FL (March 2017)

• Sarasota Opera House – a benefit event with (October 2016)

• The Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg, FL (November 2015)

• James B. Cook Theater at FSU Center for Performing Arts, Sarasota (October 2015)

• The Florida Dance Festival, Tampa, FL (June 2015)

• Palm Beach State College, Boca Raton, FL (April 2015)

• Asolo Theater at the Ringling Center for the Performing Arts (March 2015)

 

Flor                               Clarence Brooks Dance, West Palm Beach, FL

• Centro Cultural/Lost Talleres AC in Mexico City, Mexico (March 2024)

• A.I.R. Dance Conference, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL (March 2019)

• Reimagine Festival, New York, NY (November 2018)

• The Out-of-Towners Performance Series The Actors Fund Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY (October 2018)

• Somatic Dance Conference at Hobart-William Smith College, Geneva, NY (July 2018)

• United Synagogue of Hoboken, Hoboken NJ (November 2018)

• Florida Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL (November 2018, March 2014, February 2013)

 

Be Right Back                 Columbia Repertory Ballet, New York City, NY

• Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, New York City (December 2025)

 

The Waking                   Moving Ethos Dance Company, Sarasota, FL

• Palladium Theatre, St Petersburg, FL (April 2011)

• Glenridge Center for the Performing Arts, Sarasota, FL (March 2011)

 

Little Love Songs           Moving Current Dance Collective, Tampa, FL

• Florida Dance Festival, Tampa, FL (June 2011)

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Caprice with Arms Wide Open                  East Village Dance Group, New York, NY

• Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival (July 2007)

 

2007     Flor                                                       Mary Williford-Shade, National Solo Tour

2006     Last Night We Were Young                  Rod Rogers Dance Company, New York, NY

2005     Halcyon                                                d9 Dance Collective, Seattle, WA

2005     Sirens in the House of Sleep               Moving Current, Tampa, FL

2005     Nina                                                     ArchDance (Jennifer Archibald), New York, NY

2005     The Sky is Falling                                 Andee Scott/Theresa Hardy Projects. Austin, TX

2004     Contemplating Venus                         The Genesis Project, Dublin, IRELAND

2003     The Bath                                              Moving Current, Tampa, FL

2003     Cuàndo Miré Arriba                            Momentum Danza, Panama City, PANAMÁ

2003     39 Tratos y un beso                             DanzAbierta, Havana, CUBA

2002     Unkilted                                               Moving Current, Tampa, FL

2001     Morphic Fields II                                  Fluxusdance, Newbridge, County Kildare, IRELAND

2001     Upon a Time (Revisited)                      ACME Dance Company, Seattle, WA

2000     Devotion                                               d9 Dance Collective, Seattle, WA

2000     A Caprice                                              Freddick Bratcher Dance Company, Miami, FL

1998     Thieves                                                 Jus de la Vie Dance Company, Stockholm, SWEDEN

1998     Wrinkle in the Seat Beside Me            Shade/Lacey Duets, National Tour Duet Company

1998     No Parlez                                             DoubleTrouble Dance Company, PARIS, BERLIN and NYC

1997     First Kiss                                               Steeledance, New York, NY

1997     Lo and Behold                                     Mary Williford-Shade, National Solo Tour

1997     Chamber II                                           Umoja Dance Company, Montclair, NJ

1993     My Kamikaze Heaven                          Extended Dance Company and Steeledance, New York, NY

 

University Dance Programs -- National and International

 

2024     Venus in Furs                                       University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2023     Burn All Your Bridges                          University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2021     Troy                                                      University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

• ACDA submission by the USF faculty (Southeastern conference at Florida State University 2022, non-gala year)

2021     A Small Act of Sedition                        University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2018     Persephone                                          University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2017     After the Flood                                     University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN

2017     Torch                                                     Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

2017     Be Right Back                                       University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2016     Dusk                                                     University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

• ACDA submission by the USF faculty (Southeastern conference at USF 2017, non-gala year)

2015     Trio+                                                    Bates College, Lewiston, ME

2015     Moonshine                                          University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2014     When We Fell                                      University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2013     Parvada (Flock)                                   Escuela Profesional de la Danza de Mazatlán, Mazatlán, MEXICO

• Teatro Angel Peralta, Mazatlán, MEXICO (September 2014 and July 2013)

• Four other venues and performances throughout Mexico (Mexico City, Durango, Culiacan, etc.)

2013     This is How You Lose Her                    University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2012     Torch                                                    University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

• University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (all-Florida university program)

2012     Fair Weather                                       Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

2012     The Whipping Hour                             University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

• Darton College, Darton, GA (ACDA        Southeastern Regional conference -- Gala Concert selection)

2012     A Curious Feeling of Falling                Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

• Darton College, Darton, GA (ACDA Southeastern Region conference)

2010     Lies Like Truth                                      University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2011     Breaking the Fever                               University of Florida / Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL (joint commission)

• University of Florida (October 2011) and Santa Fe College (November 2011)

2011     Come Here to Me                                 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

• Nancy Smith Fichter Theatre at Florida State University (March and April 2011)

2010     Flor                                                        Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

• Nancy Smith Fichter Theatre at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (October and November 2010)

• Ringling Festival of Dance, Sarasota, FL (September 2010)

2010     I, Disappear                                         University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

• Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (ACDA Southeastern Regional conf. -- Gala Concert selection)

• Gala event honoring Twyla Tharp, Tampa, FL (October 2010)

2010     Come Here to Me                                 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2009     Si bel giorno                                         Escuela Profesional de la Danza de Mazatlán, Mazatlán, MEXICO

2009     Un Capricho de Alondras                    Escuela Profesional de la Danza de Mazatlán, Mazatlán, MEXICO

2009     Devocion                                              Escuela Profesional de la Danza de Mazatlán, Mazatlán, MEXICO

2008     Gone                                                     University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2008     Incandescent                                        University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2008     Angeles en mi cielo kamikaze             Escuela Profesional de la Danza de Mazatlán, Mazatlán, MEXICO

2008     Siren                                                     Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

2007     The Carpet                                           Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (ACDA Central Region conference)

2007     Of Arsenic, Trap Doors…                     University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

• University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (ACDA Southeastern Regional conference -- Gala Concert selection)

2006     The Carpet                                           University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2005     Gemini                                                 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2004     The Carpet                                           University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

• Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (ACDA Central Atlantic Regional conference)

2004     Guerilla Love Song                              University of Texas, Austin, TX

• Central Oklahoma University, Edmond, OK (ACDA South Central Regional conference)

2003     Pandora                                               University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

• Emory University, Decatur, GA (ACDA Southeastern Regional conference)

2002     Mahalo                                                 Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

2002     Tell Me More and Then Some             University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2002     A Month of Katherines                        Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

2001     Nevertheless Angels                             University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2000     So long now I’ve been out                   Columbia University/Barnard College, New York, NY

2000     Suite                                                     University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2000     The Sky is Falling                                 New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

1999     From Here Where I Stand                   Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

1998     Quasar                                                 Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

1997     Maybe When I Go Home                     State University of New York/College at Purchase, BFA solo

1997     Finding Movement                              Boston University, Boston, MA

1996     Mass Citrucide                                    The Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, CO

1995     Tested on this Material                       Bates College, Special presentation with AIDS Project/Maine

1995     The Surrender Zone                            Anne Arundel Community College, Annapolis, MD

1990 – 2003                                                     Seven new works commissioned from Bates College, Lewiston, ME

 

Dance Festivals and Professional Studios

 

2018     Little Giants at Dusk                           Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME (Gala Program)

2017     Be Right Back                                      Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME (35th Anniversary Gala Program)

• Concert also featured the work of Doug Varone, Bebe Miller, Tania Isaac, Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig

2014     Si bel giorno                                        Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, Chicago, IL

• Gala event honoring Anne Reinking at the Grand Hyatt, Chicago, IL (July 2014)

2012     A Murmuration of Starlings               Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME

• Concert also featured the repertory work of Doug Varone and Omar Carrum/Claudia Lavista

2010     I, Disappear (Part I)                            Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME

• Concert also featured the repertory work of Robert Moses and Omar Carrum/Claudia Lavista

2009     Gone                                                   Florida Dance Festival, Miami, FL

2008     The Messengers                                  Dancewave, Inc., Brooklyn, NY

• Battery Park Dance Festival Downtown, New York, NY

2007     Caprice with Arms Wide Open          East Village Dance Project, New York, NY

• Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival and La Mama Theater, New York, NY

1998     Shrine                                                 New York Dance Intensive, New York, NY

1992     Kamikaze Baci                                   Evolving Arts, Inc., New York, NY

1990     Shelter                                                The 92nd St. “Y”, New York, NY

1989     Beasts in the Sandbox                       Portland Dance Center, Portland, ME

1991 – 1996                                                    Five new works commissioned from Dance in Education Fund, Inc., NY

 

Selected Choreographic and Directing Collaborations

 

2019     Cabaret, University of South Florida, Choreographer (Director: Douglas Hall)

2014     Into the Woods, freeFall Theatre Company (Equity Theater Production, 25 performances), St. Petersburg, FL, Choreographer

2013     Epigrams, Le Club de Cinq, Paris, FRANCE, The Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture in Paris (May 30, 2012), Co-choreographed with Andee Scott and Bliss Kohlmyer, with live music by lyric soprano, Marci Meth, and pianist, Satoshi Kubo

2008     Les trois pèchés/Three Sins – Trio for Cirque du Soleil’s “Dark Cabaret”, Orlando, FL, Choreographer

2008     The Incurable, an independent film created and directed by Dutch Rall, Co-choreographer

2008     Metamorphoses, a play by Mary Zimmerman, University of South Florida, Co-Director and Choreographer

2006     Push the Jumper, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX Collaboration with TWU School of Music

2005     Last Night When We Were Young, Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME, Choreographic collaboration with Shonach Mirk-Robles and Martha Tornay

2004     The Marriage of Figaro, University of South Florida, School of Music, Choreographer

2003     Pearl, Bates Dance Festival, Choreographic collaboration with Katiti King

2002     Little Love Songs, Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME, Duet with Shonach Mirk-Robles

2002     HONK! The Musical, University of South Florida, School of Theatre and Dance, Choreographer

2001     Joe vs. the Volcano, University of Washington School of Drama, Seattle, WA, original screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, music by Scott Hafso and Darcy Philips

2000     Giselle: Presence of the Past, Fluxusdance, Dublin, IRELAND, Collaboration with Cathy O’Kennedy

2000     The Would-Be Ladies / Dandin, University of Washington School of Drama, Seattle, WA, Choreogrpaher

1998     West Side Story, The Fieldston School, Bronx, NY, Choreographer

1997     Frankie Goes Dancing, premiered at The Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT, Choreographer

1991     To Relinquish, Bates Dance Festival, Collaboration with Katiti King

 

Self-choreographed solo performances

 

2022     An Evening with Michael Foley and Douglas Hall at freeFall Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL

• Evening-length concert of new self-choreographed material

 

2016     Solo dance performance as part of the Our Town: A Moving Dance Tour, St. Petersburg, Florida

• Snell Arcade as part of the SPF16 Festival

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2015, 2007        Travelogue: An autobiography in nine little dances              

• 60-minute concert Crocker Memorial Church, Sarasolo Festival, Sarasota, FL

• 50-minute concert at the Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, FL

 

2015     Caprice with Head in Hands

• Velocity Dance Center, Seattle WA

• Schaeffer Theater, Bates College, Lewiston, ME

• The Bolles School, Jacksonville, FL 

 

2011     Removing the Change     Bates College Dance Company Alumni Concert, Lewiston, ME

• 40th Anniversary of the Bates College Modern Dance Company (April 2011)

 

2005     Caprice with Head in Hands        University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2004     Banshee                                         Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME

1995     Waiting for the Big Alleluia           Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME

 

Arts Magnet High Schools

 

2024     Burn Your Bridges                        Kinder High School of the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX

2019     The Carpet                                    Kinder High School of the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX

2018     Torch                                             Kinder High School of the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX

2017     Persephone                                  Harrison School of the Arts, Lakeland, FL

2014     Ghost in the Machine                  The Bolles School, Jacksonville, FL

2004     This Rhythm                                 Dr. Phillips High School/Dance Division, Orlando, FL

2003     Guerilla Love Song Dance           Blake High School/Performing Arts Division, Tampa, FL

2002     Shamans                                      Douglas Anderson High School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

2000     bel giorno                                     New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

1998     Ophelia, Time and Time Again   New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

 

Commercial Projects -- Performer

 

1999     Interviewee, “The DanceSpace Story,” Channel 13 (PBS), New York, NY

1996     Featured Artist, “Working Dancers” segment on NY Views, Channel 13 (PBS), New York, NY

1993     “Dances in Exile,” PBS’ Alive from Off-Center Series, Choreographer: Ruby Shang, Text: David Henry Hwang

1993     ‘Free Your Mind’ Infomercial for GLBT audiences, MTV

1991     The Armani Closet, directed by Nuria Olive-Belles with Javier deFrutos, (Barcelona Film Festival)

 

Touring Repertory of Michael Foley Dance (1994 – 2006)

 

2004     Flor

2002     Giselle: The Presence of the Past, Performed in association with “Fluxusdance” Ireland

2001     Bob and Mike Discuss the Possibility of W.W. III (sort of), Commissioned by Florida Dance Festival

1999     Some Time with the Furies, Commissioned by Fluxusdance (Ireland)

1999     Devotion                                  

1999     Upon a Time…with Madrigals

1998     Joan    

1998     A Wrinkle in the Seat Beside Me, Commissioned by Shade/Lacey Duets

1997     Under Combat Wear, Commissioned by Florida International University

1997     Well the Night Came Undone, Commissioned by NY’s Hastings Creative Arts Council

1995     Chamber                                  

1994     Us Under

 

Awards/Recognition

 

2024     Creative Pinellas -- Sixstar Performance Art Fund Artist

• Support the creation of an evening length performance in 2025 with LaMichael Leonard and Jess Pope.

 

2019     Artistic Achievement Award – Chicago National Association of Dance Masters

• The CNADM celebrated its 107th anniversary as one of the nation’s oldest dance organizations at their annual summer workshop that attracts over 1,000 students and teachers.I received the organization’s Artistic Achievement Award, which in previous years has honored Gene Kelley, Gelsey Kirkland, Jacques d’Amboise, Brenda Bufalino, Fernando Bujones, Honi Coles, and Gus Giordano, among others.

 

2016     French Embassy – Grant recipient

• I received an extremely competitive $20,000 two-year grant in late-2015 from the from the French Embassy.2016 was the first year of the award distribution and was used toward student scholarship and cost-deferrals for the USF Dance in Paris Semester Program.

 

2015     “Best Choreography of a Musical” award by broadwayworld.com

• My choreography for freeFall Theatre’s multi-award-winning Equity production of Into the Woods was singled out by broadwayworld.com as “Best Choreography of a Musical” in Tampa Bay.

 

2008 - 2009       J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Foundation

• Recipient of the Garcia-Robles/COMEXUS Fulbright Scholar Award for “Danza Contemporánea en Mexico: Riding the Wave of Modern Dance in Coastal Mexico”

• National “reader” for Fulbright applications since 2010

 

2008     The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

• American College Theatre Festival Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play for Metamorphoses

 

2006     University of Georgia, Athens, GA

• University of Georgia Centre for Humanities and Arts Guest Lecturer

 

2004 – 2005       Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

• Ruth Page Visiting Artist Award for Contribution to the Arts at Harvard

 

2000 - 2002       University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Teaching Assistantship and Full Tuition Waiver

 

2000     National Endowment for the Arts through New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

• Interdisciplinary Arts Grant for new course development

 

2000     The Irish Arts Council through “Fluxusdance”, IRELAND

• New Choreography grant

 

2000     The Arts Council of County Kildare through Fluxusdance, IRELAND

• Commissioning and Company Residency Grant

 

1998, 1999        The Surdna Foundation through New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

• Interdisciplinary Arts Grant for new course development

 

1997     Maryland State Arts Council through Anne Arundel Community College, Annapolis, MD

• New Choreography Grant

 

1994 – 1997       The Hastings Creative Arts Council, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

• Program Series and Outreach Awards

 

1995     Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME

• Emerging Choreographer Award

 

1991     The Westchester Council for the Arts, New York 

• Commissioning Grant for new work and outreach

 

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Academic Achievements/Major Lectures

 

2022     Reid Hall/Center for Global Solutions, Columbia University in Paris, Paris, FRANCE

• Moderator: “A Talk with Colleen Thomas: Hindsight of her collaboration with artists from Ukraine, Belorussia, Poland and The United States post-invasion of Ukraine”

 

2011     University of South Florida, Fulbright Organization, Keynote speaker

• Presentation: “Danza Contemporánea en Mexico: Riding the ‘New Wave’ of Modern Dance in Coastal Mexico”

 

2011     University of South Florida, Featured lecturer at Fèderico Garcia Lorca symposium for USF Theatre’s production of Lorca’s Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre)

• Presentation: “The importance of dance and folkloric movement imagery in the live staging and film adaptations of Lorca’s major plays”

 

2010     University of South Florida, Keynote speaker for Distinguished Master Artist Series with Bill T. Jones

• Presentation: “Participating in the World of Ideas: The How and Why in Making and Doing with Bill T. Jones”

 

2009     Festival Internacional de Danza de José Limón (Mazatlán, MEXICO), Presenter

• Presentation: “Cultural Differences in Postmodern Dance: From Judson Church to Tijuana"

 

2009     William J. Fulbright/Garcia-Robles COMEXUS conference (Mexico City, MEXICO), Presenter

• Presentation: “Danza Contemporánea en Mexico: Riding the ‘New Wave’ of Modern Dance in Coastal Mexico”

 

2007     University of South Florida, Featured lecturer, Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean

• Presentation: “Modern Dance in Mexico: But where are the maracas and the big skirts?

 

2007     University of South Florida, Keynote speaker for Distinguished Master Artist Series with Trisha Brown

• Presentation: “Trisha Brown: Honoring a Postmodern Icon”

 

2007     Mahaffey Theater (St. Petersburg, FL), Pre-performance lecture for Trisha Brown Dance Company

• Presentation: “Trisha Brown: Honoring a Postmodern Icon”

 

2007     The Chicago Association of Dance Masters conference (Chicago, IL) Presenter

• Presentation: “The Dance Path to College: An Information guide for choosing the higher education experience”

 

2006     Texas Woman’s University (Denton, TX) Lecture for the School of Music

• Presentation: “Finding Venus: The Female voice in male choreography”

 

2005     University of South Florida, Lecture for The College of Visual and Performing Arts

• Presentation: “The Transit of Venus: A Choreographic ode to female mythology”

 

2005     American College Dance Assoc. Southeastern Conference/Coker College (Hartsville, SC) Presenter

• Presentation: “What is Authentic: Appropriation in 20th Century Modern Dance from Ruth St. Denis to Doug Elkins”

 

2004     The Leepa-Ratner Museum of Art (Tarpon Springs, FL) Featured lecturer

• Presentation: “1910 – 1920: Dance in the new modern decade”

 

2003     University of South Florida Affiliated Faculty in the School of Latin-American and Caribbean Studies

• Presentation: “Contemporary and Folkloric Dance in Panama and Cuba”

 

2002     The Ludwig Foundation, Havana, CUBA, Presenter for International Arts on behalf of USF World

• Presentation: “Bailando en el mundo nuevo (Dancing in the New World)”

 

2002     University of Washington, Authored Paper Nominated for Michael Quinn Award for Ph.D. in Drama

• Presentation: “Pina Bausch: The body as theatrical landscape and the redefinition of Brecht’s concept of Epic Theater”

2002     University of Washington, Presenter, Pre-performance Lecture Series

• “Mark Morris: Music, motion and maturation”

 

2002     University of Washington, Presenter, Pre-performance Lecture Series

• “Pilobolus: 30 years of a ‘dancetheater’ phenomenon”

 

2001     University of Washington, Research Methods Presentation to the UW Dance Program

• “Michio Ito: The rediscovery of a rising son in American modern dance history”

 

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Awards /Recognitions at the University of South Florida

 

2018     Promotion to Full Professor

 

2016     Faculty Award for Outstanding Global Student Success at the University of South Florida

• I was honored with USF World’s highest award (among several nominees) for my contributions to student success at a celebration of university dignitaries, faculty and staff in November 2016.The award was presented to me by USF President Judy Genshaft and Provost Ralph Wilcox.

 

2009 – 2016       Fulbright Organization at the University of South Florida

• As a 2008-2009 recipient of the Fulbright Award, I receive an annual acknowledgement of my award by the university.

 

2013     Summer Research Award by the USF College of The Arts

• This award was one of ten award stipends given to selected USF CoTA faculty to support the collaboration project at the Mona Bismarck Center for American Art in Paris.

 

2011, 2006 – 2008          Provost’s Award

• Outstanding research activities in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at USF

 

2009     Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor

 

2009     Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award (The Arts) at USF

 

2005     College of Visual and Performing Arts Grant

• “The Transit of Venus: The Male Choreographer/The Female Muse” – multi-year project grant

 

2004     College of Visual and Performing Arts Grant

• Award recipient for residency with percussionist, Shamou

 

 

University Teaching - - Faculty

 

2002 – present               University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

• Professor of Dance (tenured, promoted to Full) and Director, USF Dance in Paris Programs

• William J. Fulbright Scholar, 2008 – 2009

• Teaching assignments: All levels of modern/contemporary dance technique, dance history, choreography, improvisation, a senior seminar course preparing graduating BFA/BA Dance majors for a career in Dance, an entry seminar course for incoming students, and overseeing choreographic projects for senior BFA/Dance majors and final theory projects for BA/Dance Studies majors

• Creation and Direction of three study abroad programs: USF Dance in Paris Summer and Semester Programs and USF Dance Exchange Program in Mexico

• Choreographing multiple mainstage works for departmental majors

• Coordination of major artist residencies (Kate Weare, Jennifer Archibald, Doug Varone, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Ohad Naharin/Batsheva Dance Co.)

• Developing and implementing General Education and introductory technique courses, such as Introduction to Dance and Dance on Film

• Coordinator/host for the American College Dance Association’s (ACDA) Southeast Regional Conference at USF (March 2013)

• Serving on multiple faculty (departmental, school, college and university-wide) committees and representing the USF Dance Program at national conferences

• Recruitment of new students and participation at program-related auditions for new majors

• Completion of student evaluations and course grades

• Mentoring and advising dance program majors (approx. 80 majors per year)

 

2008 - 2013       Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán, Mazatlán, MEXICO, Visiting Professor

• 7 – 10 technique classes per week (modern, partnering, dance history)

• Developing, implementing and evaluating new courses

• Curriculum assessment and restructuring in accordance with national guidelines

• Choreographing mainstage works for program majors (~55 majors)

• Development of cross-national artist linkages through major funding networks

 

2000 - 2002       University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant

• Taught a minimum of seven technique classes per week (5 – 10 credit hours)

• Developing and implementing a core curriculum course: Modern Dance History

• Completion of student evaluations and course grades (~250 students)

 

1998 – 2000       New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL, Visiting Faculty

• Creation of a course (“Interdisciplinary Arts”) to prepare students for further engagement in the collaborative arts exploring the multi-disciplinary genres of dance, theater, technology and the visual arts as performance

• Cross-disciplinary lectures and teaching in the Dance, Theater and Visual Arts Departments

• Bi-monthly evaluations of the course with outside examiners as well as grant writing contributions for the continuation of this course as a staple offering in the institution’s curriculum

• Weekly technique classes in all levels of modern, improvisation, composition and partnering

• Weekly faculty meetings, curriculum development and student advising (~100 students)

• 6 weekly technique classes on both the college the college and high school levels

 

1996                 Bates College, Lewiston, ME, Lecturer in Dance

• Taught and created a Special Topics course entitled, “The Art of Dance,” which has since become a yearly offering in the Theater Department focusing on cross-discipline work in dance, music and the visual arts

• Responsibilities included weekly technique classes, faculty meetings, student evaluations (~35 students), pre-performance duties and curriculum development

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International Teaching - - Residencies and Master Classes

 

2007 – present   Micadanses, Paris, FRANCE, USF Dance in Paris Programs

2018                 Centre de Yoga du Marais, Paris, FRANCE, Hatha Yoga instructor for all levels

2016                 Escuela Nacional de Danza de la R.D., Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Residency

2016                 Compañía Nacional de Danza Contemporánea de la República Dominicana, Santo Domingo,

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Residency

2006 - 2013     Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán, Mazatlán, MEXICO, Multiple residencies

2012                 Estudio Steps, Panama City, PANAMÁ, Visiting Artist

2008                 Ballet National de Marseille, Marseille, FRANCE, Master Classes

2005, 2004      Centro Danza Mimma Testa, Rome, ITALY, Master Classes and Residency

2005, 2004      St. Stephen’s International School, Rome, ITALY, Master Classes and Residency

1999 - 2004     The Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland, Dublin, IRELAND, Guest Faculty

2003                 Estudio Steps, Panama City, PANAMÁ, Residency

2003, 2002      Conjunto Folklòrico de Danza, Havana, CUBA, Company classes for DanzAbierta

2003, 2002      Teatro Nacional de Danza, Havana, CUBA, Class for Danza Contemporánea de Cuba

2002                 Escuela Nacional de Ballet (National School of Ballet), Havana, CUBA, Master classes

2000                 Trinity College, Dublin, IRELAND, Master Classes

1999, 1998      The Amsterdam Dance Center, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS, Guest Faculty

1999                 The Waterford Arts Center, Waterford, IRELAND, Residency

1999                 The Dance Collective of Northern Ireland, Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND, Residency

1998                 Balettakademien, Stockholm, SWEDEN, Summer Faculty

1998                 Danse Groep de Meekers, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS, Company Classes

1998                 Tanzcompagnie Giessen/Roberto Galvàn, Giessen, GERMANY, Company Classes

1998                 The Amsterdam Theaterschool, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS, Master Classes

 

University Teaching - - Residencies

 

2024                 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

1990 - 2018     Bates College, Lewiston, ME

2017                 University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN

2017                 Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

2012, 2008      Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA,

2012                 University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2012                 Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

2011, 2005      University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2011                 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

2011                 Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL

2007                 Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI

2006, 1997 – 1999   Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

2005                 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2004                 University of Texas, Austin, TX

2002                 Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

1997, 1994      Anne Arundel Community College, Annapolis, MD

1997                 Boston University, Boston, MA

 

University Teaching - - Master classes

 

2020                 Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

2015                 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2011, 1999, 1997, 1994   Columbia University/Barnard College, New York, NY

2007                 University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2006                 University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2006                 Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX

2005                 Coker College, Hartsville, SC

2002 - 2004     University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2004                 Florida State University/Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

2004                 Emory University, Atlanta, GA,

1998                 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

1996                 East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

1996                 State University of New York/College at Brockport

1994 – 1995    State University of New York/College at Purchase

1995                 Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

1994                 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1993                 Dowling College, Oakdale, NY

1991                 Brown University, Providence, RI

 

Dance Festival / Conference / Commercial Teaching

 

2024                 Montana Dance Arts Alliance, Great Falls, MT

2004 – 2019    Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, Chicago, IL, Faculty

2019                 Regional High School Dance Festival, Madison, WI,  Master classes

2019                 A.I.R. Dance Conference (International Association of Blacks in Dance), Miami, FL, Master classes

1996 - 2022     Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME, Faculty (2007 – 2012, 2017, 2018, 2022) & Co-Director of the Young Dancer’s Workshop (1996 – 2007)

2007 - 2015     Cirque du Soleil, Guest teacher with the casts of La Nouba and OVO

2007 – 2015     Florida Dance Association, Gainesville and Bradenton, FL, Faculty

2014                 Tennessee Dance Festival, Chattanooga, TN, Faculty

2014, 2010       National High School Dance Festival, Miami, FL

2008 - 2014      Florida Dance Masters, West Palm Beach, Tampa and Orlando, FL, Faculty

2008                  Dancewave, Inc., Brooklyn, NY

1999 – 2004     Florida Dance Festival, Miami, FL, Faculty

2002                  Dance Educators of America, Seattle, WA, Faculty

1999 – 2000     Manhattan Dance Project, New York, NY, National Touring Faculty

1999                  Montana Dance Arts Alliance, Great Falls, MT, Guest Faculty

1999, 1998       The New York Dance Intensive, New York, NY, Faculty

1997                  New York University Summer Dance Festival, New York, NY, Faculty

 

Arts Magnet High School Teaching

 

2017 - 2024     High School of the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX, Multiple Residencies

2003 - 2024     Booker High School/Dance Division, Sarasota, FL

2017                 Harrison School of the Arts, Lakeland, FL, Residency

2013                 The Bolles School, Jacksonville, FL, Residency

2005                 Wellington High School/Dance Division, Wellington, FL

2005                 Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, Cambridge, MA

2003 - 2005     Blake High School/Performing Arts Division, Tampa, FL

2004                 Dr. Phillips High School/Dance Division, Orlando, FL, Residency

2002                 Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL 

1998 – 2000    New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL, Visiting Faculty/Guest Artist

1998                 BOCES Arts High School, Syosset, NY

 

Private Studio Teaching

 

2023                 Patchwork Dance Company, South Bend, IN, Residency

2019                 Deb Collier School of Dance, Warsaw, IN, Residency

2014 – 2018    Sarasota Dance Company, Sarasota, FL  

2017                 The Dance Complex, Boston, MA, Guest Teacher Workshop

2006                 Green Street Studio, Cambridge, MA, Guest Teacher Workshop

2002                 The Northwest Conservatory of Dance, Hillsboro, OR

2000 – 2001     Velocity Studio, Seattle, WA, Faculty

1991 – 2001     Dance Space Center, Inc./Dance New Amsterdam, New York, NY, Faculty

1998 – 2000     The Dance Space, Miami, FL, Guest Faculty

1999                 In Motion Dance Studio, Miami, FL

1994 – 1999     Steps, Inc., New York, NY, Guest Faculty

1997                 Puremovement Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Workshops

1994 – 1997     Peridance II, New York, NY, Guest Faculty

1991 – 1996     The Dance in Education Fund/Steffi Nossen School of Dance, White Plains, NY, Faculty

• Full-time overseeing and directing a staff of twelve professionals in their respective dance mediums

• Designing a unified curriculum for all ages and levels pre-K through high school

• Coordinating community dance education programs and performances targeting underserved populations

• Producing and directing ten performances per school year and overseeing all production functions therein

• Assistance in grant writing; weekly Board of Directors/Administrative Staff meeting

• Teaching over 175 technique classes per school year in modern, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, composition, dance history, improvisation and repertory to over 450 students pre-K through adult

1995                 Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, New York, NY, Guest teacher

 

Academic Service & Community Relations

 

2002 – present   University of South Florida

• Strategic Planning Task Force (President-appointed)

• National Scholarship Committee (University-wide)

• Quality Enhancement Program: Global Citizens Project (University-wide)

• President’s Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues (University-wide)

• Undergraduate Research Committee Faculty Mentor (University-wide)

• Tenure & Promotion Committee, including serving as Chair (College of The Arts, School of Th. And Dance)

• Faculty Advisory Committee (College of The Arts)

• Advisory Committee for The Institute for Research in Art (College of The Arts)

• USF Contemporary Art Museum Acquisitions Committee (College of The Arts)

• Multiple Search Committees, including serving as Chair (College of The Arts and School of Th. and Dance)

• Academic Advisory Committee; Curriculum Development Committee (School of Th. and Dance)

• Scholarship Committee (Dance Program)

• Faculty Advisor for Student Dance Organization

• Community-based performances

 

2025                   YoungArts, Miami, FL, National Reviewer

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2018 – 2022       The Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME, Advisory Board member

 

2009 - 2020       Florida Dance Association, Board member

 

2007 – 2018       The Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME

• Facilitator for annual Education Round Table with leading professionals in Dance

• Adjudicator for student choreography presentations

• Brown Bag lectures/lunches on Working Nationally/Internationally

• Speaker, Business of Dance and Teacher’s Toolkit classes

• Student mentorship in Career and Academic Fields

 

2008 – 2011       The Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg, FL

• Curator, – evening-length works by some of America’s most innovative young choreographers including Kyle Abraham, Jennifer Archibald, Heather Maloney, Helen Hansen-French and Andee Scott

 

2008 - 2010       The Florida Arts Council (State of Florida)

• Panelist and adjudicator for State of Florida Arts Council grants for Dance

 

1994 – 2002       Michael Foley Dance, New York, NY and Dublin, IRELAND, Artistic Director

• Outreach performances (internationally)

• Benefit performances for charity organizations

 

2000 – 2002       University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Undergraduate student choreographic advisor

• Concert series lecturer; Student Dance Organization liaison

 

1998 - 2000       New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

• Undergraduate college and high school student advisor

• Workshop activity co-coordinator; Outreach performances for Dance Division

 

1994 - 1999       Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS - Dancers Responding to AIDS, New York, NY

• Various volunteer services including clerical, outreach, fundraising

 

1996                   Bates College, Lewiston, ME, Undergraduate student advisor

 

1994 - 1996       Center Lane: Westchester Lesbian and Gay Youth Center, White Plains, NY

• Peer and client counseling, outreach and group facilitation

 

1991 - 1996       The Dance in Education Fund, Inc., White Plains, NY

• Activities coordinator for programs for at-risk children and adults

• Outreach liaison, Student counseling

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Professional Performance

 

1989 – present   Projects with Claudia Lavista, Shonach Mirk-Robles, Katiti King, Colleen Thomas, Javier DeFrutos,

Chico Katsube, Aviva Geismar, Charles Wright, and Nuria Olivé-Belles

2002 – 2006       Moving Current, Tampa, FL

2004                    TANTRUM, San Francisco, CA

2003                     Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Tampa FL (community-based project)

2000 – 2002        Fluxusdance, International touring and teaching: U.S. and Ireland

2000 – 2002       Chamber Dance Company, Seattle, WA (Repertory work by Mark Morris, Stephen Petronio,

                             Anna Sokolow, Bill Evans, Michio Ito, Alwin Nikolais, Hanya Holm and Dore Hoyer)

1999                    Octavio Campos Projects, Miami performances

1997 – 1999       Eun Me Ahn Dance, International touring: U.S. and South Korea

1997 – 1998       Ben Munisteri Dance Projects, New York City performances

1996 – 1997       Doug Elkins Dance Company, International touring and teaching: U.S., Italy and France

1997                    Seán Curran Company, New York City performances

1991 – 1996       The Kevin Wynn Collection, U.S. touring and teaching

1993 – 1994       Donna Uchizono and Dancers, New York City performances

1990 – 1993       Ruby Shang and Company/Dancers, U.S. touring and film

1990 – 1992       Joy Kellman/Company, U.S. touring and teaching

1990 – 1991       Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians, Apprentice and New York City performances

1987                    Ram Island Dance Company, Maine performances

 

Dance Education/Training

 

1989 – present:              Various private studios

• : Michelle Jacobi (Centre de Yoga du Marais in Paris), Rubèn Vasquez (St. Petersburg, FL)

• : Wayne Byars (Paris), Jaclynn Villamil, Sara Neece and Christine Wright (NYC); Elaine Wright-Roark (Miami)

• : Nathalie Pubellier, Julien Desplantez (Paris); Kevin Wynn, David Dorfman, Bebe Miller, Rebecca Hilton, Milton Myers, Joy Kellman, Donna Uchizono, (NYC)

• : Katiti King, Lynn Simonson, Diane McCarthy and Laurie DeVito (NYC)

• incl. Senegalese, Afro-Haitian, Bailes Caribeños: Richard Gonzalez, Amadou Boly N’daiye, Janeiba and Lamine

• : The Capoeira Institute (NYC)

• Hip Hop: Rennie Harris, Clyde Evans, Doug Elkins and GhettOriginal (Philadelphia and NYC)

• : Bessie Schonberg (NYC)

 

2000 – 2002:                  University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Dance in Higher Education: Hannah Wiley

• Dance History: Betsy Cooper

• Development of Aesthetic Theory: Ron Moore

• : John Dixon

• Theatre History from 1945 - present: Barry Witham

• Postmodern Art History and Theory: Patricia Failing

 

1995, 1991, 1986 – 1989   The Bates Dance Festival

• Ballet: Jaclynn Villamil, Hannah Wiley and Homer Bryant

• Modern: Bebe Miller, Mark Dendy, Dan Wagoner, Janice Garrett and Gerri Houlihan

• Composition: Suzanne Carbonneau and Victoria Marks

• Improvisation: Tigger Benford and Martha Partridge

 

1987                 Estilo Studio, Madrid, SPAIN

• Modern: Ana Cuvaros

• Andalusian and Bailes Sevillanas: Belèn Asturias

 

1985 - 1989       Bates College

• Modern: Marcy Plavin, Dan Wagoner, Stephen Petronio, Trisha Brown, Art Bridgman, Myrna Packer and Gwyneth Jones

 

Dance Association and Related Affiliations

 

• The Bates Dance Festival - - Advisory Committee

• The Florida Dance Association - - Board of Directors

• The Boston Dance Alliance -- member

• The American College Dance Association - - member

• The Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland - - member

• International Dance Council - - member

• University of Washington - - Dance Alumni Council

• Bates College - - Dance Alumni Council

 

Language Skills

 

• Advanced oral and written proficiency in French

• Advanced oral and written proficiency in Spanish

• Beginner/Intermediate oral proficiency in Italian