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DANCE MONKS | Photographer: Eric Koziol

DANCE MONKS | Photographer: Edi Hirose

DANCE MONKS | Photographer: Edi Hirose

TEACHING EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

UNIVERSITY TEACHING

WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY (MN)

Guest Lecturer on Site-specific Performance and Movement Ecology

STANFORD UNIVERSITY (CA)

Guest Artist Residency with Rodrigo Esteva at Empathy Lab, an interdisciplinary collaboration between Krista DeNio (Artist) and Lochlann Jain (Stanford University Professor of Anthropology)

EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (TX)

Guest Faculty at El Paso Community College Dance Department teaching Release Techique, Improvisation and Compostition (Taught in Spanish and English)

UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA (UNIVERSITY OF VERACRUZ), XALAPA, MEXICO

Guest Faculty at Universidad Veracruzana Dance Department teaching Contemporary Technique and Improvisation/Compostion (Taught in Spanish)

QUEENS COLLEGE SUMMER DANCE (NYC)

Summer Dance Faculty at Queens College teaching Contemporary Technique and Improvisation while in residence with Pearson/Widrig Dance Theater (NY)

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE (CT)

Master Class of Contemporary Technique as part of Site-Specific Performance residency of A Curious Invasion with Pearson Widrig Dance Theater (NY)

BARD COLLEGE (NY)

Master Class of Improvisation and Site-Specific Performance at Bard College Dance Department

UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS (UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS) PUEBLA, MEXICO
Guest Faculty at UDLAP Dance Theater Department teaching Contemporary Technique, Improvisation and Somatics

 

GODDARD COLLEGE (VT)

Guest Artist residency teaching Movement Matters: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Education through the Arts

 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY (CA)

Guest Faculty at UC Berkeley Dance and Theater Department teaching Contemporary Technique and lecture on Site-Specific Dance as Environmental Education

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE (VT)

Summer Residency at Summer Language Institute and Dance Department teaching Contemporary Technique and Improvisation (Taught in Spanish)

 

UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA (UNIVERSITY IBEROAMERICANA (MEXICO CITY)

Guest Faculty at Universidad IberoAmericana Theater Department teaching Movement for Actors (Taught in Spanish)

 

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (MD)

Guest Faculty at University of Maryland's Dance Department teaching Contemporary Technique and Improvisation

 

KEENE STATE COLLEGE (NH)

Guest Artist Residency with Pearson/Widrig Dance Theater (NY) teaching Contemporary Technique and Improvisation

TEACHING AT FESTIVALS AND PROGRAMS

OO'KOT INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL (YUCATAN, MEXICO)

Co-founding Director and curator with Rodrigo Esteva | Invited Guest Faculty: Dr. Yanique Hume (Jamaica), Mijail Rojas (Cuba), Erika Suarez (Mexico) (Taught in Spanish)

ESSENCE OF EMBODIMENT FESTIVAL (NJ)

Guest Artist teaching Movement Meditation: Self-Acupressure for Emotional Balancing

TUMÁKA'T (MERIDA, MEXICO)

Guest Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique, Improvisation, and Composition for Professional Dancers (Taught in Spanish)

 

DANZA TUPAC (LIMA, PERU)

Guest Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique, Improvisation and Composition for Professional Dancers (Taught in Spanish)

 

ESPACIO ABIERTO & X ESPACIO (MEXICO CITY)

Workshop teaching Contemporary Technique, Improvisation and Composition (Taught in Spanish)

 

ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE DANZA CONTEMPORANEA/ NATIONAL ENCOUNTER OF CONTEMPORY DANCE (QUERETERO, MÉXICO)

Summer Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique, Improvisation and Composition (Taught in Spanish)

 

FORAMEN BALLET (CUERNAVACA, MEXICO) Summer Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique,

Improvisation and Composition (Taught in Spanish)

 

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL YUCATÁN ESCÉNICA (MÉRIDA, MÉXICO)

Summer Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique, Improvisation and Composition (Taught in Spanish)

 

KRIPALU CENTER FOR YOGA & HEALTH (MA) Workshop on Movement Meditations: Listening to the Land

 

BODY & SOUND FESTIVAL (SAN FRANCISCO)

Body and Sound workshop with Rodrigo Esteva and musician Laura Inserra (Italy) Curated encounters between Dohee Lee and Pauchi Sasaki, Djenane Saint-Juste and Mambo Florencia at KUNST STOFF (SF)

 

MIDSUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL (NY)
Summer Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique,

Improvisation and Composition

 

SUMMER DANCE (HUDSON VALLEY, NY)
Summer Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique, Site-

Specific Dance, Improvisation and Composition

 

FESTIVAL DE NOVA VITTA (MÉXICO CITY)
Summer Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique,

Improvisation and Composition (Taught in Spanish)

 

ODC (SAN FRANCISCO)
Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique, Improvisation

 

SAN FRANCISCO SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE Summer Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Technique

 

COUNTERPULSE DANCE FESTIVAL (SF)
Dance Faculty teaching Partnering the Moment: Improvisation

 

TEACHING AT YOUTH PROGRAMS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

NATURE AND ARTS PROGRAM (CA)

Created interdisciplinary environmental education through the arts program in response to the needs of families during COVID

MALCOLM X ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (CA)

Dance Faculty for K-3 following National Dance Standards, including interdisciplinary performances created in collaboration with the students

 

OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (CA)

Dance Faculty for K-3 following National Dance Standards

and Composition

MIGRANT WORKERS SUMMER ARTS CAMP (NY)

Dance Faculty for Summer Arts Festival for children of migrant farm workers

 

THE VANAVER CARAVAN INSTITUTE (NY)

Dance Faculty for professional K-12 youth dance company

 

HIGH MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (NY) MOUNTAIN LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (NY)

Dance Faculty for K-5

 

BERKELEY ARTS MAGNET ELEMENTARY (CA)

Dance Faculty for K-3 students, including interdisciplinary Performance Project of Wild Child and other Tales of the Tall Trees as part of The Green Project, environmental art program.

 

HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (CA)

Co-Founder of The Green Project, an environmental arts program including an interdisciplinary performance project, Rain Dances.

 

BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL (CA)

Master Class in Contemporary Performance for Performing Arts Program

 

COLEGIO MADRID (MEXICO CITY)

Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Dance and Making Dances (Taught in Spanish)

 

ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE LA DANZA (MEXICO CITY)

Dance Faculty teaching Contemporary Dance and Making Dances (Taught in Spanish)

 

CENTRO DE MOVIMIENTO (COATEPEC, MEXICO)

Co-Founder of this center for dance with Creative Movement classes for youth with and without disabilities and Movement for Seniors at Casa de los Ancianos

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