GRANTS
Zellerbach Community Arts Grant with funding from the Zellerbach Family Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, for Dreams Suite, an evening of work presented at the Women on the Way Festival, Dance Mission, San Francisco, January 2006.
Saint Mary's College of California, Faculty Development Grant. Received several different grants for choreography/research from 2000-present.
1. American College Dance Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, 2000. 2. American College Dance Festival, Albuquerque, NM, 2001. 3. Davalos Dance Company rehearsal space, 2000. 4. Dancers' honorarium, 2000. 5. Dancers' honorarium, 2001. 6. Dancers' honorarium, 2002. 7. Rehearsal space, research, and dancers' honorarium, 2002. 8. Workshop attendance, Bill Evans Advanced Dancers/Teachers Intensive Workshop, Port Townsend, WA, 2002.
9. Workshop attendance, Bill Evans Advanced Dancers/Teachers Intensive Workshop, Port Townsend, WA, 2002. 10. American College Dance Festival Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona, March 13-17, 2004. 11. Dancers' honorarium, 2004. 12. Dancers' honorarium, 2004. 13. American College Dance Festival, Long Beach, CA, 2005
14. Dancers' honorarium, 2005. 15. American College Dance Festival, Sacramento, CA, 2006. 15. Dancers' honorarium, 2007. 16. MALCS Summer Institute and Conference, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, St. Paul, MN, 2007.
Zellerbach Community Arts Grant with funding from the Zellerbach Family Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, for Migrations: Rock, Paper, Song, performed at ODC Theater, San Francisco, April 2002.
Multi-cultural Grant from Associated Students, Inc., California State University, Long Beach, to co-produce "Mixed Company," a dance concert which explored ethnic diversity. Program also included a workshop, "Dancer for a Day," which provided a full day of classes for students grades K-12, and a lecture/demonstration of concert material, 1995.
DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
Finalist for a Lester Horton Award, "Outstanding Achievement in Choreography," for Population 345, Dance Resource Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1997.
Nominated for Dance Magazine "Student Choreographer of the Year," for Doblez, 1994.
Doblez and La Mariquita Negra selected to represent California State University, Long Beach Department of Dance at the American College Dance Festival, New Mexico, 1994.
Doblez selected to represent the southwest region of ACDF at the National Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, 1994.
"Outstanding Choreographer" southwest region, American College Dance Festival, 1994.
Stephen and Nini Horn Scholarship for outstanding service to the College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach, 1995.
"Adopt a Student" scholarship recipient, California State University, Long Beach, 1993.
Parke and Edna Morrow Scholarship, California State University, Long Beach, 1984.
Jean-Paul Sartre Memorial Scholarship, Department of Philosophy, California State University, Long Beach, 1982.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Workshops
Centrum's Bill Evans Dance Intensive Workshop for Teachers. Classes included Bartenieff Fundamentals, Evans Laban/Bartenieff Modern Dance Technique, Dance Science-Based Ballet Technique, Jazz Dance, Yoga for Dancers, Improvisation and Composition, Dance Science, Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement, Seminar on the Application of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement to the Teaching of Dance Technique. Centrum Center for the Arts, Port Townsend, Washington, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006.
Choreography workshop. Advanced Modern Dance Choreography facilitated by dance writer, Sima Belmar, Shawl/Anderson Dance Studio, Oakland, 2001
Pilates Method Summer Session, The Balancing Act Dance Studio, Ashland, OR. Pilates Mat classes with certified instructor, Christina Cansino, 2000.
Limón West Dance Project's 1996 Summer Dance Workshop, San Jose State University. Scholarship Student. Advanced Modern Dance Technique with Clay Taliaferro, Alexander Technique and Jose Limón Repertory with Jennifer Scanlon, and choreography with Fred Mathews, 1996.
CSU Summer Arts, CSULB. Advanced Modern Dance Technique with Joanie Smith and members of Shapiro and Smith Dance; and Garth Fagan, with members of Garth Fagan Dance 1996.
American Dance Festival, Durham NC. Scholarship Student. Advanced Modern Dance Technique: Ronald K. Brown, Donald McKayle, Douglas Nielsen. Repertory, Ronald K. Brown. Conditioning, "Peak Performance," Eric Franklin, 1994.
Continuous Modern Dance and Ballet training, 1984 to present:
Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Oakland, CA, Advanced Modern Dance Technique: Randee Paufve, Nina Otis Haft, Joan Lazurus, Dana Lawton.
ODC School, San Francisco, CA, Advanced Modern Dance Technique: Janice Garrett.
San Francisco Dance Center, San Francisco, CA, Advanced Modern Dance Technique: Cheryl Chaddick.
CSULB, Advanced Modern Dance Technique: Lane Sayles, Jeff Slayton, Susan McLain. Intermediate/Advanced Ballet: Arturo Fernandez, Sophie Monat.
Stanley Holden Dance Center, Los Angeles, CA, Advanced Ballet Technique: Stanley Holden, Victoria Koenig, Colleen O'Callaghan. Advanced Modern Technique: MaryJane Eisenberg, Tina Gerstler.
Dance Center Seattle, Seattle WA, Advanced Modern Technique: Clay Taliaferro, Shelley Shepherd, Erin Matthiessen.
Dance Home, Santa Monica CA, Advanced Modern Technique: Tina Gerstler, Jeff Slayton, Risa Steinberg, Holly Schiffer.
The House, Santa Monica CA, Advanced Modern Technique, MaryJane Eisenberg.
Ruth Currier Dance Studio, New York NY, Advanced Modern Technique: Ruth Currier, Clay Taliaferro, Hannah Kahn.
PERFORMANCES (guest artist, dancer)
"Works in the Works," Berkeley, CA, Mixed Blessings, choreography by Dana Lawton, 2005.
"Arc of the Wor(l)d," A Dance Salon, part of the "Sundays at Sinai" series, Oakland CA, Minyan, choreography by Nina Otis Haft, 2000.
"Summerfest/dance '98," Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA, Minyan, choreography by Nina Otis Haft, 1998.
"Inside Out," Brady Street Dance Centre, San Francisco, CA, Three Piece Suite, choreography by Randee Paufve, 1998.
"Episodes, Moments, and Inklings," San Pedro, CA, Lullaby, choreography by Casey Carney, 1996.
American Dance Festival, Durham, NC, excerpts from DIRT ROAD, Morticia's Supreme Revue, choreography by Ronald K. Brown, 1994.
Formations Dance Company in concert, Ashland OR, choreography by Robin Bryant, 1993.
Co-Motion Dance Company, Seattle WA, choreography by Clay Taliaferro, 1992.
International Festival of Masks, Los Angeles CA, Owatafulyam, choreography by Steven Craig, 1991.
Highways Anniversary Benefit, Santa Monica CA, Guillotine in the Wings, choreography by Karen Johnson, 1990.
Phoebe Neville Dance Company 15th Anniversary Season, New York, NY, Scrimshaw III - Voices, choreography by Tryntje Shapli, 1990.
Tina Gerstler Danceworks, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Arena, choreography by Tina Gerstler, 1989.
Footworks Project, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles CA, Animal Head, choreography by Steven Craig, 1989.
International Festival of Masks, Los Angeles CA, Animal Head, choreography by Steven Craig, 1988.
Mary Jane Eisenberg Dance Co., Glendale CA, Going Up, choreography by Mary Jane Eisenberg, 1988.
COLLECTIONS-PUBLICATIONS
From Women's Mouths (video of thesis concert), Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
From Women's Mouths (video of thesis concert), Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California.
The Arts in Contra Costa County, Millennium Project, wrote introduction to the section on Dance, published as an interactive CD-ROM.