I believe that the future of concert dance and successful programs of dance in higher

education exists in the fusion of various movement styles and aesthetic sensibilities:

A hybrid of classical, contemporary and popular dance with the incorporation of

somatic principles to enliven students' minds and bodies. My teaching and

choreographic philosophies are founded on the idea that past and present dance

vocabularies, aesthetics, and design can be synthesized to create an informed, highly

skilled and diverse dance artist. I would like to continue my work as a professional

dancer/choreographer/teacher and share my perspective in a university-based, degree-

conferring dance program.

Hollins University/American Dance Festival – Three Year Track

Donna Faye Burchfield (Artistic Director)

2009
Master of Fine Arts/Dance

• Graduate Seminar – Guest Lecturers: Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Charles L.
Reinhart, Donald McKayle, Martha Myers, Anna Halprin, ShenWei, Robert
Barnett, Michael Tracy, Inbal Pinto, Avshalom Pollack, Eiko and Koma,
Randy Martin, Paul Taylor, Dianne McIntyre, Susana Tambutti, Laura Dean,
Emanuel Gat and Ohad Naharin
• Pedagogies of Dance Seminars – Gerri Houlihan, Brenda Daniels, Jeffery
Bullock, Ming-Lung Yang, Abigail Yager, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Pamela
Pietro, Sarah Skaggs, Mark Haim, David Brick
• Corporeal Practices: Approaches to Dance Studies (Dance Theory and
Dance History) – Thomas F DeFrantz
• Ecological Bodies: Musculoskeletal Interaction – Irene Dowd
• Contemporary Art Practices – Kimberly Rhodes
• Contemporary Body Practices (Somatics) – Glenna Batson and
Rebecca Amis Lawson
• Graduate critique – Ishmael Houston Jones
• Poetry and Performance – T. J. Anderson III
• Improvised Media: Performing Objects – Ben Pranger
• Soaring and Falling: Experiences of Space in Contemporary Art – Diane
Shooman
• Thinking Dancing: The Choreographic Mind – Donna Faye Burchfield
• Conversation on Current Issues - Anna Kisselgoff
(Topics: Ballet, George Balanchine, Modern Dance, Martha Graham, Ethics
of Dance, Where is dance going and what are its dominant trends?)
• Repertory Workshop: Set and Reset - Tricia Brown – Abigail Yager,
Present Tense – Tricia Brown – Stacy Spence
• Composition – Linda Tarnay
• Modern Technique – Gerri Houlihan, Brenda Daniels
• Ballet Technique – Jeffery Bullock

 

The Juilliard School

Benjamin Harkarvy (Artistic Director)

1999
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Dance

• Ballet Technique – Andra Corvino, Maria Grandy, Hector Zaraspe, Benjamin Harkarvy, Stephen Pier, Paul Sutherland
• Modern Technique – Carolyn Adams, Linda Kent, Jean Ruddy, Christine Dakin, Laura Glenn, Kazuko Hirabayashi
• Alexander Technique – Jane Kosminsky
• Composition – Elizabeth Keen, Bessie Schonberg, Benjamin Harkarvy
• Choreographer and Composers Workshop – Pia Gilbert
• Stage Craft and Production – Laura Glenn
• Music for Dancers – Eric Ewazen
• Dance History – Robert Johnson
• Elements of Performance – Pauline Koner
• Repertory - Missa Brevis– Jose Limon – staged by Laura Glenn and Carla Maxwell

- Unsung – Jose Limon – staged by Stephen Pier
- Cloven Kingdom, – Paul Taylor – staged by Linda Kent
- Roses – Paul Taylor – staged by Linda Kent
- Stoolgame – Jiri Kylian – staged by Hans Knill
- Rapture – Lila York

• Liberal Arts – The Heritage of the Ancient World, Human Nature and Ethics, The Individual and Society, Arts and Aesthetics, Current American Poetry, Writing Poetry and Short Fiction

 

Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts (formerly the Cultural Training Center)

The Jamaica School of Dance

Barbara Requa (Director)
1995

• Caribbean History
• Use of English
• Modern Technique
• Folk Technique (Jamaican Traditional Forms)
• Ballet Technique
• Musical Theater
• Repertory and Performance
• Kinesiology
• Psychology
• Drumming and Chanting
• Dance History
• Fine Arts and Literary Criticism
• Injury and Prevention
• Theater Production
• Special Methods (Choreographic research methods)

Salem State College – Salem, MA
Meghan McLyman and Caitlin Corbett (Dance Program Coordinators)
Spring 2010
Guest Modern Instructor – Intermediate Level

Washington University in St. Louis – Danforth Campus
Mary-Jean Cowell (Dance Program Coordinator)
Spring 2010
St. Louis Shockwave Dance Intensive
Bringing The Epicenter Of Dance From NYC To STL
Guest adjudicator and seminar panelist for approaches to auditioning Fall 2009
Guest Ballet Instructor – Advanced Level

Best Talent Center (St. Louis, MO)
Judy Best (Artistic Director)
Fall 2009
Ballet Instructor

L’ACADCO – A United Caribbean Dance Force - Kingston, Jamaica
Rukumbine Summer Dance Intensive
L’Antoinette Stines (Artistic Director)
August 2009
Guest modern teacher
May 2008
Modern master class

Hollins University
Donna Faye Burchfield (Chair Dance Department)
August 2009
Presented Artist Portfolio (artist talk)

Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (St. Louis Public School)
Ray Parks (Dance Director)
April 2009
Advanced modern technique master class

Circus Harmony (Children’s circus St. Louis, MO)
Jessica Hentoff (Artistic Director/Executive Director)
Spring 2009
Ballet instructor

The Ailey School – professional division certificate program
Charmaine Warren (Facilitator)
May 2008
Member of a discussion panel on the role of the choreographer in making of a dance:
How African-descended people make dances.

Movements Dance Company of Jamaica
Monica Campbell McFarlane (Artistic Director)
May 2008
Modern master class

California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
April 2007
Ballet master class for intermediate dance minors
Ballet Hispanico residency activity

The University of Syracuse
October 2006
Ballet master class for musical theater major – dance concentration
Ballet Hispanico residency activity

The Walton Arts Center - Fayetteville, Arkansas
April 2006
Ballet master class – Ballet Hispanico residency activity

National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
Rex Nettleford (Artistic Director)
February 2006
Ballet master class

The Jamaica School of Dance (The Edna Manley College School of Dance)
Barbara Requa (Director)
February 2006
Horton-based modern dance master class – all levels

Excelsior Community College - Jamaica, WI
Michael Record (Director of Performing Arts)
February 2006
Guest lecturer – Career development and networking workshop

Hult Center for the Performing Arts – Eugene, Oregon
January 2003
Horton- based modern dance master class – Dance Theatre of Harlem residency activity

 

Buglisi Dance Theatre

Jacqulyn Buglisi (Artistic Director / Resident Choreographer)
March 2008 – June 2008
Dancer

Repertory:
Rain
Interplay (original cast)
Caravaggio Meets Hopper
A Frenzy on the Floor (original cast – site-specific performance outside the New York Stock Exchange)

Ballet Hispanico of New York

Tina Ramirez (Artistic Director)
February 2005 – 2008
Dancer
*American Guild of Musical Artists Representative

Repertory:
Si Senor – Alberto Alonso
Caravanserai – Talley Beatty
Orfeu in the Carnival of Souls – Alexandre Magno(original cast)
Dejame Sonar – Alexandre Magno
Cada Noche … Tango – Graciela Daniele,
Idol Obsession – George Faison
Bury Me Standing – Ramon Oller
Corazon Al-andaluz Ramon Oller (original cast)
Eyes of the Soul – Ramon Oller
Eternamente Y Un Dia – Peter Pucci
Ritmo y Ruido – Ann Reinking
Palladium Nights – Willie Rosario (original cast)
Club Havana – Pedro Ruiz
Guajira – Pedro Ruiz
Hoy Como Ayer – Sergio Trujillo
Tito On Timbales – William Whitener

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Arthur Mitchell (Artistic Director)
August 2001 – June 2004
Corps De Ballet
*American Guild of Musical Artists Representative

Repertory:
Four Temperaments – George Balanchine
Prodigal Son – George Balanchine
Serenade – George Balanchine
Stars and Stripes – George Balanchine
Return – Robert Garland
New Bach – Robert Garland (original cast)
Passion of the Blood – Augustus van Heerden (original cast)
Dougla – Geoffrey Holder
Forces of Rhythm – Louis Johnson
Doina – Royston Maldoom
South African Suite – Arthur Mitchell
Viraa - Laveen Naidu (original cast)
Song for Dead Warriors – Michael Smuin
Stabat Mater – Michael Smuin
St. Louis Woman– Michael Smuin (original cast)
Firebird – John Taras
Dialogues - Glen Tetley

Ailey II                                                        

Sylvia Waters (Artistic Director)
July 1999 - May 2001
Dancer

Repertory:
Escapades – Alvin Ailey
Isba – Alvin Ailey
Reflections in D – Alvin Ailey
Revelations – Alvin Ailey
Crumble – Donald Byrd
Congo Tango Palace – Talley Beatty
Marimba – Lar Lubovitch
Flights of Fancy – Jaquiline Buglisi (original cast)
Sensory Feast – Francesca Harper (original cast)
Eroica – Francesca Harper (original cast)
Mood Indigo – Robert Battle (original cast)

National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica 

Professor Rex Nettleford (Artistic Director)
1994
Dancer

Ashe Caribbean Performing Arts Ensemble

Joseph Robinson (Artistic Director)
1993-2005
Dancer/Singer/Actor

Repertory:
Vibes in a World of Sexuality (musical built from group improvisation - original cast)
Rachel’s Christmas Wish (musical – original cast)
Nuff Respect for Nature (musical – original cast)

 

Salem State College                          Dancing Solo                              2010

STL BLK. Rep. Thea. Co.                Black Nativity                             2009

New Music Circle                              60x60 Dance                              2009

Connecticut Ballet                             (Nutcracker)                              2006/2007

Flint Institute of Music                      (Nutcracker)                              2006

Delaware Dance Company                 (Nutcracker)                              2004

Lubbock Ballet                                  (Nutcracker)                              2004

New Jersey Dan. Thea. Ens.               (Nutcracker)                              1999/2001

 

National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
Professor Rex Nettleford (Artistic Director)
1994
Dancer

Ashe Caribbean Performing Arts Ensemble
Joseph Robinson (Artistic Director)
1993-2005
Dancer/Singer/Actor

Repertory:
Vibes in a World of Sexuality (musical built from group improvisation - original cast)
Rachel’s Christmas Wish (musical – original cast)
Nuff Respect for Nature (musical – original cast)

PBS' Setting the Stage 2007

NBC’s 20th Hispanic Heritage Awards - 2006

PBS’ Who’s Dancin’ Now? – Arts Education in Your Community - 2005

The South Bank Show – England - 2003

2010 – Choreography (Union) selected for American College Dance Festival
National Gala presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
* Selected for Regional Gala Performance at University of Illinois - Urbana-
Champaign (adjudicators: Georgiana Pickett, Sixto Wagan and Jill Sigman)

2009 – Choreography (Beneath the Upper Room) selected for the St. Louis National
Dance Week Celebration and Dancing in the Street Festival to represent Webster
University Dance Ensemble

2007 – Hollins University/ American Dance Festival - Scholarship/Grant

2007 – Career Transitions for Dancers Grant

2003 – New York University: Dean’s Fellowship

2003 – New York University: Alberto Vilar Nominee and Alternate

1999 – Dean’s Fellowship -Tisch School of the Arts

1999 – Juilliard Senior Production Choreographic workshop

1998 – Juilliard Community Service Fellow

1998 – Juilliard PEPS Fellow

1998 – Juilliard Composers’/Choreographers’ workshop

 

Dr. James Frazier
jfrazier@vcu.edu
(804) 828 1711

Melanie Person
mperson@alvinailey.org
(212) 405 9516

Sophia Fatouros
sfatouros@aol.com
(646) 713 8102

Nancy Turano
nturano@njdte.org
(917) 916 7337