Robin Gee, Associate Professor of Dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, holds an MFA in Dance Choreography and Performance from Sarah Lawrence College and specializes in African, Caribbean dance forms, and modern dance techniques. She is the recipient of the West African Research Association's Post Doctoral Fellowship in African Research and the Central Piedmont Regional Artists Hub Grant in 2005 for her work on dance documentation in Guinea, West Africa. She is most recently the recipient of the American Association of University Women's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for her work on The Mande Legacy - A Multimedia Dance Documentation Project. She is a 2012 Fulbright Award Recipient.

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rmgee@uncg.edu

Natasha L. Davis is the Associate Professor of Dance at Morehead State University located in Morehead, KY. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky earning her doctorate in Educational Leadership. Ms. Davis holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University (Winchester, VA) and a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC). Ms. Davis has taught, performed, and choreographed throughout the United States as well as China, London, and South Africa. Dance has afforded her the opportunity to teach and perform at universities, dance studios, theme parks, outdoor theaters, dance competitions, conventions, workshops, college championship games, and as a former professional dancer in the NBA. As a former dance educator in the North Carolina public schools, she served on the curriculum committee which focused on the expansion of dance education for K-12. Natasha teaches modern, jazz, African, Afro-Modern, Afro-Jazz, hip-hop, ballet, tap, dance improvisation, dance composition, dance history and she is a certified Pilates Mat instructor. Natasha is also an illustrious member of the first nationally recognized African-American Greek lettered sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

 

nldavis@moreheadstate.edu

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ADRIANE FANG is a dancer, teacher and choreographer with a keen interest in multi-disciplinary collaboration.  She was a member of Doug Varone and Dancers from 1996-2006 and has worked with several other choreographers including Colleen Thomas, Nancy Bannon, Wally Cardona and Alvin Mayes.  She was awarded a 2014 Local Dance Commissioning Project Award from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to present her full-length work, Grains.  Currently on faculty at the University of Maryland, Adriane is the recipient of a 2007 New York Dance and Performance Award (“Bessie”) for her performance with Doug Varone and Dancers.

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afang1@umd.edu
 

Vanessa Jackson Coles is an Associate Professor and Director of the Coppin State University Dance program. She was the first CAPA (Creative and Performing Artists) Scholar at the University of Maryland College Park and a graduate teaching assistant at Temple University where she received her MFA dance. She has taught at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, Towson University, University of Maryland at College Park, and directed the dance program at The Community College of Baltimore County for several years prior to coming to Coppin. She also has a MA in Instructional Technology Systems received from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and recently received her 200 hour yoga certification. Vanessa has received several City and State grants for her Kids in Motion Outreach program.

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vcoles@coppin.edu / vanjackson@coppin.edu

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Jen Guy Metcalf is an Assistant Professor of Dance in the Department of Performing Arts at Elon University. She is a teacher, choreographer, dancer, filmmaker, and scholar. Her research interests include dance pedagogy, the use of video technology in the classroom as a teaching tool, and rehearsal process. Metcalf’s creative research focuses on producing innovative choreography and incorporating multi-media in dance performance. Metcalf teaches Ballet I-VI, Pointe, Special Topics in Dance, Dance Ensemble, Choreography I-II, The Global Experience, and Independent Studies in Dance.

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jguy@elon.edu

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Tracey Bonner is the BFA Dance Coordinator within the theatre and dance program in the School of the Arts at Northern Kentucky University. She is an active freelance choreographer, director, master teacher, and performer (AEA) in the greater Cincinnati region and beyond.

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Tracey received her BFA from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University, her MFA from University of California, Irvine, and continues to pursue additional academic interests. She has received multiple awards and recognitions for her artistic work, and most recently served as an Al Smith Artistic Fellow for the Kentucky Arts Council (2017) for her work combining dance and social justice. Other choreographic or directorial awards include productions of West Side Story (California, 2008), RENT!(Kentucky, 2010), Chess (Tennessee, 2014), Gala honors at the American College Dance Association, south region for her original work entitled An Ingrown Life(Arkansas, 2014), and adjudicated performance invitations including Big River Arts Festival (West Virginia, 2017).

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As an Assistant Professor at NKU, Ms. Bonner has quadrupled enrollment in the BFA dance program, increased exposure and revenue for dance, facilitated two high profile artistic residency with the illustrious Mercedes Ellington and the Taylor 2 of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and established a new performance program at NKU entitled The Emerging Choreographers Showcase. As an artistic academic, Tracey’s current research projects are layered and collaborative in nature, and she continues to refine and re-develop the dance curriculum to better meet current students’ needs.

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Tracey maintains production of her original concert and theatrical work outside of NKU. She also continues to teach masterclass, adjudication regional and national dance competitions, teach at various private studios, as well as a multitude of other dance and theatre related activities where she seeks to empower young artists to greatness.

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bonnert2@nku.edu

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A graduate of The University of Tampa, Susannah was honored to help create the dance major curriculum, based on brain-compatible dance education.  Her scholarship and research focuses in the field of dance pedagogy, and choreography in the world of commercial dance.  Her choreographic research has recently delved in to the embodiment practices of higher education students during performance.  Susannah directs the UT Student Dance Happenings, mentoring students in their own choreographic processes, and the Spring Dance Concerts which give students the opportunity to work with professional choreographers of national/international/regional status.

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slemarquand@ut.edu

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