Someone asked me once if I was a professional dancer and I laughed. What is the criteria for calling oneself professional? Certainly not financial reimbursement for one's work, although I have been paid more than a few times during my long dance career. The criteria for me is longevity, technique, knowing that one says "meard" to the other dancers before a show and performance experience in whatever form that may take. So with that, I will offer up for scrutiny my dance resume! I have been dancing for a really long time with a few breaks in between. I just can't seem to stop, so here I am still shaking a leg...
TRAINING:
2005-07 Doranne Crable Butoh
2004-06 Sumayya Diop Sabar
1999-01 Mary Lynn Buss Egyptian Dance
Mish Mish Egyptian Dance
1994-95 Blaise Diagne Inst. of the Arts - Dakar, Senegal Sabar
Safie Diagne (Ballet National du Senegal) - Dakar Sabar
1991-99 Meissa Diop (Ballet National du Senegal) - Seattle Sabar
Malang Bayo (Ballet National du Senegal) - Seattle Kotiro
Maryam Faye (Ballet National du Senegal) - Los Angeles Sabar
Tambacounda Dance Camp - San Francisco Senegalese
Stacy Hardwick & Mapathe Diop - Seattle Sabar, Kotiro
Amma & Kofi Anang - Seattle W. African Dance
1991-93 Blue Heron Art Center - Vashon Island Ballet
1981-82 California Institute of The Arts - Valencia Ballet, Modern, Stage tech
1975-90 Kathy Moore (San Francisco Ballet) - Los Angeles Ballet Technique
Dora Kranig (Royal Ballet) - Los Angeles Ballet
Michael Baker (Royal Ballet) - Los Angeles Ballet
Roland Dupree Dance Studio - Los Angeles Jazz
Bella Lewitzky Dance Company - Los Angeles Modern
Ballet Petit - Pasadena Ballet, Jazz
Rudy Perez - Los Angeles Modern
1969-73 June Nichols Dance Studio - Los Angeles Ballet, Tap
PERFORMANCE:
2007 Tanden Butoh Butoh
BYOA
Crab Party
Floating Bridge Press Fundraiser
2005-07 Kagami Butoh - Olympia, WA Butoh
“Strings” 2005
“Dreaming Einstein” 2006
“Redemption” 2007
1991-99 Performances in Vashon Island Schools W. African, Ballet
1980-84 L.A. Contemporary Dance Theater Modern
Anderson Dance Theater Dance Theater
Misc. Choreographer’s Showcases
TEACHING:
2004 Foster High School West African Dance Residency
2001-02 Woodinville Montessori School Dance Specialist (1st-6th grades)
1991-98 Artists in the Schools Senegalese Culture & Dance (4th,7th,8th grades)
1991-99 Blue Heron Art Center West African Dance (all levels)
Vashon Dance Academy Ballet, Tap, Jazz
