CURRICULUM VITA - Religious Studies



CURRICULUM VITA

ANDREA MANTELL SEIDEL

Latin American and Caribbean Center

Florida International University

University Park

Miami, Florida 33199

Home Phone: (786) 263-0086 Email: seidela@fiu.edu

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EDUCATION

Degree Institution Field Dates

Doctor of Arts New York University Dance 1985

Dissertation: Medicine Wheel: Ritual Dance Drama and the Oglala Sioux Sun Dance

MA McGill University, Montreal English 1970

Thesis: A Study of the Work of D.H. Lawrence in Relation to Hindu Thought

BA University of Miami, Florida English 1969

University of Sheffield, England English, Psychology 1967-69

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Institution Rank Field Dates

Florida International University Associate Prof Dance Present-Jan.95

FIU/New World School of the Arts Assistant Prof Dance Aug.1994-90

PART-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Institution Rank Field Dates

University of Miami Lecturer Anthropology 1989

New World School of the Arts Assistant Prof Dance 1988-86

University of Miami Lecturer Dance 1989

Dade County Public Consultant

Schools Talented Program;

NWSA/Dance 1989-86

Miami-Dade Community Instructor/Dance 1990-86

College; High School of

Performing and Visual

Arts (PAVAC)

The Santa Fe Reporter,N.M. Freelance dance critic 1985

St. John's College, Santa Fe Instructor; Dance 1985-83

Community College, NM

Santa Fe American Indian School Dance and English 1983-82

Pojoaque Valley Elem., NM Artist-in-Residence 1981

(funded by New Mexico Arts Division)

University of Miami Artist-in-Residence; Dance 1980

University of New Mexico

Northern Branch; Northern New

Mexico Community College

Los Alamos and Santa Fe, NM Instructor, Modern Dance, English 1980-74

PUBLICATIONS IN DISCIPLINE

Refereed Journal Articles

Seidel, Andrea. Dancing Across Disciplines: A 21st Century Model for Educational Reform in the Academy. Journal of Dance Education, 7 (4), December, 2007 pp. 118-126.

Seidel, Andrea. Transcending Cultural Boundaries: The Sun Dance of the Oglala Sioux and Medicine Wheel: A Contemporary Dance Drama, American Dance, 2, Northwestern University Press: Evanston, Illinois, 2 (1), 1986, pp. 22-26.

Solicited Essays

Seidel, Andrea. Dancing with Tzijola: Cultural Crossroads from Miami to Chichicastenango,Guatemala, Tucson, Arizona, Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, September, 2003.

Seidel, Andrea. Isadora Duncan Dance: The Revolution of An Artist in Russia, l905-2003,

Tucson, Arizona, Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, December, 2003.

Conference Proceedings (refereed, peer-reviewed)

Seidel, Andrea. Florida State University, Encounters across Cultures and Communities: El Grupo Cultural Uk’Ux Pop Wuj de Maya and the Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble. Tallahassee, FL: Congress on Research in Dance Annual Conference Proceedings: Dance and Community, pp. 176-184, Spring 2005.

Seidel, Andrea. Integrating Mind, Body, and Spirit: Isadora Duncan Technique and Repertory for the 21st Century. Long Beach, California: National Conference of the National Dance Education Organization Conference Proceedings (CD-Rom), pp. 246-247, Oct. 18-22, 2006.

Seidel, Andrea. Miami as a Diasporic Hub for African Diaspora Dance and Culture: Politics, Problems and Possibilities of the Black Dancing Body. St. Kitts, Virgin Islands: International Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, May 2004.

Seidel, Andrea. Dancing with Tzijola: Cultural Crossroads from Miami to Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Society of Dance History Scholars Conference Proceedings Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference, pp. 76-82, June 17-20, 2004.

Seidel, Andrea. Dancing Across Disciplines: Alliance Between Area Studies and Dance in the Intercultural Community. Georgetown University, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC: International Conference Proceedings: Dancing in the Millenium, pp. 307-31, July 19-23, 2000. (refereed, major international joint conference of 30 dance organizations)

Seidel, Andrea. The Intercultural Challenge in Teaching Dance History: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century, Provo, Utah: Society of Dance History Scholar Conference Proceedings, 1994.

Seidel, Andrea. Tradition and Choreographic Innovation: The Northwest Indian Spirit Dance. Tokyo, Japan: Japan Asia International Dance Conference Proceedings, pp. 417-426, 1993.

Seidel, Andrea. Eleanor King in Japan: Dance Bridging East-West. Tokyo, Japan: JapanAsia International Dance Conference Proceedings, pp. 294-303, August 2-6, 1993.

Seidel, Andrea. Recreation and Revival: Eleanor King's She: The Mothers Create. Rutgers University, State University of New Jersey: Dance Reconstructed: Modern Dance Art Past, Present, and Future Conference Proceedings, pp. 211-218 October 16, 17, 1992.

Seidel, Andrea. Eleanor King in Japan: Dance Bridging East-West. University of Riverside, Riverside, CA: Proceedings of Society of Dance History Scholars, Fifteenth Annual Conference, pp. 115-122, Feb. 14-15, l992.

Seidel, Andrea. Aesthetic Evaluation of Dance Performance: A Processual Model. Toronto, Canada: Congress on Research in Dance International Conference Proceedings, 1988.

Seidel, Andrea. The Oglala Sioux Sun Dance: In Search of the Sacred in a Profane World, New York University, NY: Congress on Research in Dance 20th Anniversary International Conference Proceedings, 1987, pp. 191-194.

Chapters in Edited Books

Seidel, Andrea. Crossing the Bridge from West to East, in Eleanor King: Sixty Years in American Dance, ed. Nicole Plett. La Puebla, NM: Moving Press, 1988.

Encyclopedia Entry

Seidel, Andrea. Amalia Hernandez. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, 2ndEd,

Ed. by Joseph S. Tulchin, Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons/ Gale, 2007. Six volume reference encyclopedia.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN DISCIPLINE

Professional Educational Videotape/DVD’s

Seidel, Andrea. Masterworks of Isadora Duncan II, (1905-1923). Pennington, New Jersey: Princeton Book Company, Dance Horizons Book, DVD and Videos, fall 2008.

Produced, directed, and co-edited second volume of educational DVD commissioned and to be distributed nationally and internationally by Princeton Book Co. /Dance Horizons.

Seidel, Andrea. An Evening with Katherine Dunham. New York, NY: Insight Media, 2008.

Produced and co-directed educational DVD with permission of Marie-Christine Dunham and the Dunham estate.

Seidel, Andrea and Levien, Julia. Isadora Duncan Dance: Technique and Repertory. Pennington, New Jersey: Princeton Book Company, 1995.

Produced and co-directed educational videotape and DVD commissioned and widely distributed nationally and internationally by Princeton Book Co. as companion video to book by Julia Levien. Distinguished as New York Times Critics Pick

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DVD Citations (for Isadora Duncan Dance: Technique and Repertory, 1995)

In Edsall, Mary E. A Core Collection in Dance. Chicago, Illinois: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2001, p. 69.

In Sheppard, William Anthony. Revealing Masks: Exotic Influences and Ritualized

Performances in Modernist Music Theater, Los Angeles: University of California Press,

2001, p. 276.

|Critical Reviews |

|Abdullah, Halimah. "A Fresh Take on Classic Technique." The Tampa Times, 17 June 1996: 2B. |

|Angulo, Gildo Gonzales. "Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble." Cultura Por Esto, 7 May 2005. (Yucatan, Mexico) |

|Cassidy, Faith. “Isadora Duncan Dance-Technique and Repertory, New Videos and Audios, 1997. |

|Dunning, Jennifer. "Dance Review: American Indian Culture, Jazz Via Garth Fagan." |

|The New York Times, 5 August 1995. |

|Guzman, Tony. "Dance 2000.” Miami Beach Sun Post, February 2000. (Miami Beach, FL) |

|Guzman, Tony. "The Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble." Miami Beach Sun Post, May 3, 2002. |

|Jackson, George. “Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.” Dance Magazine, February 1996. |

|Kaufman, Sarah. “The Expressive Legacy of Isadora Duncan.” Washington Post, 8 January 1996. |

|Levin, Jordan. "Isadora Duncan." The Miami Herald, 23 May 2005: 8E. (Miami, FL) |

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|Levin, Jordan, “South Florida Needs a Truly Creative Dance Scene.” The Miami Herald, |

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|23 March 2000: 4E. |

|Levin Jordan. "Dance Captures Human Spirit." The Miami Herald, 24 January 1999: 5B. |

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|Levin, Jordan. "Delight, Disappointment Dance Together at Shows." The Miami Herald, |

|27 June 1999: 2B. |

|Levin, Jordan. "Troupe Captures Sensuality of Duncan's Work." The Miami Herald, |

|27 April 1998.page |

|Margolin, Yaron. “Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble.” NewsIsraelDance, May 22, 2002. |

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|Morgenroth, Joyce. “Isadora Duncan Dance: Technique and Repertory.” Notes. June, l998, pp. 975, 976. |

|(peer-reviewed video review) |

|Parker, Clarissa. "Miami Dance Sampler 2000." Entertainment News & Views, 28 April 2000. (Miami, FL) |

|Perez, Guillermo. "Isadora Duncan Troupe Explores Stages of Femininity." Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2002. (Ft. Lauderdale) |

|Rivas, Paul. "Mujeres en la Danza Abrio con el Espirito de Duncan.” El Comercio, Quito, Ecuador, |

|10 March 2004: B6. |

|Zimmer, Elizabeth. "Hot Tickets." Village Voice, 5 September 1995. |

|“La Danza Se Posesiona de Quito.” La Hora , Quito, Ecuador. 11 March 2004. |

|“Isadora Duncan: Dance Ensemble la Libertad del Cuerpo.” Revista Hoy Domingo, No. 331, Quito, Ecuador, |

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|March 2004. |

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

Seidel, Andrea. ed. INDAMINews. Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami: Fl, 2000-03. (Annual news publication of INDAMI)

Seidel, Andrea. Critics and Criticism; Sacred Dance of Namygal Monastery; The Art of

Isadora Duncan: A three-part Series; Hong Kong International Dance Festival

in Dancer, Miami, FL, 1989, 1990.

Seidel, Andrea. Silent Rhythm: Birju Maharaj; Aging Legacy: Joyce Trisler Company; Little Things That Count: Lucinda Childs Dance Company; On Critics and the Art of Criticism. The Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1985.

Selected monthly previews and reviews of dance as dance critic

OTHER PUBLICATIONS OUTSIDE DISCIPLINE (INTERDISCIPLINARY)

Book Reviews

Seidel, Andrea. National Rhythms, African Roots: The Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance. John Chasteen, in Journal of Latin American Anthropology, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 9 (2), 2004, pp. 216-218. Invited reviewer.

Seidel, Andrea. Samba in Hemisphere: A Journal of Latin-American Caribbean Studies, Miami, Florida: Florida International University, 3 (3), 1991, pp. 34-36.

Final Reports

Seidel, Andrea. Final Reports for 68 grants available on public record with grant agencies listed under Funded Research below, 1992-2006.

PRESENTED PAPERS, LECTURES, PANELS

International Outside of Discipline

Seidel, Andrea. Miami as Cultural Axis of the Atlantic Rim: A Discourse on Expressive Culture and Issues of Marginalization and Empowerment. Transatlantic Information Exchange Service (TIESWeb) International Congress: “'Reshaping Transatlantic Relations for the 21st Century, Miami Children’s Museum, Miami, April 26-30, 2004.

Invited speaker for international conference of TiesWeb, Paris-based international think-tank sponsored by USIA, European Union/Commission and Parliament

Online speech:

Seidel, Andrea. Openings: Dance, Embodiment and Motion as Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Americas. Dallas, Texas: Latin American Studies Association International Conference, 2004. Juried paper.

International in Discipline

2001. Dance in the Social Context. San Jose, Costa Rica: World Dance Alliance Americas General Assembly and International Conference, 2001. Invited presenter/ panelist.

National in Discipline

2007. Airing of videotape, in part, Isadora Duncan Dance, Technique and Repertory, National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs.

2005. Innovative Dancers and Their Contributions: Isadora Duncan, Jose Limon, Martha Graham. Buffalo, New York: National Conference of the National Dance Education Organization, State University of New York. Panel presentation.

2004. Isadora Duncan Technique: Pedagogical Tools for Cultivating Presence, Self-Integration, Organic Flow, and Community in Dance. National Conference of the National Dance Education Organization Conference Proceedings (CD-Rom), East Lansing, Michigan State University.

Adjudicated lecture/workshop.

2003. Global Perspectives in Dance and Culture: Pedagogy and Curriculum for the 21st

Century. Houston, Texas: Sam Houston State University, American College Dance

Festival, Regional Conference. Invited keynote speaker

2001. New Paradigms in Dance Education. Gainesville: University of Florida, American College Dance Festival Southeast. Invited key speaker.

2000. Integrating World Dance in Curricula and Performance. Palm Beach, FL: National Association of Schools of Dance Annual Conference. Invited panel presenter.

1996. The Art of Isadora. Washington, D.C.: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Pre-performance public lecture.

1993. Eleanor King's Northwest Indian Spirit Dance, American Dance Guild National

Conference, NWSA, Miami, FL, 1993. Panel moderator and invited solo performance/lecture.

1989. The American Influence in the Work of Eleanor King. National Conference of the Congress on Research in Dance, Williamsburg, VA, 1989. Refereed, lecture/performance.

Local/Regional

2007. ‘Isadora Duncan and the Integral Dance of Life. Lecture/Workshop at conference of

Florida Dance Education Organization, West Palm Beach, Kravis Center.

2006. Power and Possibility: Expressive Arts as a Bridge to Ethnic and Cultural Understanding. Lecture for Speaker’s Series for United States Department of Agriculture: Research, Education, and Economics, Miami, Fl. Invited guest speaker.

2005. A Panel Discussion on Arts Bridging Cultures and Ethnicities, Arts at St. John’s, Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, Miami Beach. Invited panelist.

2006. Dance and Spirituality, Arts at St. John’s, Panel on “Spirituality and Art,” Miami Beach, FL. Invited panel presenter.

2005. Dances for Healing/Dances for Life, Spirituality and Health Conference, sponsored by FIU’s Department of Religious Studies, FIU Biscayne Bay campus.

Presented 1 hr. breakout session on Dance and Spirituality. Invited presenter.

2004. Art of Isadora: A Lecture/Performance. Miami Intelligence Series. Museum of Science,

Miami, Florida.

INVITED AND/OR ADJUDICATED PERFORMANCES

International Performances (Artistic Director/Soloist of Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble)

2007. International Dance Council/UNESCO, Athens, Greece.

Performance of repertory of Isadora Duncan in the Dora Stratou Theater, Athens with the Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble and lecture/demonstration. Juried presentation.

2005. International Festival Danza Contemporanea Avant-Garde, Merida.

Two full concert evenings by Duncan Ensemble; Invited, remunerated performances.

2004. Festival Sucretino Internacional de Danza, Venezuela, November 2004

Featured company for three full evening performances, master classes by Duncan Ensemble. Invited, remunerated performances

2004. International Festival de las Mujeres en la Danza, Quito, Ecuador

Performances, lecture, and master classes; opening, featured company of festival. Invited, remunerated performances, opening company of festival.

2003. International Goethe Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia

Concert performance by the Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble in celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg. Juried/invited, fully remunerated performances and lecture.

2002. International Mayan Folkloric Festival, Chichicastenango, Guatemala

First westerner to perform in all Mayan Folkloric Festival; conducted research and artistic exchange. Supported by LACC travel grant.

1994. Internationales Tanzfestival, tour in Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany, 1994

Invited full-evening concert presentations and three city tour at major international European Festival. Invited, fully funded performances.

1990. Hong Kong International Dance Conference and Festival, Hong Kong, China

Festival soloist: choreography by Duncan and Eleanor King, taught master class

1990. Beijing and Shanghai Dance Academies, China

Solo performances of Isadora Duncan, hosted by Chinese Ministry of Culture

Declined Performances

200, 2006. International Festival de las Mujeres en la Danza, Quito, Ecuador

Invitation declined due to family conflicts.

2005. American Cultural Festival, Moscow, Russia, sponsored by Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography of Russia, Stas Namin Centre

Invited performance declined due to family illness.

2004.

2005. 2004. Russian Nights: A Festival of Russian Music, Cinema, Art, and Dance. Alice Tully Hall, New York Lincoln Center, NYC. Declined due to date conflicts

Invited or Juried National Performances

2009. Invited performance . Doris Humphrey Institute -Conference

Performance of Northwest Spirit Dance and lecture on Eleanor King. Goucher College, Maryland

2007. Julia Levien Memorial Concert, 92nd Street Y, New York City, June 24, 2007

Invitational airing of specially produced DVD/video tribute to Julia Levien and artistic direction of performance by members of the Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble

2006. 38th Annual Conference, International Conference of the Congress on Research in Dance, “Continuing Dance Culture Dialogues: Southwest Borders and Beyond,” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Invited, remunerated performance at the Eleanor King Centennial Celebration. Soloist in selected works of Eleanor King, (from 1945-1963).

2006. National Conference of the National Dance Education Organization, University of California, Long Beach, CA

Invited performance of Eleanor King’s “Northwest Spirit Dance” (l945).

1996. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington

Invited, fully funded two full-evening concerts as opening company (Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble) for “America Dancing: A Five Year Retrospective of Modern Dance,” 25th Anniversary Season

1995. New York Lincoln Center, Festival Out-of-Doors, NYC

Invited company; full-evening’s performance, partial funding

1994. National Conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Vizcaya, Miami, Invited performance by Duncan Ensemble

1993. American Dance Guild National Conference, NWSA, Miami, FL

Invited solo performance, Eleanor King's Northwest Indian Spirit Dance and panel moderator

1991. Lori Belilove and Co., Good Shepherd-Faith Church Series, New York, NY

Invited solo performances of the works of Isadora Duncan and Eleanor King

1991. Momenta Dance Co., Academy of Movement and Music, Chicago, IL

Invited guest soloist and taught master classes on work of Eleanor King

1991. Eleanor King Memorial Concerts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, NY Lincoln Center

Library of Performing Arts; The Evergreen, Santa Fe, NM

Co-producer and solo performer of King Memorial concerts

1989, 1988. Annabelle Gamson/Dance Solos: Eleanor King Retrospective), St. Mark’s Danspace, NYC and Kimo Theatre, Albuquerque, NM

Solo performer and co-producer of Retrospective; cited in Village Voice as one of the “ten best concerts” of the year

1989. The American Influence in the Work of Eleanor King. Williamsburg, VA: National Conference of the Congress on Research in Dance

Refereed, peer reviewed presentation (lecture and performance)

1989. Eleanor King Retrospective Dance Solos, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona: Society of Dance History Scholars 12th Annual Conference

Invited 1 hour lecture/performance as featured solo presenter with lecture by Eleanor King; listed in Proceedings of Society of Dance History Scholars, p. 95.

Selected Regional/Local Performances (Artistic Director/Soloist of Duncan Ensemble)

Three Solos of Eleanor King. Restaged for FIU dance majors, Wertheim Performing Arts Center, 2008.

Isadora Duncan Dances, “Ross Power Sculpture Unveiling,” selected solos at FIU, Biscayne Bay Campus, 2008

From the Horse’s Mouth, Bryon Carlyle Theater, 2006 (invited performer)

Sunrise Theater, Sunrise, FL, 2006 (invited full evening performance)

Bryon-Carlyle Theater: North Beach Dance Festival, 2005 (Invited company)

National Dance Week MiniFest , Miami City Ballet, 2004, (co-producer)

Miami Dance Sampler and Florida Dance Festival, Colony Theater, Miami Beach, annually from 2003-97 (juried)

Miami Dade Public Libraries, 2003-00, (paid performance series in libraries)

100 Years of Isadora: Six Generation, Colony Theater, Miami Beach, 2002 (self-produced)

Four Arts Society, Palm Beach, 2001 (Invited)

Florida Dance Sampler, Gusman Cultural Center, downtown Miami, ‘99-97 (Invited)

Miami Art Museum, Miami (99) (Invited)

Florida Arts and Dance, Stuart, FL, l999 (Invited)

Festival of Asia, Asian Arts Festival, Hollywood, l999 (Invited company)

Bailey Hall, Palm Beach, 1998 (Invited company)

Isadora Duncan Dance, Wertheim Theater Florida International University, Miami, ’98, (self-produced)

Duncan Theater, West Palm Beach, ’97 (Invited company)

Eckerd Hall St. Petersburg and Stuart Theaters, FL, 1997 (Invited company, two venues)

Florida Dance Festival, Tampa, Miami, 1997 (invited opening company of festival)

Baily Hall, West Palm Beach, l997 (Invited)

Art of Isadora, soloist, with Julia Levien and Lori Belilove, NYC Riverside Dance Festival, 1991

*The company performs throughout the year at numerous Florida theaters, senior centers, schools, community centers, festivals, and other venues, averaging about 20 performances annually. Invited performances include remuneration to company.

Presented Regional Performances (Solo Artist/Ensemble Performances, 1990-83)

Momentum Dance Company (soloist, tours to Tennessee and South Florida, 1990-85)

Andrea Seidel/Dance Concerts, (NM, South Florida concerts, artistic director), 1989-83

Eleanor King's Dance Bridging East/West and Theater of the Imagination (soloist, 1989-76)

Museum of Fine Arts of New Mexico (concerts with Eleanor King, 1984-83)

Dance Umbrella of Miami (ensemble works: Anna Sokolow, Doris Humphrey, Eleanor King, 1989-85)

Gold Coast Opera, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (solo dance artist); 1989

Greater Miami Opera, La Traviata, (solo artist in Miami and Ft.Lauderdale), 1988

Inside Moves Theatre Dance Company (company member), New Mexico, 1985-83

Theater of Four Arts, Lowe Art Museum, Miami (artistic director)

Mythic Figures: Dances Inspired by Greek and Native American Ritual, NM (artistic director), 84

Santa Fe Dance Umbrella (founding member), 1985-82

Leslie Satin and Dancers (company member), Santa Fe, 1985-84

MACdance Company (company member), Santa Fe, 1985-83

ARTIST AND TEACHING RESIDENCIES

International and National

2004. Festival de las Mujeres en la Danza, Quito, Ecuador

Three movement workshops with festival and local participants in Duncan technique and repertory

2003. Baltiski Dom: St. Petersburg, Russia

Two 4 hr. workshops in Duncan technique and repertory, sponsored by Russian Contemporary Dance Festival; students from Moscow, St. Petersburg, other cities selected by audition from over 500 applicants

2002. Kalani Institute: Pahoa, Hawaii

One-month reconstruction project of Eleanor King repertory with member of Los Angeles Repertory Dance Theater (LARDT), remunerated fully through LARDT

2002. DanceWyoming Company: Jackson Hole, Wyoming

2 week reconstruction project, Duncan repertory and teaching master classes; full remuneration

Regional/Local

2003. Dance Department, University of Florida, Gainseville

Master classes.

2002. Rollins College, Orlando, FL

Reconstruction project with Dance Division, Duncan repertory

1999-87. Florida Dance Festival, Tampa and Miami

Invited summer faculty member for festival: Duncan technique and repertory

1998-96. National High School Dance Festival, NWSA, Miami

Invited faculty member: teaching, lectures, and performance on Isadora Duncan

FUNDED RESEARCH (Principal Investigator (PI) on all peer-reviewed, funded research listed below)

Total peer-reviewed grants: 60

Total grant funding: $652,462

Nationally Funded Research (peer reviewed)

Grant Title: “Dancing Across Disciplines: An Alliance between Area Studies and Dance in the Intercultural Community”

Agency: US Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post- Secondary Education

Amount of Award and Time Period: 1998-2001: $225,000

Nationally competitive, peer-reviewed three-year grant to support interdisciplinary, curriculum development project awarded to the Intercultural Dance and Music Institute

Grant Title: Travel grant to InRoads Asia International Conference, UCLA

Agency: US/Japan Fund, New England Foundation for the Arts and Mid-America Arts Alliance

Amount of Award and Time Periods: l997: $750

Nationally competitive grant to travel to international conference

Grant Title: Eleanor King Retrospective Project

Agency: National Endowment for Arts (NEA), General Services to the Field

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 1988: $4,000

Nationally competitive grant for production of book, Eleanor King: Sixty Years in American Dance and concert held at St. Mark’s Danspace, produced with Annabelle Gamson/Dance Solos

State Funded Research (peer-reviewed)

Grant Title: Dances of Isadora Duncan and 100 Years of Isadora: Six Generation; Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble Season

Agencies: Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 8 awards

2004-05: $ 3,250

2003-04: $ 1,229

2002-03: $ 7,465

1997: $ 4,700

1995: $ 2,500

1992: $ 2,500

1991: $ 2,500

1990: $ 1,300

Competitive, statewide peer reviewed grants for performances and artistic work of Duncan

Grant Titles: Multidisciplinary Cultural Programs of INDAMI and Dancing Across Disciplines Public School Initiatives

Agency: Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Multidisciplinary Grants (Multi), Arts-in-Education Grants (AIE), and Folk Arts Grants (Folk)

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 13 awards

2005-04: $ 5,096 (Multi); $ 3,546 (AIE)

2004-05: $14,083 (Multi); $ 4,103 (AIE)

2003-02: (Multi)

2002-01: $ 4,786 (Folk) $4,698 (Multi) $5,881 (AIE)

2001-00: $ 5,172 (AIE); $9,083 (Multi)

1900-99: $ 3,621 (Multi)

1999-00 $ 6,000 (AIE)

1999-98: $ 6,725 (AIE)

1998-97: $ 4,880 (AIE)

Grant Titles: Scissors Dancers of Peru; Mayan Dance from Guatemala

Agency: Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, International Cultural Exchange

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 2 awards

2002-01: $ 6,290

2001-00: $ 9,581

Grant Title: Hong Kong International Conference and Festival

Agency: Florida Division of Cultural Affairs

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 1990: $1500

Competitive, state travel grant for lectures, performance Hong Kong International Conference

Locally Funded Research (peer-reviewed)

Grant Title: Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble Season

Agency: Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council, Cultural Advancement Award

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 2000-2000: $30,000 per year for 3 years

Locally competitive, peer-reviewed grant to support administrative activities/ organizational development of DanceArts Foundation, non-profit umbrella organization for Duncan Dance Ensemble

Grant Title: Isadora Duncan Dance DVD and Community Outreach

Agency: Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council, Community Grants

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 2004-05: $3,592

Local peer-reviewed grant to support production of DVD and community outreach projects.

Grant Titles: 100 Years of Isadora: Six Generations; Isadora on the Beach; Isadora Duncan Season

Agency: Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 4 awards

2004-05: $ 10,000

2003-04: $ 6,000

2002-03: $ 9,000

2001-02: $ 5,000

Locally competitive grants to produce concerts by Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble

Grant Titles: Multicultural Initiatives of the Intercultural Dance and Music Institute; Latin American and Caribbean Guest Artist Scholar Series and Educational Outreach

Agency: Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council, Hannibal Cox and Community Grants

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 9 awards

2005-04: $ 17,796

2004-03: $ 14,083

2003-02: $ 12,829

2002-01: $ 13,140

2001-00: $ 15,000

l999-98: $ 11,000

l999-98: $ 9,000

l999-98: $ 5,000

l998-97: $ 4,900

Local, peer-reviewed grants to produce Latin American and Caribbean Summer Dance Institute, Guest Artist/Scholar Series, and Arts-in-Education programs

Grant Title: Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble: Six Generations: 100 Years of Dance; Colony Theater, Miami Beach

Foundations: Rosentheil Foundation, Miami Salon Group (competitive)

Amount of Awards and Time Period: 2 awards

2001-2002: $3,000 and $2,000

Competitive grants from local Foundations

Grant Title: Grupo Cultural Ux U’um de Guatemala (INDAMI projects)

Agency: Miami Dade Cultural Affairs, International Cultural Exchange grant

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 2001-00: $15,704

Grant Titles: Scissors Dancers of Peru; Grupo Cultural Ux U’um de Guatemala; Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble; Fiesta Africana y Caribena (INDAMI projects)

Agency: Miami Beach City Arts Council

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 4 awards

2001-00: $ 5,000

2001-00: $ 10,000

1999-00: $ 6,000

l998-99: $ 2,700

Grant Titles: Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble (IDDE) Season Events and New Works

Agency: Miami-Dade Council of Arts and Sciences, Hannibal Cox and Community Grants

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 7 awards

1900-99: $ 5,500;

1999-98: $ 7,500

1998-97: $ 6,000

1996-95: $ 14,000

1995-94: $ 2,500

1994-93: $ 12,500

1993-92: $ 2,500

Grant Title: Medicine Wheel: A Ritual Dance Drama and Santa Fe Dance Umbrella

Agency: New Mexico Arts Division and NEA

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 1984-82: $1500-$3000

University Research/Travel Grants

Total Amount of Awards: $8,650

Number of University Grants: 7

Grant Title: Isadora Duncan and the Greek Ideal: Travel to International Dance Council 21st International Congress, Athens, Greece

Agency: Travel grants: FIU’s Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and Center for Transnational Studies (TCS)

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 2007: $1,000 (LACC); $500 (TCS)

University, competitive grants for travel to international conference, International Dance Council/UNESCO organization, Athens, Greece

Grant Title: Embodied Wisdom of the Andes International Cultural Exchange

Agency: Travel grant: FIU Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 2004: $2,000

Travel grant to research Quecha cultural groups in and around Quito, Ecuador

Grant Title: New course development: Yoga and the Art of Meditation

Agency: FIU Asian Studies Program

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 2003: $1,500

University curriculum development grant.

Grant Title: Artist Residency and Research, Kalani Institute, Hawaii

Agency: FIU Asian Studies Institute travel grant

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 2002: $1,000

Travel grant to research Hawaiian hula

Grant Title: Intercultural Curriculum Development

Agency: FIU Academy for the Art of Teaching

Amount of Award and Time Periods: l997-98: $1900

University, competitive grants on new teaching and learning strategies

Grant Title: Modern Dance in Beijing, China

Agency: FIU Mini-grants

Amount of Award and Time Periods: 1991-92: $750

Competitive, university faculty development grant for travel and research in Beijing

Private and Local State Donations Generated

United Alien Artists Foundation, 2009-13 ($20,000 per year x 5 five years projected percentage of profits from foundation to support Wisdom of the Andes study abroad scholarships and Studies in Andean shamanism programs)

Pacific National Bank, 2006: $1,000 for Embodied Wisdom of the Andes Project

BankAtlantic, 2004: $1,000 for Fiesta Caribena

Burstein Foundation, 2000: $1,000 for Isadora Duncan: 100 Years of Dance

Metro-Dade Community Relations Board, l997: $3,500 for cultural performances for National Conference on Community Relations

Private individual donors, 1992-2006: $20,000 for Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble projects

Proposals Submitted But Not Funded

Co PI’s: Damian Fernandez, Andrea Seidel

Grant Title: Internationally Cuban: Cuban Music and Dance throughout the World, Co-PI

Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

Amount of Request and Time Period: 2006-08: $160,828, Unfunded

Grant request to support Summer Institute in Cuban dance and music for scholars and university faculty

Principle Investigator

Grant Title: Embodied Knowledge of the Andes

Agency: Ford Foundation

Amount of Request and Time Period: $250,000 2005-2008, Unfunded

Grant request to support international exchange and documentation of Quecha dance and music in Andes

Principle Investigator

Grant Title: Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Activities Exchange

Agency: Cultural Affairs Board, City of Doral, Florida

Amount of Request and Time Period: 2005-06: $80,000, Unfunded

Grant request to support development of joint cultural activities between City of Doral and INDAMI

Principle Investigator

Grant Title: Latin American and Caribbean Summer Dance and Music Institute, 2001

Agency: Miami Salon Group, private non-profit foundation

Amount of Request and Time Period: 2001: $5,000; Unfunded

Grant request to fund week-long Latin American and Caribbean Summer Institute

Principle Investigator

Grant Title: Latin American and Caribbean Summer Dance and Music Institute

Agency: Dade Community Foundation, private, non-profit foundation

Amount of Request and Time Period: 2000: $5,000; Unfunded

Grant request to support week-long Latin American and Caribbean Summer Institute

Principle Investigator

Grant Title: Sacred Dances of Afro-Caribbean Culture: From the Caribbean to South Florida

Agency: National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD), Kennedy Center, Washington

Amount of Request and Time Period: $400,000 ($200,000 annually), 1997-1999; Unfunded

Grant request to support research/documentation of sacred Afro-Caribbean dance/ music traditions, S FL

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS

Award: Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate

Agency: Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Time Period: 2008-2013

Approved candidate eligible to be matched with program requests from overseas academic institutions for Fulbright Senior Specialists

Award: Visionary Award, 2007

Agency: National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)

Time Period: Annual Conference, Mobile, Alabama, June 2007.

Annual juried national award given to individual who has demonstrated excellence in creating ideas for programs and/or projects that have made an important contribution to dance education and innovated practices impacting at the national level. Nominees are evaluated for achievement in following areas: Innovation of ideas that promote growth; dance education; impact; sustainability, and catalyst for change.

Award: Dance/Choreography Honoree

Agency: Film, Recording, and Entertainment Council

Time Period: November 2007

Unsolicited award by industry leaders and talent who share a commitment to professional excellence and making a difference in the South Florida community. Winners are recognized as a select group of people who have achieved notable success and demonstrated strong leadership and success in the industry. Honorees are selected by an independent panel of judges. Only one dance award granted in 2007.

Award: Acceptance into juried international dance photography exhibition, Momentum: Images of Dance

Agency: Momentum: Images of Dance

Time Period: Spring 2008

For photographic image, “Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble” to be exhibited at the Ethel Walker School Art Gallery, Connecticut, fall 2008

Award: Certificate of Special Recognition

Agency: African New World Studies Program

Time Period: Fall, 2007 on the occasion of the Symposium: Orisa Dance and Music

For furtherance of and contributions to African Diaspora studies and knowledge

Award: Best Small Dance Company, South Florida (2 times) and Best Avante Garde Dance Company, South Florida

Agency: Miami Beach Sunpost Newspaper

Time Periods (3 years in a row): 2002, 2001, 2000

Unsolicited commendations and certificates awarded by newspaper.

Award: Artist Residency Roster, Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble

Agency: Florida Division of Cultural Affairs

Time Periods: 2002-03; 2001-02; l999-97

Statewide, peer-reviewed award to participate in arts residency programs funded by state.

Award: Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, Honorable Mention

Agency: Florida Division of Cultural Affairs

Time Periods: 2001-02; l998-97

Statewide peer-reviewed award.

Award Title: Dance Company State Touring Program, Honorable Mention

Agency: Florida Division of Cultural Affairs

Time Periods: l997-98

Statewide, peered reviewed honor, includes listing for Duncan Dance Ensemble in state touring book.

Award Title: FIU Employee Recognition Presidential Award (nomination)

Agency: FIU

Time period: 2000-2001

Nomination for Presidential Award presented to an individual for outstanding university contributions.

Biographical Citations:

Who's Who in Entertainment, Marquis Publication, 2004-1999.

Who’s Who in Fine Arts Higher Education, Marquis Publication, 2006-04.

Who’s Who Among Executive and Professional Women, Manchester Registry, Rockville Center, NY, 2005

Who’s Who in Education, Honors Edition of the Manchester Registry, Rockville Center, NY, 2005, 2006.

Who’s Who Among American Teachers & Educators, 2006-07, 11th edition.

OFFICES AND MEMBERSHIP HELD IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

International Dance Council (CID), 2006-present Adjudicated membership

World Dance Alliance, Founding Member, Hemisphere Committee, 2004-1992

Congress of Research in Dance, Board of Directors (l990-93); member, present-1990

Society of Dance History Scholars, Board of Directors (l991-94); member, present-l991

Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, member, present-1984

Florida Dance Association, member, present-1984

World Dance Alliance, member, present-1990

National Dance Education Organization, member, present-2003

Florida Dance Education Organization, 2007

American Dance Guild, member, 1996-1984

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE

National and International Service: Interdisciplinary

Faculty exchange program: Chadrakasem Rajabhat Univ., Bangkok, Thailand, 2006-2005

Developed teaching exchange program withThai university; Thai teacher of classical dance taught at FIU and options for FIU professors to teach in Bangkok.

Arts and Culture Summer Institute Consortium, 2004-06

Consortium was a partnership of INDAMI, FIU Dance Program with University of Florida, Gainesville’s Center for Latin American Studies and Department of Theater and Dance; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque’s Dance Program and Latin American Studies Center; Tulane University and Univ. of Texas, Austin (teachers training institute only). Partners collaborated in hosting programs modeled on INDAMI’s Latin American and Caribbean Summer Institute. UNM produced an Indigenous Art and Culture Symposium,2006; Tulane hosted a K-12 Performance Institute on Afro-Peruvian culture, summer, 2005; and UT hosted a K-12 Summer Teacher Training Institute on Mariachi, 2006.

Student Exchange Program between FIU Dance Program and Edna Manley College and University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 2002-2000

Travel to Kingston to facilitate exchange initiated by Rex Nettleford, Chancellor, UWI, funded by LACC

Disciplinary/National Service

Grants Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Access in Dance, June 2009.

Advisory Board, Miami Beach Dance Festival, 2007, 2008

Consultant, Doris Humphrey Institute, 2008

Opening to be held August 2009, Goucher College, Maryland

Consultant/ Committee Member, Eleanor King Centennial Celebration, Arizona State University, Tempe, 2006

In conjunction with annual Conference of the Congress on Research in Dance and Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, Inc. (CCDR),. Duties included program planning, performance curating, and invitations and contributions to costume exhibits, memorabilia, artifacts, video, and DVD’s from personal archives

Consultant, Goucher College, Maryland Dance Department, 2005

Consultant to dance faculty in the rehearsal and performance of solo choreography by Eleanor King

Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards in Choreography, panelist, 2005

Adjudicated works submitted for Choreography fellowships, 2 days, Columbus, Ohio. Panelists selected by national nomination and adjudication.

Manuscript Review for prospective publisher, Envisioning Dance on Film and Video, ed. Judy Mitoma, 2003

Research Proposal Reviewer, US Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, full day, Miami, 2002.

Trustee, Eleanor King Trust, present-1990

Duties: preservation and dissemination of King's choreographic legacy, managing royalty fees, issuing contracts and reconstruction of King repertory.

Adjudicator, National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, Miami, Florida 2001-97

Adjudicate national scholarships and awards for outstanding young dancers and artists.

Entertainment Coordinator, National Conference on Community Relations/Metro-Dade Board of Community Relations, Miami, 1996

Coordinated international program of dance as special event during conference

Panel Moderator: National Conference of the Congress on Research in Dance, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1996

Conference and Program Chair, 30th International Conference of the Congress on Research in Dance, “Dance, Myth, and Ritual in the Americas,” NWSA, FIU, Miami, 1995

Responsible for adjudication and programming of panels, papers, workshops, and performances; on-site logistics for over 400 scholars from throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia, South Africa.

Panel/Local Arrangements Chair: International Conference of Society of Dance History Scholars on "Dance in Hispanic Cultures,” NWSA, Miami, 1991.

Coordinated/ produced on-site conference, fundraising for SDHS national committee.

Project Director: Eleanor King Retrospective (concert and book on Eleanor King), St. Mark's Danspace, New York, NY, 1988.

Co-produced with Annabelle Gamson first major retrospective of King work in NYC since l940’s in conjunction with a book. Cited by Marcia Siegel in the Village Voice as “one of the ten best concerts in l988.” Laudatory reviews in the New York Times, DanceMagazine, and Village Voice, 1988

Founder/Executive Director, DanceArts Foundation, Inc., non-profit organization dedicated to the historic preservation and performance of classics of modern dance

Duties include budget and grants management; program development; fundraising; Present-1989

Arts-in-Education Teacher Training (K-12), present-1999.

Developed in-service workshops to train K-12 Dade County Public School dance teachers in strategies for intercultural, interdisciplinary arts education

Producer: Grupo Chaarip, Shuar Indian folkloric group, Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, University of Miami and Wolfson Auditorium, Miami, 1991

Chair and Production Coordinator: Santa Fe Dance Umbrella, NM, 1980-76.

Founding member of first NM dance collective of choreographers, producers, and dancers.

University Service

Senior Director, Academic Programs, FIU’s Latin American and Caribbean Center (2008-09)

Founder/Director, FIU’s Intercultural Dance and Music Institute (l992-2008)

Duties include:

• Budget management; program planning and implementation;

• Supervision of INDAMI Program Coordinator and assistants;

• Maintenance of database and website;

• Fundraising and grantwriting; grants and budget management;

• Administrative direction of projects and events including Latin-American Caribbean Guest Artist/Scholar Series; Arts-in-Education Programs; Intercultural Performance Series; Distinguished Artist/Scholar Series; Exhibits and Film Screenings; Summer Dance Institute

• Publication of INDAMINews (editor of three issues);

• Coordination of Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Summer Institute Consortium

University Graduate Council, 2008-09

Panel Moderator, African New World Studies Symposia: Orisa Dance and Music, FIU, 2008

Editorial Board, Hemisphere: A Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies,

FIU’s Latin American and Caribbean Center, 2006-2000

FIU College of Art And Architecture, Senator-at-Large, Faculty senate alternate, present-2007

Honors College, Faculty Fellow invitation, 2007-06 invitation

Graduate Faculty, appointment 2006-present

Religious Studies Department’s Center for the Study of Spirituality, Faculty Fellow, present- 2004-present; Curriculum Committee member, Certificate Program in Spirituality

Graduate faculty: Asian Studies, African New World Studies and LACC, present-2002.

Asian Arts Council, member, 2005-02

Provost’s Council on University Interdisciplinary Program Development, appointee, 2004.

FIU Arts Council, 2004-01

Latin American Studies Association Conference, Local Arrangements Committee, Miami, 2000.

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University Library Committee, 1999-97.

Tenure and Promotion review (internal and external reviewer/letters) for

• Dr. Victor Uribe, Department of History, 1999

• Dr. Ted Young, Department of Modern Languages, 2001

• Dr. Jean Rahier, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology, 2002

• Dr. Patricia Price, Dept. of International Relations, 2002

• Adair Landborn, Wesleyan College, Connecticut, External reviewer, tenure, 2004

Search Committee Member, Ad Hoc, Director of Latin American and Caribbean Center, 2007

Search Committee Member, Ad Hoc, Director of Cuban Research Institute

School and Department Service

Search Committee: Director, School of Theater, Dance, and Speech Communication, 2007

Search Committee: School of Art and Art History, 2008-07

Search committee member for tenured, assistant professor position in painting

Search Committee: FIU Dance Program and Department

Service as member of ten search committees for faculty and administrative positions (2008, 2004, 2000, 1999, 1998)

Student Advising, audition coordination, marketing of concerts, other duties, ongoing.

Faculty concerts, production co-coordinator, 2002.

TEACHING

2005. Japanese Noh and Kabuki, an educational lecture presented in conjunction with “Japanet”, a grant program to infuse Japanese studies into the K-12 curriculum, FIU UP campus.

Interdisciplinary Courses (undergraduate and graduate)

Yoga and the Art of Meditation (ug new course proposal, cross-listed with Asian Studies)

Yoga and the Art of Meditation (revised upper division, cross-listed course)

Global Perspectives in Dance and Culture I (new course proposal, team-taught course with three, then two professors)

Global Perspectives in Dance and Culture II (new course proposal, team-taught course with three, then two professors)

Global Perspectives in Dance and Culture I (single professor)

Global Perspectives in Dance and Culture II (single professor)

Dance Ethnology (new course proposal)

Wisdom of the Andes: Study Abroad in Ecuador (graduate, new course proposal, team-taught, interdisciplinary)

Andean Wisdom: Study Abroad (undergraduate interdisciplinary, team-taught course proposal)

Introduction to Dance

Native American Ritual (taught at University of Miami)

Organized, developed, and taught six annual undergraduate and graduate team-taught, interdisciplinary Latin American and Caribbean Summer Dance Institutes

Latin American and Caribbean Dance and Culture (undergraduate new course proposal)

Dance and Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean (graduate new course proposal)

Courses Related to Historic Modern Dance Research/Creative Activities, Dance Program curriculum

Dance History I

Dance History II

Dance Repertory (King and Duncan)

Introduction to Dance

Dance Ensemble

Modern Dance I, II, III

New Cross-Cultural Course Proposals for Dance Program Submitted for Curriculum Development through FIPSE project (not taught):

Haitian Dance

Capoeira/Afro-Brazilian Dance

Caribbean Dance

West African Dance

Dances of the African Diaspora

Directed and generated funding for new course development for three team-taught, interdisciplinary courses:

The Body in Cultural America (ug)

Cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean(ug)

Cultural Bodies in America (grad)

Directed and generated funding for 5 new course infusions with dance content

Cultures of the Caribbean (Anthropology)

Caribbean Religion (Religious Studies)

History of Brazil (History)

Luso-Brazilian Cultures (Modern Languages)

African Diaspora Performance Studies (Anthropology/African New World Studies)

 

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