| BROADWAY |
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| Bombay Dreams |
Priya, lead |
Broadway Theater, NYC |
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| TOURS |
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| Cirque du Soleil, Dralion |
Océane, Main Character
Original creator / performer of the role |
North American Tour,
1999-2001 |
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| REGIONAL THEATER |
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| Children of Eden |
Aphra/Snake |
Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ |
| Fables |
Ensemble |
Denver Center Theater Company |
| Hair |
Rani/Dad II |
Northshore Music Theater, MA |
| West Side Story |
Consuelo |
Irvine Barclay Theater, CA |
| The Session |
Marjorie |
The J.E.T., NYC |
| The Jungle Book |
Narrator/Mother Wolf |
Mohonk Mountain Theater Co. |
| A Funny Thing Happened. . . |
Domina |
Diablo Valley College, CA |
| Twelve Angry Women |
Juror #11 |
Northgate, CA |
| Merry Wives of Windsor |
Bar Wench |
Northgate, CA |
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| COMMERCIALS |
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| Western Union |
Principal |
Aired Nationally; 2006-07 |
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| FILM/TELEVISION |
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| Cirque du Soleil Presents Dralion - made for cable (airs on Bravo), DVD/VHS released |
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| INDUSTRIALS / PRINT |
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| Coastal (Training Technologies Corp.) |
Principal |
John Forte - Director |
| Volkswagen |
Principal |
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| SLAM! |
Dancer / Drummer |
Overland Entertainment, NYC |
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| RECORDINGS |
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| Children of Eden - original American cast album |
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| DANCE |
| (only a partial list) |
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| Haddasah; Kissed By The Gods |
Featured Soloist Dancer |
The Joyce SOHO, NYC |
| New York Renaissance Festival |
Gypsy Tinker Dancer |
Creative Faires, Ltd. |
| Le Temp |
Principal |
Sonya Delwaide, Choreographer |
| Sombra y Sol |
Principal |
Donald McKayle, Choreographer |
| Games (1951) |
Principal |
Donald McKayle, Choreographer |
| Juke Joint |
Principal |
Bernard Johnson, Choreographer |
| Do Not Go Gentle |
Principal |
Sean Green of Lewitsky Dance |
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| CHOREOGRAPHY |
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| Baby Taj - Written by Tanya Shaffer, Directed by Matt August, world premiere 2005 |
| California Contemporary Dancers - Co-Artistic Director and Choreographer, 2001-2004 |
| Choreography presented at various venues including: |
- Festival for Contemporary Dance; San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Whole Earth Festival; Davis, CA
- Fort Mason’s Cowell Theater; San Francisco, CA
- ODC Theater; San Francisco, CA
- The 14th Street Y Theater; NYC
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| From 1993 to 2001 also presented at: |
- International Conference for African Music and Dance; Ghana, West Africa
- Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival; Lee, MA
- Los Angeles Dance Roots Festival; Los Angeles, CA
- Irvine Arts Festival; Irvine, CA
- Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Denver, CO
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| TEACHING |
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Certified private trainer of Pilates (privates, duets, group mat):
The Sports Club LA, San Francisco (2001-2004); The Reebok Club, NYC (2005);
P.T. and Pilaters, NYC (2005) The Turning Point, Walnut Creek, CA. (2006) |
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| Contemporary Dance Workshop and Basic Kathak Rhythms and Bols |
Taught at Circus Juventas, ST. Paul, MN; April 5-10, 2003 |
| Modern Dance Workshop and Choreography |
Taught at the W Dance Studio, Honolulu, HI; January 21st-23rd, 2005 |
| Contemporary Fusion |
San Francisco Dance Center (home of Lines Ballet), San Francisco, CA |
| West African Music and Dance |
The Branson School, Marin County, CA |
| Modern and West African Dance |
Northgate High School, Walnut Creek, CA |
| Arts Connection Consultant Workshop Leader |
Taught at various Elementary Schools throughout the New York area.
Shapes and Sounds, Creative Movement, Music and Dance of India, The India Project |
| West African Dance |
Pleasant Hills Parks and Recreation, CA |
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| EDUCATION / TRAINING |
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| B.A. Cum Laude |
Dance and Psychology |
U.C. Irvine |
| African Drumming and Dance |
Education Abroad Program |
Ghana, W. Africa |
| Indian Classical Dance |
Kadamb School of Dance |
Ahemdabad, India |
| Professional Acting Program |
American Conservatory Theater |
San Francisco, CA |
| Teacher Training Course in Pilates |
The Turning Point Studio |
Walnut Creek, CA |
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| HONORS |
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| Phi Beta Kappa (1995) |
| Keynote Speaker at University of California, Irvine, Commencement Arts Awards Ceremony (2005) |
| Sue Pipo Memorial Dance Scholarship (1990) |
| Carol McGahan Memorial Dance Scholarship (1990) |
| Jacob’s Pillow Dance Scholarship (1995) |
| Katheryn Karipides Dance Scholarship (2006) |
| UCLA Master of Fine Arts Fellowship (2006). |
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| TUTELAGE |
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| (those teachers that made a profound impact in my development as an artist) |
| Donald McKayle |
Modern Dance and Choreography |
| Bill Hastings |
Modern Jazz |
| Reggie Savage |
Jazz Dance |
| Germaine Salsberg |
Rhythm tap dance |
| Neil Semer |
Voice |
| Habib Iddrisu |
African Music and Dance |
| Sandhya Desai |
Kathak Dance |
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| SPECIAL SKILLS |
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| Pilates private trainer • W. African Xylophone • Singing • Calabash Drumming • Indian folk and classical dances • Languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Mandarin, Spanish |
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