Curriculum Vitae
LISA D. LONG
818.815.7278
dlongdance.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
DEGREES
5/2011 Masters of Fine Arts in Choreography, California Institute of the
Arts, Valencia, CA
5/2005 Associates in Occupational Therapy, Swedish Institute, College of Health
Sciences, 1000-hour program, New York, NY
5/1992 Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ballet minor in Art History, Magna Cum Laude, Nordan Scholar, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
CERTIFICATIONS/POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
07/2027 Gua Sha Certification
10/2023 Pilates Mat Certification
12/2021 Faculty Leadership Program, CSUF
7/2021 Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction 29 hour Certification, University of Massachusetts
11/2020 Martha Graham Teacher Training Course, New York, Virtual
07/2020 Anti-Racism training, Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso
06/2020 Academics for Black Survival and Wellness Initiative
11/2017 Kinesiology and Acupressure Taping 6CEUs
Research Education 3 CEUs
Ethics Refresher 3 CEUs
Center for Massage Therapy Online
12/2013 GYROKINSEIS® certification West Palm Beach, FL
7/2013 Fibromyalgia 1CEU, Cancer Massage 2 CEUs, Ethics 4 CEUs, Reflexology 6 CEUs, Sports Massage 4 CEUs, Aromatherapy 3 CEUs, Preventing Medical Errors 2 CEUs, Hydrotherapy 2 CEUs, Blood Borne Pathogens 1 CEU, Nirvana Massage, Norfolk, VA
8/2011 License in Massage Therapy, KY
1/2008 Certification in Massage Therapy, Los Angeles, CA
2/2006 License in Massage Therapy, New York, NY 1000 hours
5/2005 National Certification of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
8/2009 Applied Kinesiology Principles, 7 CEUs, Health Positive-Correspondence Wabash, IN
10/2008 Ethics, 6 CEUs, Apollo Correspondence Classes, Huntington Beach, CA
8/2008 Massage for Pregnancy, 12 CEUs, Florida State Board of Massage, FL
1/2007 Fusion: A Synthesis of Physical and Energetic Bodywork, 22 CEUs,
Swedish Institute, College of Health Sciences, New York, NY
11/2006 Exploring Energy, 3 CEUs, Swedish Institute, College of Health Sciences,
New York, NY
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON
2015-PRESENT
TEACHING
2015-present California State University Fullerton, Professor
Courses taught
DANC 122,222,322,422 Contemporary Dance Practice Levels 1-4
DANC 323A Composition A
DANC 332 Mindful Conditioning for Performers
DANC 372 Dace Kinesiology
High-Impact Activity DANC 323: Field Trip to Bowers Museum, Sana Ana, CA
MUS/DANC/THRE 332 Mindful Conditioning for Performers- cross listed course
DANC 424 Dance Pedagogy
Spring 2020 Fullerton Community College DANC 202 Dance Composition ½ Virtual
Coordinator Fall Dance Theatre
DANC 499 Independent Study
DANC 479 Production Projects
DANC 325 Dance Theory and Criticism
DANC 471 Creative Dance for Children, Service Learning Course/In School Teaching
Fullerton Community College DANC 202 Dance Composition
Fullerton Community College DANC 102 Dance Conditioning
Fullerton Community College DANC Ensemble
Invited Guest Artists
2026 Bernard Brown, Artistic Director, BB Moves.
2026 Derick Mckoy Jr., Artistic Director, McKoy Dance Project
2026 Dani Askeild, Alumni, Director, Choreographer Disney
2026 Omar Guillen, Alumni, Commercial dancer, Rep.Clear Talent Group
2026 Ashley Diamond, Alumni, Dance Representative for Clear Talent Group
2026 Stormy Gaylord, Alumni, Principal dancer, Kanopy Dance Company
2026 Edward Salas, Alumni, Principal dancer, Kanopy Dance Company
2026 Carla Hutchinson, Founder, Director No Limits Creative, Teaching students with autism
2025 Rebecca Levy Artistic Director of Jacksonville Dance Theatre (FL)
2024 Ricardo Melendez, Artistic Director Virginia Ballet Theatre, Todd Rosenlieb Dance and
Producer, director and social activist one-man shows
2024 Liberty Harris, Dance Kaleidoscope (IN) rehearsal director for the company
2023 Suchi Branfman: Artistic Director: Dancing through Prison Walls, Composition A Choreography as social justice
2022 Amy Morrow, Artistic Director, The Theorists Artistic Director Composition A: Choreography as social justice
2022 A’kaila Willis, Alumni, Dance Credential and teaching students with disabilities.
2022 Megan Bonynge, Student Mental Health and disordered eating
2022 Angelica Burgos, Ballet Hispanico, Joffrey Ballet, West Side Story, VA
2021 Omar Guillen, Alum Contemporary Hip Hop
2021-22 Natasha Diamond-Walker, Soloist Martha Graham Dance Company, NY
2021 Bill Purdich: Executive Director of The EDGE, Celebrity coach, Performer La La Land
2020 Tom Tsai Break Dance Artist
2020 Nicole Clarke-Springer Artistic Director Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Chicago, IL
2020 Ezra Le Bank (Artistic Director of Bossy Flyer, CSU, Summer Arts-Pilobolous)
2019 Liberty Harris, Dance Kaleidoscope (IN) rehearsal director for the company
2019 Rebecca Levy Artistic Director of Jacksonville Dance Theatre (FL)
9/2018 Mia Munroe, GYROKINESIS master teacher, master classes all levels including theatre
4/2018 Adrienne Brewer, Serving differently abled students within a classroom, DANC 471
11/2017 Amy Morrow, GAGA movement language Certified Veteran Teacher, Master classes All levels
Offered to Movement for actors Granted from COTA Career Center
3/20-21/2017 Don Martin, Former dancer with Lester Horton Dance Theater, All levels of technique
2/21/2016 Margot Faught, Guest Speaker Young Audiences of America/NYC school system Outreach DANC 471
10/3-4/2016 Carol Mead, Former Dancer Martha Graham and Nikolais/Lewis Dance companies. Master classes for Modern levels 1-2-3-4 in Graham Technique
3/2016 Eric Rivera, Former Dancer Ballet Hispanico, Masters classes for Modern levels 1-2-3, Choreography set for both repertory class and L2Dance Theater
3/2016 Dr. Benekia Kressler, guest speaker, DANC 471, Topic: Teaching special
populations within the classroom
2/2016 William Lett, Guest workshop, DANC 471, Topic: Vocal techniques for
teaching
10/2015 Anna Halprin, Field trip for 21 students to take private class from dance legend, Kentfield, CA
Masters Classes/Workshops
06/2026. STEM METS, Summer program, Mindful Rigor Workshop, Chapman University, Orange, CA
05/2026. Mount San Antonio College, Recruiting Panel, Walnut CA
04/2026. Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, Mindful Rigot Workshop, Fullerton, CA
03/2026. Riverside High School USD, Mindful Rigor Workshop, Riverside, CA
03/2026 American College Dance Association Baja Conference Mater Classes, Massage with Lacrosse Balls, Long Beach, CA
08/2024 Mindful Community Workshop and Book Release, CSU Fullerton, CA
05/2023 American College Dance Association National Conference Mater Classes, Mindfulness Practices for Dance Long Beach, CA
03/2023 American College Dance Association Baja Conference Mater Classes, Mindfulness Practices for Dance and Massage for Professors, Long Beach, CA
02/2022. Orange County High School for the Arts, Master Class, Graham-based Modern, Santa Ana
01/2020. Orange County High School for the Arts, Master Class, Graham-based Modern, Santa Ana
06-07/2019 Westside Ballet Summer Workshop, Four levels of Graham-based modern and choreography
10/2017 Improvisation for Actors, Master Class, CSUF, Fullerton, CA
10/2017 Etudes Ballet, Master classes, Nutrition for Dancers and Graham-based Modern, Huntington
3/2016 Beach, CA
3/2017 American College Dance Association, Zombie Re-Humanization/Self-care class, Graham-
based modern
2/14/2017 Cypress College Dance Day, Master class Graham-based technique, Cypress, CA
2/25/2017 Pasadena Dance Festival, Master Class Graham-Based Technique, Pasadena CA
9/2016 Orange County High School for the Arts, Master Class, Graham-based Modern, Santa Ana
12/2015 CA
9/2016 Westside Ballet, Master Class, Graham-based Modern, Santa Monica, CA
9/2015
7/2016 Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, Graham-based Modern, Los Angeles, CA
4/2016 Dance Kaleidoscope, Company Class, Indianapolis, IN
4/2016 Joel Hall Center, Master Class, Self-Care for Dancers, Chicago, IL
3/2016 American College Dance Association, Zombie Re-Humanization/Self-care class, Graham-
based modern
11/2015 Western Kentucky University, Cross-disciplinary Improvisation Workshop, Bowling Green, KY
RESEARCH
Peer-Reviewed Choreography/Presentations/Publications
01-03/2025 Pollak Library Exhibit Grant, “Mindful Rigor Activities to Enhance Life,” Interactive exhibit
for CSUF students, faculty, and staff
06/2024 M.O.V.E. with Eileen and Amy Podcast, Invited interview, “Mindful Rigor”
08/2024 Textbook Author First Edition: Mindful Rigor: Holistic Training to Enhance Dance Performance, Cognella publishing Inc.
12/2023 Southern California Conference Undergraduate Research, Keynote Speaker Mindful Rigor
08/2023 Textbook Author Preliminary Edition: Mindful Rigor: Holistic Training to Enhance Dance Performance, Cognella publishing Inc.
10/2022 International Association of Dance Medicine and Science Presentation: Testing the Effects of Mindfulness Practices on College Dance Majors, Limerick, IR
6/2022 DUMBO Dance Festival, For Those Who Cannot Yet Speak, Brooklyn, NY
07/2021 White Wave SoloDuo Dance Festival, Dance film, Liminal Breath, Brooklyn, NY
10/24/2019 International Association of Dance Medicine and Science Presentation: Self-Massage for Dancers:Harmonizing the Physical and Energetic Systems, Quebec, CA
09/2019 Dance Awarness: No Child Exploited, Invited Article, Hope from Our Next Generation of Dance Teachers, Online CA
10/2018 DUMBO Dance Festival, Xs and Ys, Duet Co-choreographed with Ricardo Melendez,
CSUF student dancers, Stormy Gaylord and Edward Salas, Gelsey Kirkland Performing Arts Theater, Brooklyn, NY
06/2018 Jacksonville Dance Theater Commission, Into the Rose, Jacksonville, FL
10/29/17 Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Sanctus: Bernstein’s Mass, Commission for Pacific Chorale,Collaboration with Dr. Rob Istad and jim Tuilli Orange County, CA
8/4/2017 Article Publication: “Enhancing Performance: Self-Care for All Artists,” The Artifice
6/25/2017 Solo Duo Festival Presented Into the Rose, solo choreographed and performed by myself
Dixon Place Theater, New York, NY
6/2017 Jacksonville Dance Theater Commission, 3-2-Tango, Jacksonville, FL
2/4/2017 SoCal Dance Invitational, Xs and Ys,CSUF dancers, Stormy Gaylord and Kevin Lopez, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
10/6-9/2016 National Dance Educators Organization 10/8/2016 Poster Presentation: Designing A Service Learning Experience for DANC 478: Creative Dance for Children, Washington, DC
9/10/2016 Synthesis III, FUSE Dance Theater, Skirting the Distance Between Want and Need, Curtis Theater, Brea, CA
8/26-27/2016 Highways Performance Space, 8/26-27/2016…Y Tu Tango? Evening-length work curator, director and choreographer, Produced by Highways Performance Space Artistic Directors Leo Garcia and Patrick Kennelly, Santa Monica, CA
3/16/2016 Front and Main Film Festival, Residual Unseen, accepted, presented and awarded third place
Temecula, CA
Non Peer-Reviewed Choreography/Presentations/Publications
02/2025- Present, Podcast host: Mindful Rigor, produced by Titan Radio, CSUF, Fullerton, CA
10/2024. FDC Workshops, Guest Speaker, Mindfulness practices for Academia, CSUF, Fullerton, CA
08/2024 Keynote speaker, CSUF Engineering Faculty Convocation, Mindfulness practices for Academia
07/2024 M.O.V.E. Podcast, Guest
03/2024 American Chorale Directors Association Regional Conference, Choreography for Verum Corpus, Conducted by Rob Istad, Composed by Saunder Choi, Meng Hall CSUF, and Pasadena, CA
10/2023 COTA Chairs Retreat: Workshop, Mindfulness Practices for Leaders
09/2023 Faculty Development Center: Workshop, Utilizing Mindfulness Practices in the Classroom
08/2023 Regional Dance Community Workshop, Mindful Rigor: Holistic Training to Enhance Dance Performance, Fullerton, CA
07/2022 COTA Career Center Advisors: Training, Utilizing Mindfulness practices, CSUF
03/2022 COTA Career Center Advisors: Faculty Meeting Guest, Why Mindfulness Matters in Education Video Training, CSUF
2/2022 Faculty Noontime Presentation: Testing the Effects of Mindfulness Practices on College Dance Majors, CSUF
01/2021 Institutional Review Board, Testing Mindfulness Practices in College-Age Dance Majors
01/09/2020 California Dance Educators Association, Presentation: Self-Care for Artists, Online
01/12/2019 California Dance Educators Association, Presentation: Theory and Critique, Creating Educated and Articulate Dance Artists, Fullerton, CA
10/26/2018 2nd annual Facilitator of Anna Halprin’s Planetary Dance, COTA, California State University, Fullerton, CA
9/2018 Wayward Artists: Faith Concert, Co-choreographer with CSUF Alumni Omar Guillen, CSUF student dancer, Ashley Diamond, Grand Central Arts Center, Santa Ana, CA
9/2018 Inaugural In and Back Again concert, Co-Director, Co-Curator, Co-Choreographer, Xs and Ys, Halberg Theater, Fullerton, CA
8/2018 Chartres Cathedral, Inaugural performance of The Labyrinth Project, Into the Rose, Co-choreographer with Alumni Omar Guillen, Dancer, Rebecca Levy, Courtesy of Jacksonville Dance Theater, Composer, Max Salazar, Chartres, France
8/2018 Labyrinth at Grail Haven Into the Rose, Co-choreographer with CSUF Alumni Omar Guillen,
Dancer, Rebecca Levy, Courtesy of Jacksonville Dance Theater, Composer, Max Salazar, Escales, France
05/2018 Dance film Liminal Breath, CSUF students and alumni, Palm Springs, CA
04//2018 Spring Dance Theater, For Those Who Cannot Speak, CSUF Fullerton, CA
10/2017 Orange County School for the Arts, Inheritance, Dance for 12 students, Music, Dvorak
string quartet in F Major, Santa Ana, CA
10/30/2017 First Annual Facilitator Anna Halprin’s Planetary Dance Organized and implemented CSUF community ritual for healing, 89 participants across disciplines. Musical collaborators: Dr. Pamela Madsen, and New Music Ensemble, Craig Shields, Brigitte Ballivione, Max Salaza
8/2017 Film documentation/Don Martin Compiled documentation of three master classes taught by Mr. Don Martin in Horton Technique
5/2017 Spring Dance Theater Liminal Breath, Dance film and live quintet, CSUF, Fullerton, CA
5/2017 Entertainment Alliance Grant: Received and declined due to hip replacement surgeries of David Hochoy and Liberty Harris of Dance Kaleidoscope.
5/5-15/2016 Spring Dance Theater, XS, re-choreographed dectet, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
4/19/2016 Jr. Sr. Research Grant Award Re-allocated from Oregon Shakespeare Festival to Highways Performance Space Performance, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, CSUF
2/27/2016 New Music Festival Symposium-Sound, Healing and Light, Presented Anna Halprin’s Planetary Dance and Zombie Re-Humanization research to musicians
11/18-21 2016 Residual Unseen: Reverence for Lost Voices, Site-specific, interactive, performance. Co-director, Choreographer, Filmmaker, Movement designer for singers. Produced by Kentucky Museum and Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
SERVICE
University
2023 FEID Grant Review committee
2023-2024 Faculty Mentor Connext Program: Mentor to two-three junior faculty members
2019-2022 High Impact Practices COTA coordinator
2017-2019 Student Appeals Board
2016-2020 Academic Standards Committee
2018/2020 Residence Hall Mentor Program: Dennis Jackson, Interim Associate Director Residential Life
12/6/2018 Self-Care presentation Diana Robles Nichols, Child and Adolescent Studies | Health/Human
Development- Campus Dorms for Finals week.
2017 Elevar Scholars Roundtable Presentation
2017-2019 Writing across the Curriculum Advisory Committee
2017-2019 Student Success and Advisement Committee
2017-present CSUF Graduate Student Mentoring Program, Mentor
2017-2019 Outstanding Professor Selection Committee
4/12/2017 Faculty nomination/representation for Jessica Vela: Winner University Student Research
Award
10/2016 Quality Matters Training
2/29/2016 Student Research Competition Judge
10/26/2015 Safe Space Training
College of the Arts
2021-2023 Chair: College Personnel Standards Review Committee
2016-2019 COTA Transfer Student Advising Taskforce
2016-2019 Student Success Team Committee
2017-2019 COTA- Scholarship Advising Panel
11/2017 COTA- Student Success Center Massage Workshop for all disciplines
3/9/2016 Arts District “Sophomore Roadmap to Success” resource
Departmental
2025-present ViceChair
2025-present Dance Program Cooordinator
2024 Wellness Zone, Co-created with Nathan Longcrier, new recovery unit in CPAC serving up to 300 students per week
2024-2026 Departmental Personnel Committee
2024-2026 Chair, Scholarship Committee
2024 Search Committee Chair, Dance Faculty
2022 Student Support during Finals Week: Event Coordinator/design and implement
2022 Designed DANC/THRE/MUS 332, cross-listed Mindful Conditioning for Performing Artists
2021-2023 NASD committee dance program
2022 Search Committee Lighting/Projection Faculty
2021 Departmental Welcome back from COVID Meet our new faculty BBQ design, implement
2020-2021 Departmental DEI committee
2020 Designed DANC 250 Dances in the Style of Hip Hop
2017-2022 Advancement Committee (Co-Chair)
2020 Search committee, Theater Education
2020 Co-chair Search committee, lighting designer
2020 Co-chair Search committee, Ballet Faculty search committee
2019 Search committee- Ballet Faculty Search committee
2017-2019 Grand Central Arts Center Committee
2017-2023 Alumni and Scholarship Committee (Chair beginning 2018)
12/2017 Alumni Banquet COTA and Dance Program
9/2017 Opening Ceremony MAMM Alliance /Frankenstein
8/2017 Convocation Theater/Dance
2016 Designed and Implemented Treats and a Show! Collaboration between Grand Central Arts Center and The Robbins Nest restaurant in efforts to increase ticket sales within the Santa Ana Community
Dance Program
Annual ACDA Faculty Representative
Annual Co-coordinator Alumni BBQ
Annual Co-coordinator Welcome picnic and community building event
Annual Coordinator Fall Dance Theatre
Annual Faculty Mentor Dance Association
Annual Dance DaysRecruitment Events, Modern Class and Talkback information session
Four Annual Auditions for Dance Program, Modern Class and Talkback information session
Annual “Preparation for application to summer dance workshops” workshop for dance program
Annual New Student Orientations, Tour and advisement of incoming students
Annual High Impact DANC 122, Physical Therapy and Eating Disorders Task Force Workshop
Annual Advisor for DANC 497 Senior Projects,
9/2017 Organized Off-campus Master Class for fifteen students with Artistic Director Ballet BC, Laguna
Beach, CA
4/2017 ACDA Faculty Representative/Lighting Cues Brothers and Windows and Doors
2016-present Advisor for one half of the Freshmen Class
2016-2020 Webmaster for Alumni Facebook page
2017-2019. Research and development or new scholarships including Inaugural Alumni Scholarship and
Karl Scholarship for Performing Women in the Arts
2016-2018. Design and implementation of Dance Program Calendar
4/2016 ACDA Faculty Representative/Lighting Cues for Jonathan Kim, Los Angeles, CA
1/29/2016 Cortines High School, Meet and Greet, Los Angeles, CA
10/2017
11/2015 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Master Class, Graham-based Modern,
Los Angeles, CA
10/2015 Wooden Floor, Master Class, Graham-based Modern, Santa Ana, CA
10/10/2015 National Alliance of Mental Illness Mentor for student choreography
9/2015 Injury prevention Wendy Garfield
8/31/2015 Injury Prevention Workshop Heather Lightie in Kinesiology
Professional/Community
08/2023 Peer Reviewer: "Inter-Viewing Socialist Feminine Bodies: Being And Crossing In The US Territory," for PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research.
Annual Free the Girls Bra drive to support women who have been victims of sex trafficking
05/2023 No Limits Dance, Service Learning to students with disabilities Outreach by DANC 471 Students
05/2023 Whitaker Elementary Service Learning Outreach by DANC 471 Students
01/2023 California Dance Educators Association Annual two day event coordinator and host at CSUF
04/2022 Sycamore Elementary Service Learning Outreach by DANC 471 Students
04/2021 Tustin Elementary Service Learning Outreach by DANC 471 Students Virtual Instruction
10/2021 Orange County Rescue Mission Volunteer
4/2019 Raymond Elementary School Service Learning Outreach by DANC 471 Students
4/2018 Pacific Drive Elementary School Service Learning Outreach by DANC 471 Students
01/2023 California Dance Educators Association Annual event coordinator and host Fullerton. CA
1/2018 Raymond Elementary School Service Learning Outreach by DANC 471 Students
10/26/2017 OLLI Presentation: Creating the Next Generation of Dancers through Graham-Based
Technique, Fullerton, CA
3/28/2017 Orange County Register, Artist of the Year, judge
2017/2018 Orange Coast College Community Board Member
2/18/2016 Santa Ana USD CSUF partnership committee
3/2017 Raymond Elementary School Service Learning Outreach by DANC 471 Students
3/2016 Richman Elementary School Service Learning Outreach by DANC 471 Students
2/17/2016 Outreach Boys and Girls Club, partnership meeting Brea, CA
1/27/2016 Outreach CSUF/YMCA partnership meeting
1/2016 Outreach Girl Scouts of Orange County partnership meeting
PRE-California State University Fullerton
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005 Riedel Dance Theater
Company member, under the direction of Jonathan Riedel, New York, NY
Performed works by:
Jonathan Riedel Inferno, Four Loves
1996-2004 Dance Kaleidoscope
Principle dancer, under the direction of David Hochoy, 48 week contract each year
Performed works by:
David Hochoy Jimson Weed, Girl at the Piano, The Healing Cup, COLE!
Skinwalkers, Carmina Burana, IconoGlass, Seasons, Love Songs, Farewell, Ashland Dances, G&S.com, Watermusic, China Boy, Fascinatin’ Rhythms, Butterfly, Holiday Swing, Sound and Fury, Puccini People, Heart of Joy, America the Beautiful, Judgement of Paris, Food of Love, Concerto d’Aranjuez, Au Moulin Rouge, Planets, Canciones, Let there Be Light, Carnivale, Renaissance Noel, El Salon Mexico
Norman Walker Ring around the Rondo, The Piercing Gaze, Tristan Testament of the Dark Angel
Cynthia Pratt Red Beans and Rice, Red Thread, Rock Paper Scissors, Love Letter, Suite for the Holidays, Samurai, Ibailamos!
Ricardo Melendez Carmelita, Xs and Ys
Jason Ohlberg Zenophobe, The Fairy’s Kiss, The Needy and Nasty
1998-2003 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
May through August each year, six shows per week, performances under the umbrella of Dance Kaleidoscope.
1993-1996 Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Company member under the direction of Ann Williams and Darryl B. Sneed, 48 week contract each year, Dallas, TX
Performed works by:
Donald Byrd Rose Permutations
Talley Beatty A rag a bone and a Hank of Hair
Milton Meyers Pacing
Donald McKayle Games
Chuck Davis Homage to the Source: Africa
Kevin Iega Jeff Walls
Gene Hill Sagan Etudes and Elegy
John Mead Soiree
Derrick Whitters Backbones in Motion
Lily Cabatu Weiss Flights of Fancy
Holly Williams Black Magic
Darrryl B. Sneed And Now Marvin, Ascend, Tides, Inserted Passages
Cleo Parker Robinson Spiritual Suite~ Mary Don’t you Weep, Perfect Praise
Andre George Two Solos
Geroge Faison Mad Pain
PRE-PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1991 American Dance Festival
Jin Xing Half-Dream
Leonid Lebedev
David Hochoy Young Apollo
TEACHING
UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
2011-2015 Western Kentucky University
Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, Contemporary/Modern technique, Improvisation, Dance in Culture, Jazz, Anatomy/Kinesiology for Dancers, Bowling Green, KY
2009-2011 California Institute of the Arts
Faculty, Critical Studies/Dance Department, Anatomy of Movement, 2.0 credit class for BFA II. Substitute teacher, Dance Department, contemporary technique for dance majors, levels I/II/III, Valencia, CA
2009 University of California Los Angeles
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cultural and Recreational Affairs, ballet,
beginning and intermediate level, Spring Quarter, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Butler University
Adjunct Faculty, Dance Department, modern technique, intermediate and advanced level dance majors, Summer Semester Indianapolis, IN
HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
2008-2009 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Faculty, Dance Department, Modern Technique, Ballet Technique, Anatomy/ Kinesiology for Dancers, freshmen and sophomores, Los Angeles, CA
7/2009 California State Summer School for the Arts
Four-week anatomy/kinesiology workshop for high school students, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
WORKSHOPS AND MASTER CLASSES
2014/2015 New Dialect Dance Company, Contemporary Technique, GYROKINSEIS® and Self-Care
For Dancers, Nashville, TN
3/2013 Sacramento State University, Guest Teacher, Contemporary/Modern, Dance History
Sacramento, CA
5/2011
3/2012 California State University Fullerton Guest Teacher, Dance Department, Contemporary/Modern technique for majors, Fullerton, CA
5/2011 Western Kentucky University
Guest Teacher, Department of Theater and Dance, Modern technique for majors, Bowling Green, KY
3/2011 Case Western Reserve University
Guest Teacher, Dance Department, Modern technique for majors and minors,
Cleveland, OH
10/2011 Tennessee Association of Dance
Weekend workshop for tri-state, intermediate level students, modern technique
and self-care for dancers, Chattanooga, TN
5/2010
4/2011 California Institute of the Arts
Collaborative workshop with David Kroth, Technical Director, allowing dancers
to experience how to dance effectively under stage lighting, BFA II students,
Valencia, CA
8/2010 Texas Christian University
Guest Teacher, Dance Department, modern technique, advanced-level dance majors, Fort Worth, TX
7-1/2010 Brockus Project Studio
Summer and Winter Two-week intensives, Intermediate level, Graham-based modern and Composition/Improvisation, Los Angeles, CA
6/2009 Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio
Six-week multi-level modern intensive, Los Angeles, CA
4/2009 University of California Los Angeles
Master class, modern technique for intermediate level visiting high school students, Los Angeles, CA
2/2009 Pasadena Dance Festival
Master class, modern technique, mulit-level
Workshop, Anatomy and Self-Care for Dancers, Pasadena CA
1/2008 Diavolo DanceLab
Six-week, mulit-level, Graham-based intensive, Los Angeles, CA
2007-2009 Valkyrie Theater of Dance, Drama and Film
Instructor, ballet, modern, improvisation, youth ages 6-16, Los Angeles, CA
2000-2004 Academy of Ballet International
Instructor, ballet, advanced level students, Indianapolis, IN
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
09/2014 DUMBO Dance Festival, 3-2-Tango, Brooklyn, NY
01/18/2014 Alabama Dance Festival, New Works Concert, Skirting the Distance Between Want and Need, Solo choreography, Birmingham, AL
10/23/2013 National Dance Education Organization, Workshop Zombie Re-Humanization, Harmonizing Physical and Energetic Meridians to Usher Forth Enhanced Performance, Miami, FL
08/2012 Society for Values in Higher Education, Presentation entitled Quantifying Art Without Losing Heart, Madison, NJ
12/2011 International University Global Theatre Experience, Presentation entitled
Harmonizing Meridians to Usher Forth Honest Performance, Graz, Austria
CHOREOGRAPHY
10/2015 Residual Unseen Site-specific dance installation, Solo for dancer and movement design for singers, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green KY
9/2014 3-2-Tango Trio for L2Dance Theater, Music Gotan Project, Video collaborator, Dr Ed Kintzel performed at DUMBO Dance Festival, Gala Concert opening act, Brooklyn, NY
In progress Dance film in progress- REVEAL! in collaboration with filmmaker Natalie Metzger, Los Angeles, CA
1/2014 Curtains the musical, Choreographed full musical for WKU Theater/Dance production, Bowling Green, KY
11/2013 NutCrackers, quintet, WKU Dance Company, Holiday Extravaganza, Music: Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bowling Green, KY
8/22/2013 Be Fly, Solo performed at MixMatch Dance Festival, Santa Monica, CA
8/9-11/2013 REVEAL! Evening length work, quintet, Composer Sue Carney, film maker Natalie Metzger, set designer Joe Porto and Costume designer Silvanne Park, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Green Show, Ashland, OR
8/10/2013 TRANSCEND! Dance installation for five dancers, Composer Sue Carney, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Green Show, Ashland, OR
01/2014
4/2013 Skirting the Line Between Want and Need, Solo set on both male and female dancers, Music: Bo Vaughn, bowling Green, KY
Presented also at:
Alabama Dance Festival, Birmingham, AL,
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
Synergy Festival, Brea CA
11/17/12 Get Your Cruz On, Chevrolet Cruz commercial choreographed on eleven professional dancers, Sublimemedia Group/MoFilm competition, Bowling Green, KY
11/2012 Visions of Sugared Rum Work contemporary piece for seven dancers, WKU Dance Company, Music: Charles Afton and Paul T feat. Clinton Carnegie Bowling Green, KY
4/2012 XS, Ten dancers, WKU Dance Company, Music: Gotan Project, Bowling Green, KY
3/2012 Zavicaj/Homeland, Site-specific, dance installation for ten dancers, Composer: Michael Kallstrom, Center for Research and Development, Bowling Green, KY
12/2011 Rockwell Redux, Quintet for WKU Dance Company,
Music: Skating by Vince Gueraldi Trio, Bowling Green, KY
12/2011 Holiday for One Solo, for WKU Dance Company, Music: Please Come Home for Christmas by Willie Nelson, Bowling Green, KY
11/2011 Amahl duet for WKU Opera, Bowling Green, KY
8/2011 3-2-1, Sight-specific sextet, choreographed on WKU Dance Company, Composer: Ellen Reid, Bowling Green, KY
5/2011 Moth Opera choreographed in collaboration with sixteen singer/dancers,
Composer: Ellen Reid, Director: Julianne Just, New Works Festival, Mark
Taper Courtyard, Valencia, CA
5/2011 Ukiyo-E Female solo, scored improvisation with harpist, Jillian Risigari-Gai,
Mid-Residence Recital, Music: Ukiyo-E by George Rochberg, Roy O. Disney
Hall, Valencia, CA
4/2011 Be Fly female solo choreographed as a part of Totem, Brockus Project Studio benefit concert, Los Angeles, CA
3/2011 Totem Masters thesis concert
Full evening length concert including a 20 minute, Butoh-inspired installation Choreographed on seven BFA students, California Institute of the Arts, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, Valencia, CA
11/2010 Gong Piece and Merapi, two modern pieces created in collaboration with
dancers, musicians and animators from Jakarta Institute of the Arts (IKJ),
Life at Sea concert, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
7/2010 Milk, Milk Lemonade, Musical dances for actors, Rogue Machine Theater
Company, Director: Matthew S. Elkins, Theatre Theater, Los Angeles, CA
5/2010 Un Peu Tache’ Modern solo choreographed on BFA student, California Institute of the Arts, Music: Sylvain Chauveau, Last Dance Concert, Sharon Disney Lund Theater Valencia CA
Presented also at:
DanceSpot, Studio A, Silverlake, CA 5/2010
Tri-art Festival, San Pedro, CA 9/2010
MixMatch Festival, Electric Lodge, Venice, CA 9/2010
2/2010 Breath-Held, Modern sextet choreographed on BFA students, Composer: Ellen Reid, California Institute of the Arts, MFA I concert, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, Valencia CA Restaged WKU dance company Bowling Green, KY
11/2013
9/2009 Eskimo Pie Modern duet, choreographed on BFA students, Music: Jacek Pelk California Institute of the Arts, Open House Concert, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, Valencia, CA, Bowling Green, KY
9/2009 The Tempest, Created a movement vocabulary for the acting company, Director: Jeff Soroka, Theater Unleashed Company, Studio/Stage, Los Angeles, CA
5/2009 It’s Always Darkest, Modern piece choreographed for eleven students, Music:
Oliwa and the Pleasure Circus and Victoire, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Alex Theater, Glendale, CA
5/2008 What is Courage, (section two) Modern/jazz choreography for twelve youth ages 6-12, Valkyrie Theater of Dance Drama and Film, Boys and Girls Club of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA
4/2008 Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Burlesque dances for two actors, Director:
John Flynn, Rogue Machine Company, Theatre Theater, Los Angeles, CA
3/2008 The Dance of McDictator, Musical theater tango for five dancers, No Tea Productions, UNDER St. Marks Theater, New York, NY
4/2005 Good Times, Musical burlesque piece for five dancers, Music: Good Times by Sonny and Cher, Producer/Director: Barry Doss Design as a part of a fashion show, Ruby Falls, New York, NY
4/2005 Band of Gold, Modern trio for hula-hoop troupe and sock puppet, Music: Freda Payne, Producer/Director: Barry Doss Design as a part of a fashion show, Ruby Falls, New York, NY
11-12/2004 Clara’s Christmas Dream, Five musical dances for twelve actor/dancers, Composer: Tim Starnes, Director: Bruce Merrill, Stage Right Productions
Theater at St Clements, New York, NY
8/2003 Just As I Am, Video-style musical set on eight women ranging in experience
from pedestrian to professional, Music: Buddha Bar, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Daedalus Project, Elizabethan Theater, Ashland, OR
5/2003 Stand Up and Dance, Modern choreography set on the advanced students of
Academy of Ballet International, Music: Ashley McIssacs, Indianapolis, IN
5/2002 Breathe Already, Modern choreography set on the advanced students of
Academy of Ballet International, Music: Paul Schoenfield, Indianapolis, IN
7/2001 Two Sisters and a Piano, A tango for two actors, Director Andrea Frye,
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Black Swan Theater, Ashland, OR
5/2001 The Oops Experiment, Modern choreography set on the advanced students of
Academy of Ballet International, Music: Thomas Newman, Indianapolis, IN
8/2000 Idiots Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem, Modern quintet set on members of Dance Kaleidoscope, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Daedalus Project, Elizabethan Theater, Ashland, OR
7/2000 Raven, Modern duet on members of Dance Kaleidoscope, Music: Hedningarna, Midnight Showcase, Carpenter Hall, Ashland, OR
5/1999 Pearls and Incidentals, Modern quartet set on members of Dance Kaleidoscope
Music: Gershwin, Sussurus Space, Indianapolis, IN
6/1998 Mission Possible, Modern choreography set on the students of American Dance
Center, Music: Mission Impossible Soundtrack, Overland Park, KS
6/1996 Just Chillin’ Four music videos television pilot, Dallas, TX
DANCE FILMS
2015 Residual Unseen, Dancer: Jade Primicias, Composer: Matthew Setzer, Bowling Green, KY
06/2014 Scenes from a Dropped Cell Phone Post-production, Collaboration with Christie Nelson, Denton, TX
06/2014 Thessalonike, Post-production, Collaboration with Christie Nelson and dancer Amy Morrow, Denton, TX
10/2013 Put It On the Wall In Progress, Collaboration with Composer: Matthew Setzer, CA, Director: Austin Albany, KY
12/2010 The Blue Room, Burbank, CA
4/2010 How to Catch a Man, Valencia CA
1/2010 Two Thousand Miles, No Distance, Valencia CA/ Indianapolis, IN
Presented at:
MixMatch Festival, Miles Memorial Playhouse, Los Angeles CA 9/2011
TRAINING
2014 The Body Dances, Improvisation with Anna Halprin, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2009-2011 California Institute of the Arts Contemporary Technique: Colin Connor, Andre’ Tyson, Stephanie Nugent Explorations into the Ontology of Aesthetics of Free Improvisation: Susan Allen
2006-2011 Josie Walsh, contemporary ballet
2010 Katsura Kan, Butoh workshop
2009 Anna Halprin, Master Class
2009 Making Faces Improv Dance Festival workshops Simon Forti, Carol
McDowell
2004-2006 Peridance, Daily ballet class, Egal Perry, Rachel List
2004 Limon Instutute, Risa Steinberg, Alan Danielson, Daniel Charon
2000/1993 Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance, Winter/Summer Intensives, Pearl Lang, Peter London, Marianne Bachmann, Armgard von Bardeleben, Steve Rooks
1996-2004 Dance Kaleidoscope, David Hochoy, Daily company class, Graham
technique and ballet, Cynthia Pratt jazz, Martha Faesi ballet
1993-1996 Dallas Black Dance Theater, Darryl B. Sneed Daily company class, Horton technique
1992 American Dance Festival, Doug Varone, James Sutton, assistant to David Hochoy
1988-1992 Texas Christian University, James Clouser, Li-Chou Cheng, Stephanie Rand, Thomas Enckell, ballet/pointe/variations/partnering. David Hochoy,
Rob Espisito, Ellen Page Shelton, Susan Douglas Roberts Modern, Diane West, jazz
1982-1988 American Dance Center, Dennis and Kathy Landsman, Vicky Allen Reid,
ballet/pointe/partnering/variations, Dennis Landsman, modern/jazz/tap, Tamara Carson, flamenco
1987 Chicago City Ballet, Maria and Marjory Tallchief, Homer Bryant, Allegra
Kent, Melissa Hayden, ballet/pointe/variations/partnering, Joel Hall, jazz
1986 Ririe-Woodbury, Alwin Nikolais, improvisation, Gerals Otte and Shirley
Ririe, modern/improvisation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - MASSGE THERAPY
2006-Present Private Practice, Lisa Long Massage, Deep tissue massage, injury assistance for professional dancers and athletes, Myofascial, Table Shiatsu, Tui Na, Reflexology, Aromatherapy. Clients included members of the Limon Dance Company, the Rockettes, Riedel Dance Theatre, Daniel Charon and Dancers, Dance Kaleidoscope, WBO lightweight champion Michael Katsidis, and three Golden Glove winners, Burbank, CA /Brooklyn, NY
2008-2009 Sigma Wellness & Sports Medicine, Medical massage for chiropractic clients, Woodland Hills, CA
2006-2008 Harbor Fitness, Chair massage and sports massage, pre and post workout, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Centerpoint Yoga Studio, Deep tissue, Swedish, Table Shiatsu, Tui Na, Reflexology, Chair Massage, New York, NY
2006 St Vincent Cancer Center, Massage on patients, New York, NY
AWARDS/GRANTS
2014 WKU Potter College Teaching Award- Five nominations
2014 WKU RCAP Research and Creative Activities Grant
2013 WKU FUSE grant, Honors College
2012 4th Place Winner of the Chevrolet Las Vegas MOFILM International Commercial Contest “Get Your Cruz on”
2012 Western Kentucky University RCAP Research and Creative Activities Grant
2011 Potter College, Western Kentucky University, Professional Development Grant
2011 Western Kentucky University Theatre/Dance Dept. Professional Development Grant
2010 Career Transitions for Dancers, Sono Osato Grant
2010/2011 California Institute of the Arts, Scholarship
2009/2010 California Institute of the Arts, Scholarship
2008 Career Transitions for Dancers, Caroline H. Newhouse Scholarship Grant
1992-1998 Texas Christian University, Nordan Fine Arts Scholarship
RECRUITMENT and SERVICE
01/15 Research and Creative Activities Grant Committee
09/14 Recruitment event Nashville, TN
2013/16 Honors Development Board
2012/15 Scholarship and Development Committee Potter College of Arts and Letters
2013/15 Cultural Enrichment Committee for Potter College of Arts and Letters
2013 NEDO/NHSDA student organizations implementation and faculty representative
8/2013 Reader for Art Department Undergraduate Thesis Papers
6/2012 Reader for Art Department Graduate Thesis Papers
11/2011 Governors School for the Arts, Louisville, KY
10/2011 Tennessee Association of Dance, Chattanooga, TN
10/2011 Western Kentucky University Diversity Fair
ORGANIZATIONS
NAACP, International Association of Dance Medicine and Science, National Dance Educators Organization, American Massage Therapist Association, Girl Scouts of the USA- lifetime member
A couple passionately tango dancing on stage.