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BROWN UNIVERSITY DANCE FACULTY
Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Theater Arts and Performance Studies. Johnson's work examines the politics of black movement including dance, diasporic travel, and gentrification. Interdisciplinary in nature, her research and teaching is situated at the intersection of diaspora theory, dance and performance studies, ethnography, and black feminism. Her current book project, Rhythm Nation: West African Dance and the Politics of Diaspora, is a transnational ethnography on the industry of West African dance. A Ford Foundation Diversity Fellow, Johnson received her Ph.D. in African Diaspora Studies from UC Berkeley.
Johnson serves on the board of the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance, the Society of Dance History Scholars, and the Editorial Board of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. She is also a dancer, and performs internationally.
Michelle Bach-Coulibaly – Senior Lecturer, Department of Theatre Speech and Dance. Director of the Mande Dance, Music and Culture Studies program, artistic director of New Works/World Traditions, a World Music and Dance Ensemble. She and her husband, Seydou Coulibaly host cultural exchange programs for artist, students and scholars in Mali at their school for traditional art, Yeredon. With her performance troupe, she has developed over 85 original movement theatre pieces for the concert stage, corporate world, and for film. At Brown, Michelle teaches classes in modern dance, choreography and Mande performance traditions, and directs New Works/World Traditions. Click for a full bio.
Julie Adams Strandberg – Senior Lecturer, Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance. Founder of The American Dance Legacy Institute, and Founding Director of Dance at Brown University. She is Associate Artist Director of the New York State Summer School of the Arts School of Dance and was on the faculty of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival from 1992-1995. She has choreographed and directed extensively for college, community, and professional theater groups, including Brown, RISD, Trinity Repertory Theatre, and The Harlem Dance Foundation. At Brown she teaches classes in modern dance, choreography and dance history, and directs the company Dance Extension. Please contact at [email protected] . Click for a full bio.
American Dance Legacy Institute
Sarah Wilbur is a cross-sector choreographer, dance and performance researcher, and the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance Studies at Brown University for the 2017-2018 academic year. She writes about infrastructure, dance, and performance, with particular attention to how institutional policies and norms shape the behavior of artists and organizers in the United States. Sarah received a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a M.F.A in Dance (Jacob K. Javits Fellow) and Ph.D. in Culture and Performance Studies (Collegium of University Teaching Fellow and Dissertation Year Fellow), in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA.
Shura Baryshnikov is a Teaching Associate in the Department of Theatre Arts and Performances Studies working primarily with the Brown/Trinity MFA Programs for Actors and Directors. Instructing in contact improvisation, movement and dance, Shura embraces the performing arts through a multidisciplinary approach. With a background in physical theatre, contemporary dance and improvisation practices, Shura seeks the creative space where these mediums overlap to inspire somatic exploration and performer versatility. Shura has worked as a choreographer and movement consultant for Trinity Repertory Company, The Wilbury Theatre Group, Elemental Theatre Collective and on a number of Brown/Trinity MFA productions. As a freelance dancer, she has performed in works by Heidi Henderson, Ali Kenner-Brodsky and Betsy Miller and with Aerplaye Dance, American Dance Legacy Initiative, Festival Ballet Providence and Lostwax Multimedia Dance. Shura is on faculty at Festival Ballet Providence School and has also taught movement at Earthdance in Plainfield, MA, at MIT, Brown University, Dean College and Rhode Island College. Shura's performance work has been presented by the RISD Museum and in the Moving Arts Lab at Earthdance in Plainfield, MA. Shura has studied Viewpoints and Suzuki with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company and is also actively engaged in the practice of Ruth Zeporah's Action Theater. These methods, as well as a rich contact improvisation practice, inform Shura's pursuit of embodiment and honesty in performance and in the classroom.
Sydney Skybetter – a technologist, choreographer, and writer. His dances are regularly performed around the country, most recently at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Boston Center for the Arts, Jacob’s Pillow and the Joyce Theater. As a Founding Partner with the Edwards & Skybetter | Change Agency, he has consulted on issues of change management and technology for The National Ballet of Canada, Barnes & Noble, New York University and The University of Southern California among others. He lectures on everything from dance history to cultural futurism, and is a frequent speaker at Juilliard, Dance/USA, and Opera America. He is a regular contributor to The Clyde Fitch Report, serves on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory, and is a Public Humanities Fellow at Brown University. He produces shows at Joe’s Pub and OBERON with DanceNOW[NYC], recently received a RISCA Fellowship in Choreography from the State of Rhode Island, was the first to get the word “Frack” in print at Dance Magazine. Click for a full bio
Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Theater Arts and Performance Studies. Johnson's work examines the politics of black movement including dance, diasporic travel, and gentrification. Interdisciplinary in nature, her research and teaching is situated at the intersection of diaspora theory, dance and performance studies, ethnography, and black feminism. Her current book project, Rhythm Nation: West African Dance and the Politics of Diaspora, is a transnational ethnography on the industry of West African dance. A Ford Foundation Diversity Fellow, Johnson received her Ph.D. in African Diaspora Studies from UC Berkeley.
Johnson serves on the board of the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance, the Society of Dance History Scholars, and the Editorial Board of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. She is also a dancer, and performs internationally.
Michelle Bach-Coulibaly – Senior Lecturer, Department of Theatre Speech and Dance. Director of the Mande Dance, Music and Culture Studies program, artistic director of New Works/World Traditions, a World Music and Dance Ensemble. She and her husband, Seydou Coulibaly host cultural exchange programs for artist, students and scholars in Mali at their school for traditional art, Yeredon. With her performance troupe, she has developed over 85 original movement theatre pieces for the concert stage, corporate world, and for film. At Brown, Michelle teaches classes in modern dance, choreography and Mande performance traditions, and directs New Works/World Traditions. Click for a full bio.
Julie Adams Strandberg – Senior Lecturer, Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance. Founder of The American Dance Legacy Institute, and Founding Director of Dance at Brown University. She is Associate Artist Director of the New York State Summer School of the Arts School of Dance and was on the faculty of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival from 1992-1995. She has choreographed and directed extensively for college, community, and professional theater groups, including Brown, RISD, Trinity Repertory Theatre, and The Harlem Dance Foundation. At Brown she teaches classes in modern dance, choreography and dance history, and directs the company Dance Extension. Please contact at [email protected] . Click for a full bio.
American Dance Legacy Institute
Sarah Wilbur is a cross-sector choreographer, dance and performance researcher, and the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance Studies at Brown University for the 2017-2018 academic year. She writes about infrastructure, dance, and performance, with particular attention to how institutional policies and norms shape the behavior of artists and organizers in the United States. Sarah received a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a M.F.A in Dance (Jacob K. Javits Fellow) and Ph.D. in Culture and Performance Studies (Collegium of University Teaching Fellow and Dissertation Year Fellow), in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA.
Shura Baryshnikov is a Teaching Associate in the Department of Theatre Arts and Performances Studies working primarily with the Brown/Trinity MFA Programs for Actors and Directors. Instructing in contact improvisation, movement and dance, Shura embraces the performing arts through a multidisciplinary approach. With a background in physical theatre, contemporary dance and improvisation practices, Shura seeks the creative space where these mediums overlap to inspire somatic exploration and performer versatility. Shura has worked as a choreographer and movement consultant for Trinity Repertory Company, The Wilbury Theatre Group, Elemental Theatre Collective and on a number of Brown/Trinity MFA productions. As a freelance dancer, she has performed in works by Heidi Henderson, Ali Kenner-Brodsky and Betsy Miller and with Aerplaye Dance, American Dance Legacy Initiative, Festival Ballet Providence and Lostwax Multimedia Dance. Shura is on faculty at Festival Ballet Providence School and has also taught movement at Earthdance in Plainfield, MA, at MIT, Brown University, Dean College and Rhode Island College. Shura's performance work has been presented by the RISD Museum and in the Moving Arts Lab at Earthdance in Plainfield, MA. Shura has studied Viewpoints and Suzuki with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company and is also actively engaged in the practice of Ruth Zeporah's Action Theater. These methods, as well as a rich contact improvisation practice, inform Shura's pursuit of embodiment and honesty in performance and in the classroom.
Sydney Skybetter – a technologist, choreographer, and writer. His dances are regularly performed around the country, most recently at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Boston Center for the Arts, Jacob’s Pillow and the Joyce Theater. As a Founding Partner with the Edwards & Skybetter | Change Agency, he has consulted on issues of change management and technology for The National Ballet of Canada, Barnes & Noble, New York University and The University of Southern California among others. He lectures on everything from dance history to cultural futurism, and is a frequent speaker at Juilliard, Dance/USA, and Opera America. He is a regular contributor to The Clyde Fitch Report, serves on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory, and is a Public Humanities Fellow at Brown University. He produces shows at Joe’s Pub and OBERON with DanceNOW[NYC], recently received a RISCA Fellowship in Choreography from the State of Rhode Island, was the first to get the word “Frack” in print at Dance Magazine. Click for a full bio
OMAC CLASSES
The Olney-Margolis Athletic Center offers several aerobic-based dance classes, including the popular Studio Mio (Formerly Zumba). Full offerings listed here: OMAC Dance Class Listings
PVD CLASSES
Carol Abizaid's Dance Excercise class- a workout designed for dancers to improve areas critical to good technique at the Hillel house Monday-Thursday from 12-1. Classes are $10/class, and discounted if you buy in bulk.
Eyes of the World Yoga - offers yoga in a variety of styles and levels, located near Brown/RISD.
Festival Ballet - Ballet and Modern classes for all ages at a variety of levels, located on 825 Hope Street.
Groundwerx Studio "Tucked away on the third floor of the same building that houses the Perishable Theater, Groundwerx offers classes in the art of movement and dance of different cultures. You'll feel like a professional dancing in the large, open studio outfitted with mirrors, barres and plenty of natural light. Get in tune with your body through
modern dance or Kundalini yoga. Learn to shimmy in a Middle Eastern dance class or -- if your knees are strong and willing -- take Bharat Natyam, a classical Indian dance. Payment varies depending on the
class: for some, you can drop in and pay per visit, others require registration for a multi-week session." -- Joellen Secondo
AS220 Studio - offers Ballet, Modern and Contemporary African Dance classes, located on 95 Empire Street. Free for Brown students.
Eyes of the World Yoga - offers yoga in a variety of styles and levels, located near Brown/RISD.
Festival Ballet - Ballet and Modern classes for all ages at a variety of levels, located on 825 Hope Street.
Groundwerx Studio "Tucked away on the third floor of the same building that houses the Perishable Theater, Groundwerx offers classes in the art of movement and dance of different cultures. You'll feel like a professional dancing in the large, open studio outfitted with mirrors, barres and plenty of natural light. Get in tune with your body through
modern dance or Kundalini yoga. Learn to shimmy in a Middle Eastern dance class or -- if your knees are strong and willing -- take Bharat Natyam, a classical Indian dance. Payment varies depending on the
class: for some, you can drop in and pay per visit, others require registration for a multi-week session." -- Joellen Secondo
AS220 Studio - offers Ballet, Modern and Contemporary African Dance classes, located on 95 Empire Street. Free for Brown students.
THE FLASHMOB
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The annual spring Flashmob brings together all the student dance groups and many independent dancers for a memorable Brown experience. At the first Body+Sole meeting of the spring semester, the Flashmob Chair announces auditions for choreographers. Any interested choreographers present their idea, and those present vote. The winners work closely with the flashmob chair, the student dance groups, and anyone else who wants to join to make it happen. Past flashmobs have taken Lincoln Field on Spring Weekend, the Ratty, and ADOCH all by surprise. Who knows what this year will bring!
Check out past flashmob's here! |