EDUCATION

MFA in Dance University of Michigan, Graduate Teaching Fellow Award, 1983

BFA in Dance and Dance Therapy, Special Honors, York University, Toronto, 1978

Studied Dance Therapy with Julianna Lau, a former student of Rudolf Laban. Extensive program in Laban’s Space Harmony and Effort Shape. Served practicum in Toronto hospital psychiatric setting presenting dance therapy sessions. 1976–1978.

Studied Continuum Movement® with Emilie Conrad Los Angeles 1988–2013

Authorized Continuum Movement Teacher 2001 (began teaching Continuum in 1994)

Studied Alexander Technique with Anne Bluethenthal, San Francisco, 1985–1987

Studied Pilates at

• London School of Contemporary Dance in London 1979

• St. Francis Hospital Orthopedic Sports/Dance Medicine, San Francisco,1986–1987

• Jennifer Stacey, MS, founder of Peak Performance Pilates, San Francisco, 1988–1993

Studied Shamanic Counseling with Dr. Leslie Gray, San Francisco, 1988–1990

Certified Bodynamic Somatic Psychology & Analysis System Lisbeth Marcher, Anne & Joel Isaacs 1994-95

Certified Authentic Leadership Program, Naropa University 2006

Studied Modern Dance with:

• Margaret Jenkins in San Francisco 1985–1988

• Susan Matheke, Gay Delanghe, Willie Feuer, at University of Michigan 1981–1983

• Merce Cunningham Studio in New York 1980–1981

• London Contemporary Dance School 1978–1980

• Sandra Neels, Norrey Drummond, Terrill Maquire at York University 1976–1978

Studied Ballet with:

• David Howard in New York 1980–1981

• Christopher Flynn at University of Michigan 1981–1983

• Karen Bowles and members of National Ballet in Toronto 1976–1978

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Extended residencies (selected):

• Susan Harper Continuum Montage site specific residencies  1988–1994 

• Meredith Monk as Artist in Residence at York University in Toronto 1977

• Laban Movement Theories with Lisa Ullmann in London 1978

• Choreography with Bessie Schoenberg, Center for Laban Studies, Goldsmith College, London 1978

• Gestalt Practice with Christine Price, Esalen Institute and San Francisco 1994

Studied Yoga from 1974–present with:

• Nancy Sandercock/Iyengar, Los Angeles 2007–2012

• Amy Spurlock, Santa Fe 2015–2019

WORK BACKGROUND
Private practice as Somatic Movement Therapist, registered at the master level with the International
Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association. (ISMETA)

Teaches Continuum Movement® classes, workshops, trainings, private sessions 1994–present

Worked as documentary film producer/director on feature film, Life Embodied, Santa Fe NM 2013–2016

Founded and directed Dance Camera West International Dance Film Festival, with annual month-long
festival and year round programming. Los Angeles 2001–2012

Worked as artistic director, curator, programmer, and producer at Dance Camera West 2001–2012

Taught Continuum Movement® at Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA 1999–2005

Owner BodyScape LLC, for somatic movement practice and dance media producer 1996–present

Taught meditation movement to incarcerated young men through LA Theater Works project 1999–2000

Taught Continuum Movement® at The Deepak Chopra Institute for Well Being 1998–1999

Accomplished dancer with over twenty-five choreographed works for stage and screen. Full list of
choreography, performances, dance films, and awards available. 1980–2004

Artist-in-Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts, Landscape Dance Media, San Francisco 1989–91

Taught at the University of Michigan, Dance Department, modern dance and ballet 1981-1983

Worked at the New York Dancer In-Step as dance review writer, New York 1980–1981

Worked as performing dancer in Jumpers Dance Theatre, toured throughout Great Britain 1978–1979

Taught daily master classes in modern dance and creative movement in secondary and higher education institutions while on tour with Jumpers Dance Theatre throughout Great Britain 1978–1979

Taught Creative Movement for Dance-In-The-Schools Program, Michigan Dance Association 1978–1982
 

GUEST TEACHER, LECTURER, PRESENTER, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Stanford University curated and presented SCREENDANCE: A New Visual Language

University of California Los Angeles returning lecturer

Child Counseling Center & Play Therapy Institute of New Mexico professional development presenter

California Institute for the Arts | CalArts guest lecturer

University of California at Irvine returning guest teacher

Choreographers Media Honors co-producer of annual industry-wide event honoring choreography in film, television, commercials, and video at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles.

Dance Camera West 10th Anniversary conference producer for “Dance Media: An Active Spectrum
Conference” featured twenty-five international award-winning film directors and choreographers to address emerging media’s multi-platform delivery and its impact on choreography and global strategy in cultivating audience for the art form UCLA 2011

IMZ Dancescreen at Cinedans Festival presented “Developing an Audience and Building an International Brand”, Amsterdam.

Latin American Video-dance Forum presented “Methodologies in Building a Thriving Non-Profit” held in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

IDILL Dance Festival partnership with Sadler’s Wells, Gaîté Lyrique, Charleroi Dances, Brussels, BE 

San Francisco Dance Film Festival returning juror, moderator, and panelist

St John’s Hospital, Santa Monica consultant, curated dance media program for multi-screen media 

San Francisco State University returning guest lecturer

York University, Toronto guest lecturer

Diavolo Dance Theatre, Los Angeles company guest teacher

La Casa de Maria Retreat Center returning workshop presenter in Santa Barbara, California

Bioneers Conference workshop presenter San Rafael, California

Conscious Activism Retreat workshop presenter for Earth Ways Foundation, Malibu, California

Sacred Earth, Sacred Self Eco-Psychology Conference performance & workshop Prescott College, Arizona

Vision Into Action with Joanna Macy/Institute of Deep Ecology presenter at Hollyhock Institute, BC, Canada

Leadership Retreat for Activists co-producer and presenter for Earth Trust Foundation, Malibu, CA

Great Summer Sun Circle movement ritual presenter for Art of Living Coalition, Malibu, California

California Dance Educators Association Statewide Conference workshop presenter

National Dance Educators Association Annual Conference workshop presenter

Northwood University Annual Creativity Conference returning presenter Midland, Michigan
 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Furthering the Visibility of Dance Award The 18th Lester Horton Dance Awards, Los Angeles 2008

National Endowment for the Arts six grants 2006–2011

Annenberg Foundation six grants 2006–2011

City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department eight grants 2004–2011

Los Angeles County Arts Commission eight grants 2004–2011

Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation seven grants 2005–2011

James Irvine Foundation Creative Connections Fund 2009–2010

Headlands Center for the Arts Artist in Residence, Sausalito, California 1989–1991

Alden B. Dow Creativity Fellowship to create an outdoor dance film, Midland, Michigan 1984

H. Rackham Thesis Grant Award & Graduate Teaching Fellowship University of Michigan 1981–83 

South Wales Arts Association Award Cardiff, Wales 1979

Gulbenkian Foundation Award London, England 1979
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACTIVISM

Northern New Mexico Radio Foundation, Board of Directors 2018–2024

Buckminster Fuller Institute, New York, Board of Directors 2007–2010

New Media Arts Initiative, Los Angeles Unified School District, Advisory Committee 2007–2010

California E.A.R. Unit, Board of Directors, Los Angles 2009–2014

Media Arts & Dance International Network, Founding Member 2002–2010

New American Makers, San Francisco, Board of Directors 1990–1993