2021 Dance GPS Level 2 & 3


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9/17/2019 9:00:00 AM

2021 Dance GPS Level 2 & 3

2021


Teri Abstein

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Materials

Agenda Files

dance2&3notebook.pdf

Panelists (6)

Schnell, Adam

  • County: Indian River County

Bio:

County: IndianRiver

Bio


  • Founder/Executive Director/CEO, Ballet Vero Beach, Vero Beach, Florida
  • Trained at Walnut Hill School for the Arts and danced professionally throughout the United States and abroad
  • Member of the Thomas Jefferson High School Alumni "Hall of Fame"
  • Contributor/Supporter of the Arts Council
  • M.S., Arts Administration, Drexel University; B.A. with a double major in Arts Management and Dance Education, SUNY Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, New York


Babb, Meredith

  • County: Volusia County

Bio:

County: Volusia

Bio

  • Senior Editor, University Press of Florida
  • Former Director, University Press of Florida
  • Past President of Association of University Presses
  • Past member, Board of Directors, Florida Humanities Council
  • Past Member, Board of Directors, Volusia/Flagler YMCA
  •  M.A., B.A., Duke University

Thomas, Ashlee

  • County: Miami-Dade County

Bio:

County: MiamiDade

Bio

  • President, MUCE (Miami Urban Contemporary Experience)
  • Manager, Education and Community Engagement, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami
  • Professional Touring Dancer, CONTRA-TIEMPO Urban Latin Dance Theater, Los Angeles 
  • Former Manager of Marketing & Community Outreach, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, Miami
  • Co-Founder / Founding Festival Director, Melbourne Webfest, Melbourne, Australia
  • Founder & Artistic Director, Ashlee Thomas Presents (Enlightened Theater), Los Angeles, California
  • M.A., Public Administration, Florida International University; B.S., Marketing, Florida State University

 

Peterson, Karen

  • County: Miami-Dade County

Bio:

County: MiamiDade

Bio

  • Founder and Artistic Director, Karen Peterson and Dancers and “The Forward Motion Dance Festival and Conference of Physically Integrated Dance” (2018-2022)
  •  25 works in the KPD repertory as lead choreographer
  • Recipient of Knight Foundation Award, NEA and Funding Arts Network company Awards for “Forward Motion”; Lifetime Achievement Award from the New World School of the Arts; The Boston Conservatory at Berklee Alumni Entrepreneurial Award for performances at the Judson Church, NYC,  
  • American Red Cross-Cultural Award; State of Florida: Citizens For Florida Arts and Artist Opportunity Award; Cultural Exchange Fund from APAP for international travel; Choreographic Fellowship Awards from Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs, DMC 2017, 2019; Choreographic Fellowship Awards from the Division of Cultural Affairs in 1995, 2005;
  • a 2022 recipient for The Boston Conservatory at Berklee School of Music Alumni Achievement Awards for her “dedicated work in the field and contributions to society”; invitation to  join “Beyond Barriers, Boundaries and Beliefs” a national NEA funded physically integrated dance tour to Cleveland, Brooklyn and Miami with Dancing Wheels and Heidi Latsky Dance, June 2022


Klein, Demetrius

  • County: Palm Beach County

Bio:

County: PalmBeach

Bio

  • Artistic Director, Demetrius Klein Dance Company, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Recipient, Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient; National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship
  • Two-time Bessie Award Nominee
  • B.S., General Studies, Palm Beach Atlantic University; B.F.A., Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; B.F.A., Dance, Full Scholarship, Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio

Davis, Tenaj

  • County: Miami-Dade County

Bio:

County: MiamiDade

Bio

  • Dance Educator, Miami–Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), Miami
  • Former Adjunct Professor at Miami-Dade College and Barry University; commercial dancer working out of Los Angeles, taught and performed throughout United States and internationally, featured in national and international publications
  • Immediate Past President, Florida Dance Education Organization; Served as Dance Liaison Board Member, Florida Alliance for Arts Education; past President Dade Association of Dance Educators (DADE); Task Form Member, Polk County Public Schools Lead Reviewer and Writer: Race to the Top Performing and Fine Arts Assessment Project 2011 – 2014; Member of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) Dance Writing Team 2009-2010
  • Ed.D., Research Doctorate, Educational Leadership and Administration, with Minor Degree in Curriculum Development, Nova Southeastern University; M.A., Educational Leadership from Barry University; B.F.A, Dance, California Institute of the Arts