VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS

• 2003: Featured international artist, Suho Memorial Paper Museum, Taipai, Taiwan

• 2003: Group Show: International Puppets, Craft & Folk Art Museum

• 2002: Group Show: Desiccated Gaia, 18th Street Arts Complex Gallery

• 2001: Group Show: Pax Americana, 18th Street Arts Complex Gallery

• 1999: Solo Exhibition: Fantasy and Phantasmagoria, Highways Gallery

CELEBRATIONS & FESTIVALS: Artistic Director, Designer, Producer

• 2004: First Community Procession and Evening Festival Event , 2003 Shop IPE, Suho Memorial Foundation, Taipei, Twiwan.

• 2003: Grand Opening Procession, Santa Monica Festival

• 2002: Living Poets & Playwrights of Los Angeles, LAX

• 2000: Grand Opening Procession, Big Sky Millennium Festival, Billings MT National Millennium Artist Residency Program, Artists & Communities, Mid Atlantic Foundation, National Endowment For The Arts, White House Millennium Council, The Phoenix

• 2000: Dance Night, Billings, Montana

• 2000: The Marriage of La Loca & El Viello, Getty Family Festival

• 2000, 1999, 1998: Culminating Event, Yiddishkayt Festival

• 1998: Dia de San Juan Festival

• 1999, 1998: Grand Opening Procession, Santa Monica Festival

• 1997: Grand Opening of the Getty Center

• 1997: FirstNight Midnight Procession, Hermosa Beach

• 1997: CSU Summer Arts Festival, Long Beach

• 1997: Culminating Event of Klezfest, Skirball Cultural Center

• 1997: July 4th Holiday Stroll in the Park, City of Santa Monica

• 1996: Esperanza Community Housing Corporation Grand Opening

• 1996: Grand Opening Skirball Center for Jewish Culture & Heritage

• 1996: Celebration of Spring, The Disney Institute

• 1995: Culminating Procession, 30th Anniversary Los Angeles Music Center

• 1995: 4th of July Procession, City of Santa Monica

• 1995: Milken Family Foundation Festival For Youth, Mark Taper Center for Inner-City Arts

• 1994: Grand Opening, Mark Taper Center for Inner-City Arts

• 1993 – 1996: Los Angeles International Festival of Masks Parade

• 1987 – 1993: Summer Solstice Celebration, City of Santa Barbara

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

• Spring 2003: Venice High School, AIR, Grantee, Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs

• 1997-present: 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica

• February – May 2000: Artists and Communities Millennium Artist for the State of Montana Billings, Montana

• July – August 1999: American Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX)

• May – June 1999: Massalia Theatre de Marrionnette, Marseille, France

• 1999: Santa Monica Schools, Santa Monica:
Edison Elementary • 4th & 5th Grades
Franklin Elementary • 5th Grade
Will Rogers Elementary • 4th Grade
Roosevelt Elementary • (2) 5th Grade classes

• 1998: Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Canada

• 1998: Santa Monica Schools, Santa Monica:
Edison Elementary School • 4th & 5th Grades
Grant Elementary School • 5th Grade
Grant Elementary School • CREST Program
Will Rogers Elementary • 4th Grade
John Adams Middle School • National Junior Honors Society

• 1996: The HeArt Project, Angeleus Plaza Continuation High School

• 1996: The Disney Institute, Orlando, Florida

• 1995 – 1997: FirstNight Community Workshops, Hermosa Beach

• 1993: Los Angeles International Festival of Masks, Los Angeles:
Tierra del Sol School for the Specially Abled - Pasadena
LA County High School for the Arts - Los Angeles
Hancock Park Elementary School - Los Angeles
John Burroughs Middle School - Los Angeles

• 1993: Summer Solstice Celebration, Santa Barbara

• 1993: Illuminaries Festival, Vancouver, B.C.

• 1992: Los Angeles International Festival of Masks:
LA County High School for the Arts - Los Angeles
Hancock Park Elementary School - Los Angeles
Edison Elementary School - Santa Monica

• 1991: Children's Creative Project, Santa Barbara

• 1986 – 1989: New York Foundation for the Arts, New York

• 1985: Reed College, Portland, Oregon

AWARDS, HONORS & COMMISSIONS

2002 – 2003: A.I.R Grant, Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department

• 2002: Reader, NEA Challenge America Grants

• 2002: California Council for the Humanities Grant, Community Sidewalk Peace Project

• 2002: Regional Arts Grant, Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department

• 2002: LA County Arts Education Program Advisory Group

• 2002: Reader, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Multi-Disciplinary I Panel for the Arts Commission Organizational Grant Program, 2002

• 2001 – 2004: Public Art Project, Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department

• 2001 - 2002: Organizational Grant, Los Angeles County Arts Commission

• 2001: Presenter, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

• 2000: NEA/Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Artists & Communities

• 2000: Panelist, LA Regional Arts Grants

• 1999 – 2000: Selection for Pre-qualified Artist List, Public Arts Projects

• 1999 – 2000: Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department

• 1999 – 2001: Board of Directors, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica CA

• 1999: APPEX Fellow, UCLA

• 1999: Nominee, Theatre LA Ovation Award

• 1999: Exhibition, Fantasy & Phantasmogoria, Highway’s Gallery

• 1998: Presenter, SCETA Conference, Los Angeles

• 1998 – 2000: Task Force for Artist Live/Work Space, Santa Monica, CA

• 1998: Dia de San Juan Festival, Giant Puppet Commission

• 1998: Pacific Communications Group, Commission

• 1998 – 1999: Selected Artist/Educator, Santa Monica Arts Education Partnership Project

• 1998: Santa Monica 4th of July, Giant Puppet Commission

• 1998: Heal The Bay Benefit, Commission, LA Science Center

• 1998: Nominee, Theatre LA Ovation Award

• 1997: “Ensor Puppets”, Giant Puppet Commission for Grand Opening of the Getty Museum

• 1997: “Bride & Groom”, Giant Puppet Commission for the Klezfest, Skirball Cultural Center

• 1996 – 1999: Honorary Board Member, Summer Solstice Celebration, Santa Barbara

• 1995: Mega-Cities Conference: Urban Leadership For The 21st Century Citation for contributions to improving the quality of life in metropolitan Los Angeles

• 1994: Panelist, Community Arts Grants, Santa Monica

• 1994: “Mombo Radio”, Giant Puppet Commission for Culture Clash

• 1993 – 1995: Board of Directors, Summer Solstice Celebration, Santa Barbara, CA

• 1993 – 1995: Board of Directors, International Conference on Celebration Art

• 1991 – 1993: Arts Advisory Committee, City of Santa Barbara

• 1988 – 1993: Performance Committee, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara

• 1991: Presenter, Art in Public Places National Conference, Santa Fe

• 1991: Presenter, 1st International Conference on Celebration Art

• 1990: Presenter, Dance Educator’s Forum, UCLA

• 1990: Commission, Santa Barbara Arts Festival

• 1990: Commission, Cormorant Dance Festival

• 1986: Presenter, American Dance Guild Conference, New York City

GIANT PUPPET PERFORMANCES

• 2002: Premier, Living Poets & Playwrights of Los Angeles, (Los Angeles World Airports, LAX)

• 2002: Inner-City Arts 10th Anniversary Gala

• 2002: LA County Arts Festival, Santa Monica

• 2002: Cerritos Performing Arts Festival

• 2002: Getty Family Festivals

• 2002: Very Special Arts Festival, LA Music Center

• 2002: Scripps College Gala, Claremont, CA

• 2002: Young Presidents Organization, Getty Museum

• 2001: Getty Family Festivals, Los Angeles

• 2001: Los Dias de Los Muertos, City of Pico Rivera

• 2001: LA County ArtsFest

• 2001: Yiddishkayt Festival, Skirball Cultural Center

• 2001: Grand Re-Opening of Santa Monica Blvd. City of West Hollywood

• 2001: Long Beach Museum Family Festival

• 2001: Very Special Arts Festival, Los Angeles

• 2001: Cerritos Performing Arts Festival

• 2001: Grand Opening Paloma Mercado, Los Angeles

• 2000: 41st Annual LA County Holiday Celebration, LA Music Center

• 2000: LA County Arts Open House, Calabasas

• 2000: Universal City Walk, Los Angeles

• 2000: Arts Fest 2001, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica

• 2000: Family Festivals at The Getty Center, Los Angeles

• 2000: 4th of July Holiday Stroll, City of Santa Monica

• 2000: Cerritos Center For The Performing Arts, Cerritos, CA

• 2000: Very Special Arts Festival, LA Music Center

• 2000: Yiddishkayt Festival, Los Angeles

• 2000: Corpus Christi School, Los Angeles

• 2000: Big Sky Millennium Festival, Billings, Montana

• 2000: Opening Ceremonies, Montana Special Olympics, Billings, Montana

• 2000: Dance Night, Billings, Montana

• 2000: Celtic Celebration, Billings, Montana

• 1999: Independent Sector Conference, Getty Museum

• 1999: LA Arts Fest, LA Music Center

• 1999: The Big Stroll into the Millennium, City of Santa Monica

• 1999: Where the River Meets the Sea, World Festival of Sacred Music

• 1999: APPEX Salon Performance, UCLA

• 1999: Massalia, 2600 Ans, Marseille, France

• 1999: Special Olympics, CSU Long Beach

• 1999: Festivals for Families, Getty Museum

• 1999: Fiesta Broadway, Los Angeles

• 1999: Cerritos Performing Arts Center Festival, Cerritos

• 1999: EventWorks, Carlsbad, CA

• 1999: Very Special Arts Festival, LA Music Center

• 1999: Best Friends Festival, Page Museum, Los Angeles

• 1999: Opening, Fantasy and Phantasmagora, Highways Gallery

• 1998: One Year Anniversary at the Getty, Los Angeles

• 1998: Brentwood Harvest Festival, Los Angeles

• 1998: LA County Arts Open House, Santa Monica

• 1998: Story tellers Benefit, Santa Barbara, CA

• 1998: South Coast Repertory Theatre Benefit, Costa Mesa

• 1998: “Children of Eden”, La Canada

• 1998: LA Philharmonic Youth Concert, Hollywood Bowl

• 1998: Family Festivals at The Getty Center, Los Angeles

• 1998: Dance Rave, Riverside

• 1997: “Show Me The Culture”, Long Beach

• 1997: “July 4th Holiday Stroll in the Park, Santa Monica

• 1997: Grand Opening, The Getty Museum

• 1997: “Oh You Beautiful Doll”, Highway Performance Space Gallery, Santa Monica

• 1996: Kaleidescope Festival, Cal State University, Long Beach

• 1996: Grand Opening of Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles

• 1995 – 1997: FirstNight, City of Hermosa Beach

• 1995: International Unity Walk, Long Beach

• 1995: Black & White Benefit Ball, Long Beach Symphony

• 1993: Grand Opening, Mark Taper Center for Inner-City Arts, Los Angeles

• 1993: Vaudevillage, Whitefire Theatre, Los Angeles

• 1993: Mums & Chums Procession, 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica

• 1993: Mardi Gras Benefit, Santa Barbara Arts Commission & Homes For People

• 1987 – 1993: Summer Solstice Celebration, Artistic Director, Santa Barbara

• 1992: “Was That A Cat I Saw?” Los Angeles County High School For The Arts

• 1991 – 1994: Los Angeles International Festival of Masks Parade – Los Angeles

• 1989: Dance Night, Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara

• 1989 – 1990: Winter Solstice Celebration, Santa Barbara

• 1988: The First People, Santa Barbara Arts Festival

• 1977 – 1979: New York LoftDance Festival, New York

EDUCATION COORDINATOR

• 2001 - Present: Project Coordinator, CAC Arts Demonstration Project: SMARTS in the Schools.

• 2002 – 2003: Project Director, in partnership with LA's Best, Chesterfield Square Arts Education Project (funded by LA Dept. of Cultural Affairs Public Art Division).

• 2003: Project Coordinator, LA’s Best ASAP (After School Arts Program) Pilot program.

• 2003 - present: Santa Monica Festival Arts Education Program (City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division, City of Santa Monica Division of Environmental Education, & the 18th Street Arts Center)

TEACHING

• 2004: Crossrads School, Santa Monica, CA

• 2004: Guest Lecturer, Dept. World Art & Cultures, UCLA

• 2001: Guest Lecturer, ”Art in The Community”, Dept. World Arts & Cultures, UCLA

• 2000: Distinguished Lecturer, University of Montana, Billings, MT

Assistant Professor, Gallatin Division, New York University (12 years)
Designed Individualized Studies Master’s Program in Performance
Graduate and undergraduate advisor
Curriculum developed & taught:
Independent Studies in Performance, Dance History,
Body Therapies and Somatic Studies
Graduate Seminar in Performance Projects
Graduate Seminar: Independent Concert Production

Assistant Professor of Dance and Dance Education, Department of Education, NYU
Courses taught: Alignment and Injury Prevention for the Dancer, Beginning Ballet, Beginning, Intermediate and Modern Technique, Beginning and Advanced Jazz, Improvisation, Composition, Anatomy and Kinesiology (co-taught with Andre Benard)

WEBSITES

Celebration Arts

EDUCATION

• 1989 – 1990: Professional Training in Hakomi Psychotherapy

• 1986: Master Teacher Certification, Kinetic Awareness, New York City

• 1980: Certification, Kinetic Awareness, New York City

• 1970: MA, Dance, Mills College, Oakland, CA (Graduate Fellow)

• 1968: BA, History, University of California, Berkeley