I graduated with my Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from the Ohio State University in 1992. I have been a Professor of Dance at Slippery Rock University for twenty-three years. My creative work as an independent artist has been shown in venues throughout the USA and internationally. I have received four Pennsylvania Council of the Arts Choreographic Fellowships. As a teacher, I have been invited to teach at numerous colleges and universities nationally and internationally. I am currently enrolled as a student in the Communications Media and Instructional Technology, PHD Program at Indiana University of PA. I believe that the expertise of dancers can shed light on communicative issues related to disembodiement and tensions between virtual space and physical space, virtual bodies and physical bodies, and lived experiences versus virtual experiencs. I am currently collaborating with Art Professor Heather Hertel on a movement project that involves wearable art pieces. I view these pieces as extensions of the body and senses. This wearable pieces add another dimension to the experience of movement in the body and how we (dancers) sense each other, interact, problem solve, and embody concepts and ideas related to the environment and media.
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