Student Theater Festivals 2001, 2002, 2003
Movement Based Theater Workshops

Since 2001, I have been participating in a series of workshops sponsored by Los Angeles Unified School District for both teachers and students. The workshops, held at the Actor's Gang performance space in Hollywood, guide its participants through the process of creating original dance theater pieces, with a variety of themes. For the teachers it is an opportunity to discover a blueprint of sorts for them to go back to their own schools and create similar theater pieces; for the students, it is a great opportunity to meet and work with students from other schools, getting to know each other within the safe and fun context of the performing arts.

March 20 and March 28, 2003
LAUSD Student Choreography Workshops

I participated in a series of workshops for middle and high school students from throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District held at WAC and at The Debbie Allen Studios in Culver City. The focus of my workshops was creating autobiographical movement based dance theater. I led the students through the process of moving and writing and performing autobiographical work as an ensemble and utilized the students' original choreographies as part of the dance elements of the piece. The students were enthusiastic and receptive and hopefully all left with a practical sense of how to begin to use their stories and choreographies to create original dance theater in their own schools and groups.

Sept. 1 - Sept. 19, 2001

Trip to Costa Rica- For several weeks, I was in Quepos/ Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica, enjoying the beaches and the rainforest, and taking a well-deserved vacation. More interestingly, I enrolled in Spanish language immersion classes at COSI (Costa Rica Spanish Institute), and had the opportunity to study and travel the countryside with a great teacher named Norman; and for a few days, to teach basic English to some absolutely adorable kids in the local elementary school.
I had hoped to come back rested, relaxed, and ready to enter grad school. It was a beautiful place and extremely therapeutic, but the events of September 11 sort of destroyed the relaxed and rested feeling. It was terrible watching the events unfold, being so far away, out of my country.

Nonetheless, some photos:

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