JUMATATU POE choreographer • performer • artist • educator

co-Director of idiosynCrazy productions Assistant Professor of Dance at Swarthmore College 1108 S. 47th St., apt D1 • , PA 19143 • (215) 868-7690 • [email protected] http://idiosynCrazy.org/ http://jumatatu.org/

EDUCATION

2007 MFA Degree in Dance, , Philadelphia, PA 2004 BA Degree in English Literature, Minor in Black Studies, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Additional Dance and Choreography Training

2010-present Teacher Training with Irene Dowd. Annual seven-day, invited workshop for dance instructors in somatic practices utilizing proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation patterns (once each year, except 2013). 2009 – present Independent Training in J-Sette Performance. With Donte Beacham and LaKendrick Davis (Jackson, MS) 2011 – present Pole Dance Training. At Pole Haus (Philadelphia), Master J’s Studio (Philadelphia), Body&Pole (NYC) and PoleDanceNRW (Düsseldorf, ) 2015 – present African Dance classes with Cachet Ivey (Philadelphia, PA) 2016 Salsa and Casino de Rueda classes at Wokcano and Rueda in the Park, respectively (Santa Monica, CA) 2016 Continuum Movement weekly classes with Ellen Cohen (Ardmore, PA) 2013 - 2016 Classes with David Zambrano. Classes in Flying Low Technique for dance professionals at Danscentrum Jette (Brussels, Belgium), ImPulsTanz festival (Vienna, Austria), and Mascher Space Co-Op (Philadelphia) 2013 – 2015 ImPulsTanz. Workshops with Ziya Azazi (Dervish in Progress), Tommy de Frantz and Keith Hennessy (Get B(l)ack: Black Aesthetics and Contemporary Dance), Frey Faust (The Axis Syllabus and Elastic Recoil Potentials), Damien Jalet (Centrifugal Empowerment), German Jauregui (Advanced Tools for Partnering), Karine Label and Angela Vadori (Vodou Goes East: Challenging European Contemporary Dance), David Zambrano (Flying Low Technique), Karine Label (Afro-Haitian Dance, also a class demonstrator), Simon Mayer (Schuhplatteln – Austrian Folk Dance) 2013 Winter MELT Series, NYC, NY. Classes with Miguel Gutierrez and Chris Aiken at Movement Research 2012 Winter MELT Series, NYC, NY. Classes with Juliette Mapp, Irene Dowd, Trajal Harrell at Movement Research 2011 Jasmin Vardimon Company (Contemporary Dance) and Donte Beacham (JSette) taught workshops in composition and movement technique (for idiosynCrazy productions) 2011 Attakkalari: Contemporary Indian Dance workshop with Jayachandran Palazhy from Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, based in Bangalore 2009 – 2011 Contemporary Dance technique intensives with Peggy Baker and Ty Boomershine (organized through the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance) 2010 - 2011 Cranio-Sacral Workshops with Mark Taylor. Completed two four-day private workshops with Mark Taylor, organized through Merián Soto/Performance Practice. 2010 Winter MELT Series. NYC, NY. Classes with Irene Dowd, Vicky Shick, and Donna Uchizono at Movement Research 2010 The Primitive Voice, workshop on voice with Jean-Rene Toussaint 2009 One Body, One Career. Amsterdam, with Anoukvandijk Dance Company 2008 – 2009 Buster Adams, salsa dance instruction and apprenticeship. Philadelphia, PA 2004 – 2007 Philadanco Training Program: Philadelphia, PA Modern Dance (Dunham, Graham, and Horton) and Ballet under instructors Milton Myers, Pat Thomas, and Delores Brown; also studied with Ron Brown, Rennie Harris, and Christopher Huggins in the summer portion of the program 2005 Illadelph Legends Festival: Philadelphia, PA Hip-Hop dance with Rennie Harris, Pop Master Fabel, Buddha Stretch, Tweetie, Rocafella, Mr. Wiggles, King Uprock, and Greg Campbell Lock, Jr. 2005 Jacob’s Pillow Cultural Traditions Program: Becket, MA Hip-Hop dance under Rennie Harris, Pop Master Fabel, Buddha Stretch, Tweetie, B-Girl Mega, Traci Bartlow 2002 – 2004 Swarthmore College Department of Music and Dance Contemporary and Traditional African Dance techniques with C. Kemal Nance

AWARDS, HONORS, and APPOINTMENTS

2016 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA. Creative residency. 2016 Umfundalai Professional Teacher certification in instruction of contemporary African dance 2015 Swarthmore College Cooper Foundation Presentation Award. Funding to bring Ziya Azazi, nora chipaumire, and David Zambrano to Swarthmore College and Philadelphia for a three-week residency of performances, conversations and workshops. 2015 boo-koo, Gibney Dance, NYC. Space and community giveback grant. 2014 - present Dancing for Justice (Philadelphia) steering committee member; DFJ Philadelphia, spearheaded by Lela Aisha-Jones, is an arts/activism junction connected to the Movement for Black Lives 2013 Tanzrecherche NRW Scholarship and Residency, Neuss, Germany. Residency and scholarship in support of new dance research on contemporary experiments inspired by J-Sette. 2013 Cultural Ambassador through New York Live Arts’ Suitcase Fund, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Attended the first Ouagadougou International Danse Festival in order to help New York Live Arts identify possible future partners of their Suitcase Fund program. January 2013. 2012 – 13 Studio Series at New York Live Arts Residency in support of QuHeroics, a collaborative project with dance artist, Jesse Zaritt; Philadelphia, PA 2012 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Tour Award. Funding to present Kyle Abraham and Company at Swarthmore College. Funding shared with Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Dance Place (Washington, D.C.) 2012 Swarthmore College Cooper Foundation Presentation Award. Funding to bring Kyle Abraham and Company to Swarthmore College for a one-week residency of performances, conversations, and workshops. 2012 Pew Fellowship in the Arts recipient Philadelphia, PA 2011 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance Grant for work on Private Places project 2011 – 13 Community Education Center Resident Artist Philadelphia, PA 2011 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance Grant for work on The Flight Attendants project 2011 Philadelphia Dance Projects’ SCUBA Touring Initiative (idiosynCrazy productions for Flight Attendants), Philadelphia, PA 2010-11 Live Arts LAB Residency Fellow, through Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA; mentorships under Simon Dove, Tere O’Connor, Patricia Hoffbauer, George Sanchez 2010 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance Grant for work on FLATLAND 2010 project 2009 Ellen Forman Award from , Philadelphia, PA 2008 – 2009 Susan Hess Choreographers’ Project, including professional development workshops with Lucinda Childs and Simon Dove, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Swarthmore Project Grantee, Swarthmore, PA 2008 New Edge Mix Artist (granted by the Community Education Center to chosen emerging artists in the area), Philadelphia, PA 2007 Transformation Award from Temple University Dance Department, Philadelphia, PA 2006 – 2007 Temple University Graduate Assistantship, Philadelphia, PA 2006 Diamond Screen Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA (presented a dance film entitled ReVerse) 2004 – 2006 Philadanco Training Program Scholarship Recipient, Philadelphia, PA 2005 Jacob’s Pillow Cultural Traditions Program Full Scholarship Recipient, Becket, MA 2004 Philadelphia City Paper Fringe Pick honor for Escape (choreographed collaboratively with other Green Chair Dance Company members), Philadelphia, PA 2004 Halley Jo Stein Award (Swarthmore College) for Outstanding Contributions to Dance, Swarthmore, PA

SELECT CHOREOGRAPHY PRESENTATIONS

2017 Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Success and Let ‘im Move You: A Study. Part of Endless Shout exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. (January) 2016 Pfff! Featured performer in the Impermanent Society of Philadelphia’s 2016 Free Form Festival, a festival of freely improvised sound and movement. Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia. 2016 Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Success. Queer New York International Arts Festival, NYC. 2016 Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Success and Let ‘im Move You: A Study. Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA. 2016 Let ‘im Move You: Intervention. Street intervention performance at three separate locations: 52nd Street & Baltimore Avenue, 5th & Luzerne Streets, and Germantown Avenue & Haines Street. Philadelphia 2016 Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Success. Movement Research Festival Spring 2016, NYC 2016 Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Success. La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, NYC 2016 Rhythm and Race. Presentation of Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Success and Salt in a show of assorted works produced by idiosynCrazy productions. Mascher Space Co-op, Philadelphia 2015 More Mutable Than You. Gibney Dance Center, NYC. 2015 Salt (idiosynCrazy productions). Movement Research at Judson Church, NYC. Movement Research Spring Festival, NYC. Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance, NYC. 2015 Android Tears (idiosynCrazy productions). Move Think Dance Fest, Philadelphia. 2014 Dancing for Justice. Choreography to accompany protest march (Dec 2014). Philadelphia, PA 2014 More Mutable Than You with Jesse Zaritt. Dance It Out. Aux Performance Space, Philadelphia, PA. 2014 Android Tears (idiosynCrazy productions). JACK, Brooklyn, New York. 2014 Android Tears (idiosynCrazy productions). Open Mondays. Volksroom Brussels, Belgium. 2014 Android Tears (idiosynCrazy productions). AUX Performance Space, Philadelphia, PA. 2014 More Mutable Than You with Jesse Zaritt. Moving Men Series. Dixon Place, New York, NY. 2014 Showing of Untitled Solo Project in a shared show with Jesse Zaritt. Barychnikov Arts Center. New York, NY 2013 Showing of ‘Experimentations in Bucking’ through Tanzrecherche NRW residency. Kulturforum Alte Post. Neuss, Germany. 2013 Plastic City (idiosynCrazy productions). Suzanne Roberts Theater. Koresh Dance Company’s “Come Together” Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2013 Untitled Studio Series Showing with Jesse Zaritt. New York Live Arts. New York, NY. 2013 Plastic City (idiosynCrazy productions). Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA 2012 Private Places (idiosynCrazy productions). Kelly-Strayhorn Theater. Pittsburgh, PA 2012 Private Places (idiosynCrazy productions). Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. Live Arts Brewery. Philadelphia, PA 2012 Plastic City (idiosynCrazy productions). newMoves Festival. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater. Pittsburgh, PA 2012 QuHeroics with Jesse Zaritt. Live Arts Brewery. Philadelphia, PA 2011 A Big Enough Grief (idiosynCrazy productions). Movement Research at Judson Church. New York, NY 2011 Coughing Consonants. RAW Material, Dance New Amsterdam. New York, NY 2011 A Big Enough Grief (idiosynCrazy productions). Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts and Philadelphia Center for the Book. Community Education Center. Philadelphia, PA 2011 Flight Attendants (idiosynCrazy productions). The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN. 2011 Flight Attendants (idiosynCrazy productions). Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA. 2011 FLATLAND 2010 (idiosynCrazy productions). Premiere. ByLocal Series, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Unstuck. (idiosynCrazy productions). Live Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Flight Attendants. (idiosynCrazy productions). The Montgomery County Cultural Center, Norristown DanceFest, Norristown, PA 2010 Flight Attendants. (idiosynCrazy productions). Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. 2009 Flatland. idiosynCrazy productions home season concert. Jeanne Ruddy Performance Garage, Philadelphia, PA 2009 A.W.A.R.D. Show (Philadelphia Live Arts Festival). (idiosynCrazy productions). Presentation of Alibi. Arts Bank, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Flight Attendant (idiosynCrazy productions). INFLUX Performance Series, Mascher Space Co-Op, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Flight Attendants (idiosynCrazy productions). Swarthmore College, Faculty Concert, Swarthmore, PA 2009 Almost Pinnochio (idiosynCrazy productions). INHALE Festival Series, CHI Mac Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA 2008 , written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen; directed by Ozzie Jones; choreography created in collaboration with Tania Isaac; presented at the Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Alibi (idiosynCrazy productions). New Edge Mix Festival, Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Altered Egos Temple University MFA Concert, Conwell Dance Theater, Philadelphia, PA 2006 Altered Egos (premiere in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival) The Drake Theater, Philadelphia, PA 2005 Stuck in Some Places (premiere in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival) Alfred Jarry Theater, Philadelphia, PA 2004 Escape (collaboration w/ Green Chair Dance Company in Philadelphia Fringe and GLUE Festivals) Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA

Choreography Commissions 2015 Gibney Dance, Fall 2015 Season commission of More Mutable Than You, New York, NY 2012 Philadelphia FringeArts (formerly Philadelphia Live Arts Festival), festival commission of Private Places 2011 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts and Philadelphia Center for the Book, festival commission of A Big Enough Grief 2011 Dance New Amsterdam RAW Material Commission, New York, NY 2010 Philadelphia FringeArts (formerly Philadelphia Live Arts Festival), festival commission of Unstuck 2009 Drexel University Dance Ensemble, What Happens Happened, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Swarthmore College Modern Repertory, Flatland: Presented in 2-D, Swarthmore, PA 2008 New Jersey Governor’s School for the Arts, Swept, Ewing, NJ 2008 Danse4Nia, Painted Faces, Freedom Theater, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Young Artists Awards, Young Folks, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ

OTHER EXHIBITS, DESIGNS AND PUBLICATIONS

2017 Video and sound installation as part of Endless Shout exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. 2016 Video Installation and Sound Design for Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Success project 2015 Finite. Video commission project with accompanying written text piece. Gibney Dance Center. New York, NY 2013 Writing commission with Jesse Zaritt. Two, Too publication to accompany Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane duets presentation at the Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia 2012 We Just Gon’ Buck lecture/demonstration/ball event at Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia, created in partnership with several LGBTQ service organizations, including The Attic Youth Center, GALAEI, Mazzoni Center, William Way LGBT Community Center, and The COLOURS Organization 2010 Video Installation for FLATLAND 2010 project 2007 Video Installation for Alibi

SELECT PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

2016 The Kinetic Tree installation, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA (April ‘16)

2016 re-placing Philadelphia with Reggie Wilson, STAMPED. STOMPED. STUMPED. Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA (April ‘16)

2015 River-to-River Festival with Emmanuelle Hunyh, Cribles. Governor’s Island, NYC (June ’15)

2014 Marissa Perel, New York, NY More than just a piece of sky The Chocolate Factory, Queens, NY (September ’14)

2006 – present Merián Soto/Performance Practice, collaborative choreography by Soto and performers, Philadelphia, PA Dancing with Branches Bronx Academy of Art and Dance, Bronx, NY (May ’14) WE ARE Taller Puertorriqueño Fall Festival, Philadelphia, PA (October ’13) Wave Hill Commission Wave Hill Arts Center, Bronx, NY (October ’11 – June ’12) Postcards from the Woods Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, The Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA (September ’09) Postcards from the Woods Pregones Theater, Bronx, NY (June ’09) Postcards from the Woods World Dance Alliance, Madison, WI (May ’09) One Year Wissahickon Park Project Wissahickon Park, Philadelphia, PA (June ’07 – June ’08) States of Gravity and Light #2 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Christ’s Church, Philadelphia, PA (September ’07) Summer of Love, Lincoln Center Outdoors, New York, NY (August ’07) States of Gravity and Light #2 Tomlinson Theater, Philadelphia, PA (March ’07) States of Gravity and Light #2 Hostos Community College, New York, NY (November ’06) States of Gravity and Light #2 Huntington Summer Arts Festival, Long Island, NY (July ’06)

2014 David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co(s), Philadelphia, PA POLITICAL SHENANIGANS workshop; Christ Church Neighborhood House, Philadelphia, PA (March ’14)

2008 - 2013 Leah Stein Dance Company, choreography by Leah Stein, Philadelphia, PA Battle Hymns, Kezar Pavillion, San Francisco, CA (April ’13) Battle Hymns, Hidden Cities Festival, Philadelphia, PA (June ’09) UrbanECHO Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA (September ’08)

2011 Nick Cave, visual artist, Chicago-based (performance in Philadelphia) Architectural Forest, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA (December ’11)

2007 – 2009 Tania Isaac Dance Company, choreography by Tania Isaac, Philadelphia, PA rehearsal director for StuporWoman (’08-’09) Standpipe Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC (November ’07) Standpipe Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (October ‘07) Standpipe Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA (September ‘07)

2004 – 2009 Kariamu & Company: Traditions, choreography by Kariamu Welsh, Philadelphia, PA Season Concert Conwell Dance Theater, Philadelphia, PA (February ’04, ’06, ’08) Repertory Black College Dance Exchange, Norfolk, VA (April ’06) Repertory University of Louisville, KY (April ’05) Museum Piece and Sochenda (by guest Nii Yartey) DanceBoom! Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA (March ’05) Dances of Our Ancestors Lang Performing Arts Center, Swarthmore, PA and Conwell Dance Theater, Philadelphia, PA (February ’05)

2008 - 2009 Kun-Yang Lin/dancers, choreography by Kun-Yang Lin, Philadelphia, PA Repertory, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA (February ’09) Repertory, Interlochen Arts Festival, Interlochen, MI (July ’08) The Land of Lost Content, Tomlinson Theater, Philadelphia, PA (March ’08)

2007 – 2008 Keith Thompson/danceTactics, choreography by Keith Thompson, New York, NY Silent Echo Fridays at Noon, 92nd Street YMCA, New York, NY (March ’08) Silent Echo Duke University, Durham, NC (November ’07) JumpCut DanceBoom!, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA (June ’07)

2008 Megan Mazarick Dance, choreography by Megan Mazarick, Philadelphia, PA Roadkill, Goose Route Festival, Shepherdstown, WV (July ’08) Roadkill, New Festival, Drake Theater, Philadelphia, PA (January ’08)

2008 Kate Watson-Wallace/Anonymous Bodies, choreography by Kate Watson- Wallace, Philadelphia, PA Car, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA (September ’08) Car, SCUBA, Conwell Dance Theater, Philadelphia, PA (March ’08)

2006 – 2008 Group Motion, choreography by Manfred Fishbeck and Silvana Cardell, Philadelphia, PA ReFug(u)e, German Society, Philadelphia, PA (October ’08) ReFug(u)e, Arts Bank, Philadelphia, PA (June ’08) Numen (choreographed by guest Oscar Araíz) Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Broad Street Ministry, Philadelphia, PA (September ’06) Ciudad Evita Jim Thorpe Fringe Festival, PA (September ’05)

2007 “Rock the Arts” Arts & Business Council Awards, choreography by Myra Bazell, Philadelphia Convention Center, PA (May ’07)

2007 Phil Grosser repertory, Philadelphia, PA Embers Tomlinson Theater, Philadelphia, PA (March ’07) Phil Grosser Dances Joyce Soho, New York, NY (January ’07)

2005 BoanDanz, choreography by Marianela Boan, Philadelphia, PA Fluid, Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA (April ’05)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008 – present Swarthmore College Assistant Professor (2009 – present); Guest Instructor (2008-2009) Courses Taught: Modern Dance Technique (several levels), Modern Repertory, African Dance I, Dance and Drum Ensemble, Choreography / Dance Composition, Improvisation 2008 – 2011 University of the Arts Lecturer Courses Taught: African Dance I, Dance History 2008 – 2009 Rowan University Adjunct Faculty Courses Taught: African Dance I, Elements of Dance 2005 – 2008 Temple University Adjunct Faculty (Teaching Assistant from Fall ’06 – Spring ’07) Courses Taught: African Dance I and II, African Repertory, Entry to Dance as Art, Dance in Human Society, Rhythmic Analysis 2007 Bryn Mawr College Adjunct Faculty Course Taught: Advanced Modern Dance

Additional Teaching/Workshop/Lecture Experience 2016 The Attic Youth Center BIG BODY: Experiments in J-Sette workshop, 12- week series (Philadelphia) 2016 Sarah Lawrence College BIG BODY: Experiments in J-Sette workshop (NY) 2016 Wesleyan University The Switching dance/performance improvisation workshop, 6-week series (CT) 2016 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.) BIG BODY: Experiments in J-Sette workshop taught with Jermone Donte Beacham 2016 Peripeteia panelist in student-run conversation about Art and Power. Swarthmore College (PA) 2015 – present Salon Conversations on art’s integration in contemporary socio-politics, seasonal, led by idiosynCrazy productions (Philadelphia) 2016 Get Your A$$ in Class, Abrons Arts Center, led The Switching dance/performance improvisation workshop (NYC) 2016 Mascher Space Dance Co-Op, led The Switching dance/performance improvisation workshop, 4-week series (Philadelphia) 2015 Sound Breaks: The Gravity of the Situation. Panelist in a discussion of the legacy of the Einstein’s 100-year-old Theory of Relativity. Swarthmore College (PA) 2015 Brooklyn Studios for Dance, led The Switching dance/performance improvisation workshop (NYC) 2015 Sound Breaks: The Rhythm of Study. Co-facilitated “Rupturing Solid Bodies: Emergent Understandings & Performing Scholarship” symposium with Music scholar Dr. Mark Lomanno. Swarthmore College (PA) 2015 Movement Research Sunday Process Lab, led The Switching dance/performance improvisation workshop (NYC) 2010 - 2014 Philly PARD – classes in contemporary technique and improvisation 2014 FringeArts – Post-show discussion leader for Trajal Harrell’s Antigone Sr./Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church (L), Philadelphia, PA 2013 AUX Performance Space – Post-show panel conversationalist, Philadelphia, PA 2013 Classes in J-Sette and Contemporary Techniques – Kulturforum Alte Post. Neuss, Germany 2013 Conversations with the Collection – panelist discussing my artistic work with nudity in relation to Renoir’s work in the Barnes collection. Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA 2009 – 2012 idioSomatics – free, open contemporary technique class offered by idiosynCrazy productions 2010 InterAct Theatre Company – Black Pearl Sings, featured speaker at talkback, Philadelphia, PA 2010 nEW Festival – classes in contemporary technique, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Workshop in Movement Development – Wesleyan University; instructed a class in improvisational technique, followed by a lecture/demonstration of samples of idiosynCrazy productions’ performance work 2008 New Jersey Governor’s School for the Arts – taught classes in Contemporary technique and created a repertory work for the students (July) 2008 Umfundalai Intensive (Temple University) – taught classes in contemporary African dance (Umfundalai technique) 2007 Duke University - residency with Keith Thompson; taught classes in Modern Dance, African Dance, and Dancehall (August and November) 2007 Dance Alchemy Competition Festival Series - Taught Classes in Contemporary African Dance and Jamaican Dancehall; July in Olathe, Kansas (Olathe North High School); October in Norfolk, Virginia (Old Dominion University) http://dance-alchemy.com/home.html

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2016 Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference, participant; Duke University, Durham, NC 2016 Work Up Gibney Selection Panelist, for selection of emerging choreographers for commission at Gibney Dance Center; NYC 2015 – present Mascher Space Dance Co-op, member artist; Philadelphia, PA 2015 Million Hoodies Conference, delegate from Dancing for Justice (Philadelphia); NYC 2015 Chez Bushwick Resident Artist Selection Panelist, for selection of emerging choreographers; NYC 2015 Rehearsal Assistant for Merián Soto in setting Branch Dances on community performers at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (NYC) 2013 Studio Visit Mentorship, feedback and career mentorship with choreographer Reggie Wilson; (October ’13) 2012 Jumpstart Selection Panelist, for emerging artist platform at the former Philadelphia Live Arts (now FringeArts); Philadelphia, PA 2010-11 Artists’ U, a year-long professional development initiative for working artists, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Dance/USA National Conference, attendee, Washington, DC

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

2010 Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership through Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA. Taught dance in summer school program, grades K-6. 2005 Beacon Programs with Methodist Services, Stetson Middle School, Philadelphia, PA. Dance Instructor. Hip-Hop and Creative Movement Dance Instructor for after-school program 2005 Body Language Dance Company, Philadelphia, PA. Dancer. Assisted artistic director Miriam Giguere in the leading of artist-in-residence programs at several Philadelphia-area middle and elementary schools 2002 – 2004 Swarthmore College TRIO Upward Bound Program, Swarthmore, PA. Tutor/Counselor. Acted as tutor (occasionally as teacher) to high school students in the program. Helped to facilitate summer performing arts programming. Also served as a live-in counselor five days of the week for six weeks during summers 1997 – 1999 Philadelphia Student Union, Philadelphia, PA. Leadership Program Facilitator. Led leadership workshops for high school students every weekend during the school year. Worked with Philadelphia Student Union to increase funding for Philadelphia public schools

QUOTES

“…[A]mid the bracing, stripped-down truths of [Merián] Soto's choreography, Poe's supple presence and angelic, gentle touch had the impact of revelation.” (Eva Ya Asantewaa, GayCityNews, NY, 2007)