Edisa Weeks
Work: Home: Assistant Professor in Dance 309 Halsey St. Department of Drama, Theatre & Dance Brooklyn, NY 11216 Queens College (917) 714-1293 (718) 997-3068 www.deliriousdances.com [email protected] www.delirioushairdesigns.com
EDUCATION
M.F.A Choreography, May 2005, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Alberto Vilar Performing Arts Fellow
B.A. Independent Study, Non-Western Performance Studies, May 1987, Brown University
DANCE TRAINING Anatomy: Irene Dowd, Lynn Martin Ballet: Zvi Gotheiner, Tina Bernal, Simon Dow, Maggie Black, Celia Marino, Jim Sutton Ballroom (salsa, swing): Sandra Cameron Dance Center, Pierre Dulaine Barteneiff: Bill Evans, Don Halquist Choreography: Phyllis Lamhut, Susan Marshall Contact Improvisation and Partnering: Kirsti Simpson, Curt Hayworth, Steve Koester Graham: Susan McGuire, Denise Jefferson, Penny Frank Horton: Ana-Marie Forsythe, Milton Myers, Ray Tadio Limon: Alan Danielson, Risa Steinberg Modern Jazz: Kevin Wynn, Max Stone, Jana Hicks, Joy Kellman Pedagogy: Bill Evans
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
FULL TIME / ADJUNCT
Assistant Professor, Dept. Drama Theatre & Dance, Queens College, Fall 2010 - current Lecturer, Dance Program, Princeton University (NJ), Fall 2006 – Fall 2010 Adjunct, Dance Program, Bard College (NY), Fall 2001 – 2002
VISITING GUEST ARTIST
Theater Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA), Spring 2006 Dept. of Dance, Brigham Young University (UT), Fall 2005 Dept. of Dance, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (WI), Summer 2002 Dance Program, Alfred University (NY), January 2001 Dance Program, Emory University (GA), January 2000
Edisa Weeks CV 2 TEACHING ARTIST
New York University – Collaboratory – Taught movement workshop, May 25, 2015 HB Studio Acting Intensive (NY) – daily movement class, Summer 2013, Summer 2014 Dept. of Dance, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI) – modern, Choreo., June 28 – July 7, 2013 Dept. of Dance, Mullenberg College, (PA) – partnering workshop, modern, April 2, 3, 2013 New York University, Special Programs Dance Minor - composition March 12, 2013 Summerstages Dance Festival (MA) – Choreograph new work, Summer 2000, 2002, 2004, 2011 Prodanza Italia (Italy) – modern, composition, Summer 2002, Summer 2010 Sch. of Classical and Contemporary Dance, Texas Christian Univ.(TX), Choreo, Sept. 2008 St Ann’s High School (NY) – composition, Fall 1997 – 2003 Alvin Ailey School (NY), Partnering workshop, Choreo. Fall 1995 – 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008 Orchestra of St. Lukes in New York City Public Schools, teaching artist, Fall 1999 – 2001 Arts Connection in New York City Public Schools – lec/demo, teaching artist, Fall 1993 – 2000
QUEENS COLLEGE COURSES TAUGHT
Dance 150: Introduction to Dance (F11) Dance 160: Beginning Modern Technique (F13, S14, F14, F15, S16) Dance 173: Beginning Choreography and Improvisation (F10, F11, S16) Dance 257: Principles of Teaching Dance (S15) Dance 260: Intermediate Modern Technique (F10, S12, F12, F13, S14, S15) Dance 273: Intermediate Choreography (F15) Dance 275: Student Choreography Showcase – Dancers (S10, S11, S12, S13, S14) Dance 360: Intermediate/Advanced Modern Technique (S11, S13, F14) Dance 375: Student Choreography Showcase - Choreographers (S10, S11, S12, S13, S14) Dance 380: Faculty Dance Concert (F13, F14, F15) Dance 381: Collaborative Workshop in Theater and Dance (S16)
PERFORMANCE ENGAGEMENTS 2011 - current
Choreographer/Performer, Manufacturing Consent – excerpt. Choreographers-In-Residence Showcase, Center for Arts and Culture, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn, NY. May 14, 2016.
Choreographer/Performer, Three Rites: Happiness – excerpt. Movement Research Gala Benefit. Judson Church, NYC. April 11, 2016.
Choreographer/Performer, Manufacturing Consent – excerpt. The Field Gala, Dixon Place, NY. April 10, 2016.
Choreographer/Performer, Three Rites: Liberty, a work in progress showing. Dance Wave, Brooklyn, NY. March 3, 2016.
Choreographer/Performer, Three Rites: Happiness, a work in progress showing. Movement Research at Judson Church, NYC. February 22, 2016.
Choreographer/Performer, Three Rites, a work in progress showing. Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY. November 8, 2015.
Choreographer, Power of the Trinity a ritual play inspired by the life of Haile Selassie. Producer Showing. Triad Theater, NYC, June 14 and 15, 2015.
Edisa Weeks CV 3 Performer, Provision, Provision by Jon Kinzel, La Mama, NY. May 29 – 31, 2015.
Choreographer, Point of Reference, featured a performance of Manufacturing Consent by Edisa Weeks, followed by a discussion and analysis of the work by Blondell Cummings and a panel of experts from the fields of history, journalism, philosophy and law. 92 St. Y, March 27, 2015.
Performer, Poor People’s TV Room by Okwui Okpokwasili. Considers the collective amnesia around women's resistance movements in Nigeria, from the Igbo Women’s War of 1929 to the recent Boko Haram kidnappings and the "save our girls" campaigns. APAP showing New York Live Arts, January 9th, 2015
Choreographer, Performance Combine, a durational performance mash-up of poetry, music, visual arts and dance, including choreography by Edisa Weeks. Coordinated by Norte Maar, Brooklyn Museum. November 1, 2014.
Choreographer, Enchanted a live music and dance performance at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Enchanted was inspired by the textures, patterns and beauty of plants and flowers in four eco-systems native to New York, that are being threatened by invasive species and over development. July 23 & August 13, 2014.
Performer, Muna Tseng Dance Project, a site-specific dance performance engaging with Chuck Ginnever’s sculptures Medusa and High Rise in Riverside Park at 145th St., May 17, 24, 2014.
Performer, Bonobo Milkshake: Celebrating 30 years of Sally Silvers choreography at the American Dance Institute in Rockville, MD on October 18 and 19, 2013.
Performer, A Surprise Everytime, concept by Sally Silvers, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY September 28, 29, 2013.
Choreographer, Delirious Dances performed at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY, August 17, 2013
Choreographer, Delirious Dances performed at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden for their Spring Gala on June 13, 2013. Prof. Meghan Healey designed the costumes.
Performer, 3 Chants Modern, (film) by Andrea Greyer, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, March 2013. One of six dancers featured in the film 3 Chants Modern by Andrea Geyer with choreography by Niv Acosta. The movie was filmed in February and March at the Museum of Modern Art in the 4th and 5th floor art galleries. 3 Chants Modern was screened at the Images Festival (April 11 – 20, 2013) in Toronto, Canada, where it received the OCADU Off Screen Award, which honors the strongest new international installation or new media work in the festival.
Performer, Bonobo Milkshake: Celebrating 30 years of Sally Silvers choreography. Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 2012.
Performer/Choreographer, Cage on Vinyl on Marley. “A durational dance performance featuring many of the great dance luminaries dancing to Cage music on vinyl records.” National Academy Museum, Oct 27, 2012. 11am-6pm. Organized by Norte Maar.
Edisa Weeks CV 4 Choreographer, To Begin The World Over Again, an interactive, evening-length live music and dance performance inspired by the writings of Thomas Paine. Irondale Center, Brooklyn, NY. Sept. 27 – Oct. 6, 2012.
Performer/Collaborator/Improviser, Human River Occupation at Zuccotti Park. Structured improvisations organized with Andrea Haenggi. Zuccotti Park, New York City, October 16, November 5, 2011
Performer, A Prize Every Time: Concept by Sally Silvers Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, October 14, 15, 2011
Choreographer, Manufacturing Consent performed by 33 dancers at Summerstages Dance Festival, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, July 30, 2011
Choreographer, Erupting Light (Work in Progress), performed by 13 dancers at Summerstages Dance Festival. Performance Studio, Concord Academy, Concord, MA, July 29, 2011
Choreographer, Manufacturing Consent, 6 dancers Thelma Hill Performing Art Center at Kumble Theater, Brooklyn, NY, June 20,, 2011
CHOREOGRAPHIC COMMISSIONS 2010 - current
2013 Dracula by Ensemble for the Romantic Century. Choreographed two dances for the production, which was performed on February 22, 2013 at Symphony Space in The Leonard Nimoy Theater, NY.
Ann-Arbor Dance Company commission to choreograph Crossing Time, a site-specific work at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. It was performed on June 7 and 8, 2013 and sSeptember 12, 2013.
2011 Erupting Light Summerstages Dance Festival, Concord Academy, MA, July 29, 2011
2010 Evolve Dance Company, Work-shopped Manufacturing Consent. Tarrytown, New York, October – November 2010
We Are Slowly But Surely Achieving our Objective Marshall Performing Arts Center, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Feb. 11 – 14, 2010
DANCE COMPANY ENGAGEMENTS
DELIRIOUS Dances, Artistic Director and Choreographer, 2003 – current Jon Kinzel, Performer 2015 Muna Tseng, Performer 2014 Sally Silvers, Performer, 2004, 2012, 2013 Reggie Wilson’s Fist and Heel Performance Group, Performer, 1992 – 1995, 2006 – 2008 Kevin Wynn Collection, Performer, 2000 - 2003 Spencer/Colton Dance, Performer, 2001, 2002 Avila/Weeks Dance, Co-Artistic Director and Choreographer, 1991 - 2001 Jane Comfort & Company, Performer, 1993 - 1998 Annie-B Parson’s BIG DANCE THEATER, Performer, 1992 – 1997, 2005 Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co, Performer, Last Supper.... 1990, Mother of 3 Sons 1992 Dance Brazil, Performer, 1990 – 1991 Edisa Weeks CV 5
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2011 - current
Institute for Community Action Training, Gibney Dance Center, January 17 & 18, 2015. Community action provides a safe environment for building self-esteem through positive physical expression.
SITI Winter Intensive Workshop, training in the Suzuki Method and Viewpoints, January 5 – 10, 2015.
The People’s Institute: Understanding and Undoing Racism Workshop. The workshop utilizes a systemic approach that emphasizes learning from history, developing leadership, maintaining accountability to communities, creating networks, undoing internalized racial oppression and understanding the role of organizational gate keeping as a mechanism for perpetuating racism. Sept.12 – 14, 2014.
Irene Dowd – Volute Spiral Workshop, June 8 – 13, 2014.
Bill Evans Dance Teachers Intensive - The Art and Science of Teaching Dance. June 23 – 29, 2013.
Irene Dowd – Anatomy workshop (Spine, Ribcage, Shoulder, Arms), June 12 – 17, 2012.
Susan Marshall – SUMAC Systems for Understanding Movement and Choreography Workshop, June 27 – July 2, 2011.
Irene Dowd – Anatomy Workshop (Knees, Leg, Pelvis), June 13 – 19, 2011.
GRANTS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS
GRANTS
2016 PSC CUNY Research Award for the creation of To Begin The World Over Again.
2015 Durst Organization grant for the creation of Three Rites.
2014 URME, received a Queens College URME Grant to mentor seventeen students, who participated in the American College Dance Festival at Brockport College in Brockport, NY from March 12 – 16, 2014.
Arnhold Foundation grant, for the creation of Enchanted.
Brooklyn Arts Council grant, for the creation of Enchanted.
Harkness Foundation grant, for the creation of Enchanted.
Durst Organization grant, for the creation of Enchanted.
2012 URME, received a Queens College URME Grant to mentor seventeen students, who participated in the American College Dance Festival at Pennsylvania State Univ. from March 1 – 5, 2012.
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Brooklyn Arts Council Grant, awarded for the creation of To Begin The World Over Again.
2011 New Music USA, Live Music for Dance, for the creation of To Begin The World Over Again.
Queens College Teacher Scholar Grant for Innovative Course Development, shared with Professor Katherine Profetta.
2010 Puffin Foundation, for the creation of To Begin The World Over Again.
2008 Brooklyn Arts Council, to support the performance of LIAISONS in senior centers.
2007 United States Artist International, in support of performances of LIAISONS in Berlin, Germany.
2006 New York Foundation for the Arts, BUILD company grant for the development of Delirious Dances.
Puffin Foundation, for the creation of LIAISONS.
1999 Brooklyn Arts Council, for the creation of Seat of Dreams by Avila/Weeks Dance.
1998 United State Artists International, to travel to Canada for performances by Avila/Weeks Dance.
New York State Task Force Grant to support the creation of Seat of Dreams by Avila/Weeks Dance
AWARDS
2011 Alpert Award, invited to apply.
2009 Alpert Award, invited to apply.
2007 Dixon Place Mondo Cane Commission to create Elephant Dreams.
2004 Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation Award to support Avila/Weeks Dance.
2001 Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation Award to support Avila/Weeks Dance.
1999 – 2002 Allan Gordon Foundation Award to support Avila/Weeks Dance.
1994 – 1999 Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation Award to support Avila/Weeks Dance.
FELLOWSHIPS
2003 Alberto Vilar Performing Arts Fellowship. Full scholarship to attend New York University, Tisch Dance, 2003 – 2005.
2000 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship, shared with Homer Avila.
Edisa Weeks CV 7 CHOREOGRAPHY RESIDENCIES
2016 Creative residency to develop Three Rites at Center for Arts and Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn, NY. February 2016 – 2018.
2015 Creative residency at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, NY to develop Three Rites. October and November 2015.
Creative residency at Socrates Sculpture Park to develop Three Rites. Produced by Norte Maar. LIC, Queens, August 3 – 8, 2015. Informal showing on August 8.
Creative residency at Materials for the Arts to develop Three Rites. LIC, Queens May - July. Informal Showing on July 2, 2015.
2013 Delirious Dances was in residence at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, NY from August 12 – 17, 2013. The residency focused on recreating an old dance and starting to develop a new dance, and culminated in an informal showing.
2007 - 2010 Tribeca Performing Arts Center (NY), choreographic residency to create To Begin The World Over Again. Borough of Manhattan Community College. Fall Sept. 2007 – Spring June 2010.
2006 The Yard (MA), company residency in Martha’s Vineyard for the creation of Elephant Dreams. July – August, 2005.
2005 Joyce SoHo (NY), choreographic residency to create LIAISONS. Sept. 2005 – June 2006.
2001 Brooklyn Arts Exchange (NY), choreographic residency for Avila/Weeks Dance to create a new work.
2000 The Yard (MA), choreographic residency to create a new work. Summer 2000.
1999 Djerassi (CA), choreographic residency for Avila/Weeks Dance. Summer1999.
REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS 2009 - current
REVIEWS
2016 Please Begin Again Infinite Body, by Eva Yaa Asentawaa, July 2, 2016, web “For every time I’ve grieved that a good dance–or a great dance–will be seen by relatively few, I grieve harder to think that that could be your fate. You have been wonderfully made for the many. Please do not fade away…. I’m moved–eyes tearing–by how you sweep your audience into your story, your meaning, your humanity, teaching us and revealing us to ourselves.”
Delirious Dances: To Begin The World Over Again Theater Scene, by Joel Benjamin, July 9, 2016, web “The dancers and musicians were committed to communicating complex political and social ideas with directness and skill helped by the music which alternately evoked Copland hoedowns, patriotic marches, and the complex modern harmonies of Philip Glass.”
Edisa Weeks CV 8 Edisa Weeks’ Delirious Dance Political Dance? Amsterdam News, by Charmaine Warren, July 14, 2016, print “There is beautiful movement, live music and a good deal of theater in Edisa Weeks’ “To Begin the World Over Again”. Timed perfectly, or not, to run concurrently with the election season, “To Begin the World Over Again” puts the audience in the driver’s seat.
2015 Moves at La Mama Arts Journal, by Deborah Jowitt, June 3, 2015, web “The two are very close to us, and extremely interesting to watch: Weeks a lean, strong, beautiful woman with a fuzzy halo of black hair, Kinzel rough around the edges—a fine dancer who doesn’t look like A Dancer. Improbable images nag at me—such as Odysseus, making his way homeward, encountering the enchantress Circe. At other times, I’m moved by the careful tenderness with which they sometimes touch each other… Weeks begins her solo as if conjuring forces out of the ground—arms reaching out and curling in, hips swaying; her vibrating fingers suggesting rain. Everything she does bespeaks power, but also the reining in of it.”
2014 RE-cap: What you missed at this year’s chashama gala. Annual event known for its outrageous atmosphere – and this year’s edition didn’t disappoint The Real Deal, by Ann Imperatore, June 14, 2014, web “High Point: The hair designers were amazing. Each person who asked got an original hair design, each more creative than the last.”
2013 Brooklyn-Based Choreographer Aids WPC Through Dance Collective Endeavor, Volume 17 Issue 1, Winter 2013 “Ms. Weeks made an announcement about Women’s Press Collective (WPC) Publications Benefits Program that teaches how to design and print materials to tell the story and meet life needs of low-income and working people and movements for change.”
Give Kids a Shot – National Meningitis Association Gala By Karen Salkin, May 3, 2013, web Delirious Hair Designs consisted of two ladies doing unbelievable creations in the hair of anyone who wanted them; the whole process more than added to the already-festive atmosphere. It made everyone interact, instead of the usual staid charity event atmosphere. Brilliant move!
2012 Swimming in a Dry Theater The New York Times, by Claudia La Rocco, November 30, 2012, print. “At one point Carolyn Hall, Jonathan Kinzel and Edisa Weeks are clumped together like one lumpy organism, moving slowly in the murky upstairs space; they separately insinuate themselves into the balcony seating, like animals lurking in the bushes. Presumably, they are up to no good… It’s necessary to mention everyone and to stress the keen pleasures involved in watching such finely honed, smart artists navigate this ceaseless stream of movement.”
To Begin The World Over Again The Edge, by Wickham Boyle, September 28, 2012, web. “Delirious Dances, helmed by Weeks, often makes works that utilize text, spoken word and new music. Her work really is at the confluence of what I consider to be 21st Century theater. It is work that provokes and prods and asks you not to spend time on whether this is really dance, or really a play or is it a concert. Rather it asks the audience to envision a new world…I would run, skip or subway it out to the sweet Irondale Edisa Weeks CV 9 Theater and experience this work.”
Delirious Dances’ to Begin The World Over Again: Your participation is required Dance Musings, by Erin Bomboy, September 28, 2012, web. “Get inspired. Get involved. And go see To Begin The World Over Again.”
2011 Roulette, in its New Location, Hosts a Make-It-Up Dance Adventure Brooklyn Daily Eagle, by Carrie Stern, November 16, 2011, print. “Stunning Edisa Weeks provided instant focus as she lay prone, suspending her tall frame halfway out from the edge of the stage floor.”
A Performance from Soup to Nuttiness The New York Times, by Claudia La Rocco, October 16, 2011, print. “When you have dancers like Edisa Weeks and Jodi Melnick, in a situation like this you have to be quick to catch whatever riches come your way.”
Developing Dances at the ICA The Boston Phoenix, by Marcia B. Siegel, August 2, 2011, web. “Edisa Weeks attempted a bigger statement in ‘Manufacturing Consent’… The cast of 34 began in marching formations and phrases of stamping that implied either anger or conformity.”
Walter’s World: Thirty5-In-5-Day Two Harlem World, by Walter Rutledge, June 21 2011, web. “Delirious Dances presented ‘Manufacturing Consent,’ a dance with a brilliant human study… The dance was immediately engaging and subtle.”
2009 Dance Review: Choreography Renaissance in Harlem iDANZ, by Careitha Davis, April 16, 2009, web. “Theatrical skills distinguish Edisa's work as an imaginative with creativity to spare. Picture yourself lost on Mars with a crowd of aliens around you, and the only thing you can do is dance! This is what Between an Arrow and a Fall makes me think of.”
New Moves Festival Features Hip Steps from 3 Cities Pittsburgh Post Gazette, by Jane Vranish, May 11, 2009, print. “New York's Edisa Weeks, seated at a laptop computer in the audience, controlled the movement destiny of Solomon Bafana Matea in Between an Arrow and a Fall. It was an appealingly inventive duet with live video.”
New York Social Dairy, May 8, 2009, web. “The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) held this year’s ArtSeen event at the Friedrich Petzel Gallery in Chelsea. It was the best attended benefit in the organization’s 25+ history. The real entertainment of the evening was Delirious Designs by Edisa, an onsite hair design booth in which the artist applied flowers, stuffed animals and text to people’s hair. The line for hair design was stayed full throughout the evening.”
INTERVIEWS
2016 Dance Focus NYC WBAI 99.5FM – State of the Arts NYC, radio host Savona Bailey-McClain, January 29, 2016, media. Savona Bailey-McClain interviews Co-Founder of Purelements Lakai Worrell; Dancer/Choreographer Edisa Weeks of Delirious Dances; Kiran Rajagopalan, Classical Edisa Weeks CV 10 Indian Dancer; Juan Jose Escalante, Executive Director of the Jose Limon Dance Foundation and a spotlight to the Executive Director of the Master Drawings in NY, Crispin Riley-Smith.
2013 Edisa Weeks’ Delirious Dance Acts Dancers Turn, with Anita Gonzalez, June 27, 2013, web. “At the Player’s Club near Manhattan’s Gramercy Park, Edisa Weeks mounts the stairs of a nineteenth century building and sits down at Mark Twain’s favorite poker table to chat about her projects and her passions. A tall, thin dancer, sinuous and composed, she nevertheless commands space, resting at ease in her perceptions of art and art making. We talk, and I learn about how Weeks turns contemporary dance into social commentary.”
Dance at Socrates: an interview with Edisa Weeks By Sara Christoph for Notre Maar, August 1, 2013, web.
2012 Listen: Edisa Weeks Body & Soul, with Eva Yaa Asantewaa, September 17, 2012, web.
Harlem Stage's E-Moves Provides Choreographers Feedback Backstage, by Lisa Jo Sagolla, April 20, 2012, print. “Edisa Weeks, a well-known modern-dance choreographer who is one of this year's mentors… Weeks is a teacher at Queens College, and operates Brooklyn-based modern- dance company Delirious Dances, founded in 2003.”
Queens College Students Learn New Moves From Turkish Dancers New York One News, February 27, 2012, media. NY1 VIDEO: Queens College dance students are learning from modern contemporary dancers and choreographers from Turkey this week, as part of the college's "Year Of Turkey" academic exploration.
Making It Happen: Putting Countries in Dialogue Through Dance Dance Magazine, by Johanna Kirk, February 2012, print. “This year, Turkey is the honored country, and Edisa Weeks has spearheaded efforts to bring in intriguing contemporary Turkish artists.”
2011 Theorizing Connectivities: African American Women in Concert Dance Journal of Pan African Studies. 4.6, by Thomas DeFrantz, September 2011, print. “The essay explores genealogies of Black women's presence in American modern dance to theorize connectivity as a methodology to appreciate their creative work. The legacies of more familiar dance artists, including Pearl Primus and Katherine Dunham, are discussed in relation to achievements and interventions by less-discussed, but no less important, African American women including Joan Myers Brown, Judy Dearing, Thelma Hill, Carole Johnson, and Edisa Weeks.”
2010 An Interview with Choreographer Edisa Weeks Bigbridge, by Wanda Phipps, August 2010, web.
2009 Mixing It Up: Fringe Choreographers Open the Door to Innovative Dance-Making Dancer Magazine, by Carrie Stern, August 2009, print.
Edisa Weeks CV 11 CONFERENCES
2016 Adjudicator at the New England American College Dance Conference with Anjuli Austin and Jim Lepore. Adjudicated works presented at the conference and taught a master class. Springfield College, Springfield, MA. February 10 – 14, 2016.
2015 Adjudicator at the South East American College Dance Conference with William Evans and James Sutton. Adjudicated works presented at the conference and taught a master class. Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA. March 17 – 22, 2015.
2014 American College Dance Festival Association, Brockport College, Brockport, NY. Evaluated Teaching. March 12 – 16, 2014.
2013 Adjudicator at the South Central American College Dance Festival Association with George Staib and Gretchen Ward Warren. Adjudicated works presented at the festival, selected works to be performed at the Gala, taught a master class. Sam Houston State Univ., Huntsville, TX. March 5 – 9, 2013.
2012 American College Dance Festival Association, taught an audition class for SummerStages Dance Festival and awarded one full and two partial scholarships. Penn State University, PA. March 5, 2012.
American College Dance Festival Association, taught an audition class for SummerStages Dance Festival and awarded one full and two partial scholarships. Connecticut College, CT. February 10, 2012.
2011 American College Dance Festival Association, taught a partnering course with Prof. Joseph Mills. Taught an audition class for SummerStages Dance Festival and awarded two full and two partial scholarships. Whichita State Univ., KS. April 6 – 9, 2011.
American College Dance Festival Association, performed a duet with Amy Chavasse at the closing night event. Taught an audition class for SummerStages Dance Festival and awarded two full and two partial scholarships. Keene State College, NH. March 12, 2011.
10th National High School Dance Festival, Taught a master class in addition to awarding three full scholarships and three partial scholarships to high school students to attend Summerstages Dance Festival. New World School of the Arts, FL. March 18 – 21, 2010.
2010 Adjudicator at the New England American College Dance Festival, with Sean Curran and William Evans. Adjudicated works presented at the festival, selected works to be performed at the Gala and at the Kennedy Center, taught a master class. Boston University, MA. February 11 – 14, 2010.
CURATION
2015 Dancing on the Shoulders: Radical Black Presence in American Dance Edisa Weeks invites you to experience the work of Dawn Crandel, Nia Love and Brittany Williams, and to join them in a conversation about radicalism, creativity, and how as artists of African descent in America, they navigate representation, redefining labels, and reflecting their own perspective. Fridays at Noon, The 92 St. Y, NYC. December 11, 2015.
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COMMITTEES & BOARDS
2016 Member of the Bessie Committee The Bessies recognize outstanding dance and performance work in New York City, and advocate for dance on the national and international stage. Committee Members are expected to see two to five shows a week. Nominations are made in various categories for the awards ceremony in October. Joined the Bessie Committee in October 2013.
Movement Research - Board of Directors Movement Research is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Officially join the Movement Research Board in September 2016.
Movement Research - Artists of Color Council A cohort of artists of color addressing cultural diversity, equity, and sustainable structural integration in Movement Research’s operations, programming, outreach, and throughout its extended communities. The council aspires to increase visibility, opportunities, and engagement with resources for artists of color within the field.
PANELS 2008 - current
2016 Panelist New York State Council on the Arts. August 30 – September 1, 2016.
Teaching: Options and Choices, Panelist at Dance Incubator New York University –Tisch, NY. May 25, 2016.
Living Proof: Paths of Tisch MFA Dance Alumni, Panelist at Dance Incubator, New York University –Tisch, NY. May 24, 2016.
Dance NYC Symposium, conversation between Harriet Taub (Ex. Dir. Materials For the Arts) and Edisa Weeks, discussing successful collaborations between dance companies and city agencies, as well as building an affordable dance floor out of recycled materials. Gibney Dance Center, NYC. February 28, 2016.
Panelist – E-moves 2016. Choreography mentor for Laurie E. Taylor in preparation for performances at Harlem Stage, NYC. April 7 – 9, 2016.
2015 New York University – Artist Roundtable – Tisch Dance Incubator, May 18, 2015.
Moderator, Being a Body Out Loud, conceived by Ni’Ja Whitson Adebanjo, Edisa Weeks and Tara Aisha Willis with Allison Joy, Jumatatu R. Poe and Social Health Performance Club. A discussion about what does it mean to be a body in protest. Movement Research Studies Project at Gibney Dance Center, April 7, 2015.
Panelist, The Bessies - What is "community" and do we need it? Dance NYC Symposium, Gibney Dance Center, February 22, 2015
2014 Panelist, We Stand On Their Shoulders: Choreographers Who Dance New York. Moderated by Maria Bauman, with Stefanie Batten Bland, Ishmael Houston Jones, Edisa Weeks. American Dance Festival Winter Intensive in New York City. Ailey Studios, December 29, 2014.
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Panelist, Dance and Music Now, moderated by Philip Ellis Foster with Douglas Dunn & Steven Taylor, Melanie Maar & Kenta Nagai, Edisa Weeks & Katie Down. Movement Research Studies Project at Gibney Dance Center. October 7, 2014.
Panelist, Fostering the Future. Organized by Simon Dow and KarenSchupp, focusing on dance in higher education, what are the trends, challenges and initiatives. New York University, October 9 – 11, 2014.
2013 Panelist, in September 2013, selected artists to perform in the E-Moves 15 program at Harlem Stage on April 4 & 12, 2014. Mentored Chris Rudd in preparation for the performances.
Moderated a discussion regarding Keening, a new work being developed by choreographer Iele Paloumpis at New York Live Arts. NY on February 2, 2013
2012 Panelist, selected artists to show work for the Movement Research at Judson Church performance series, Aug. 29 – Sept. 7, 2012.
Panelist, Dance and the Occupy Movement, a discussion on dance, OWS and activism, organized by Abigail Levine and Movement Research. Hemispheric Institute, NY. January 25, 2012.
Panelist, selected artists to perform in FLIC Festival at Irondale Center in Brooklyn, NY from January 19 – 28, 2012.
2011 Panelist, on September 7, 2011, selected artists to perform in the E-Moves 13 program at Harlem Stage in April 2012. Mentored Leslie Parker in preparation for the performances.
2010 Panelist on Careers in Entertainment, Media and the Arts Black Alumni Reunion at Brown University, Providence, RI. September 24 – 26, 2010
2008 Panelist, Pennsylvania Performing Artists on Tour. Selected artists for the Pennsylvania Artists Roster, July 28, 29, 2008
Panelist, MidAtlantic Artists. Selected artists to receive United States Artists International Grants to travel overseas. June 16, 17, 2008
SERVICE TO QUEENS COLLEGE & CUNY
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
2016 Serving as an Alternate Senator for the Queens College Academic. First elected in May 2015
Organized for eleven students to attend ACDAC in Brockport, NY from March 9 – 13, 2014. Mentored and supervised two student works that was performed in the Adjudicated Concert and one in the informal concert. Advised students in creating a successful GoFundMe campaign to cover the cost of registration and transportation fees.
Served on a successful Search Committee for a Technical Director, CLT
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2015 Serving on the Curriculum Committee. Created guidelines and a syllabus for internships and independent studies for DTD students.
Member of the P&B from February 2013 – June 2015.
Advisor for the student club Dance Union as of 2010.
Advisor for the student club Flashin Knights as of 2014.
In collaboration with Yin Mei Critchell and Richard Move, developed the Dance Program’s Five Year Plan, in addition to working on guidelines for advising adjunct faculty.
Created guidelines for a Kupferberg sponsored scholarship for a Drama major and a Dance major to attend a summer training program or festival in drama or dance.
Coordinated with the Kupferberg Center for students to attend the Revelations lecture demonstrations by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana and Dance Theater of Harlem. Arranged for Robert Garland, the resident choreographer and ballet master for DTH to teach a master class in Ballet II on April 27, 2015.
Coordinated workshops for students by CUNY Dance Initiative Artists in residence at Queens College. InTW taught two partnering workshops on March 23 & 25, 2015 and Gabrielle Lamb taught a contemporary master class on April 15, 2015.
Organized Master Class and Scholarship Auditions for Valerie Green’s one-week dance intensive and Nathan Trice’s four-week summer dance intensive. Six Queens College students were awarded scholarships.
2014 Directed, Cool Rhythms, Hot Moves, the Fall Dance Concert in Goldstein Theater, December 4 – 7, 2014.
Represented the Department with Prof. Feldstein at the Open House for perspective students on November 2, 2014.
Coordinated for students to attend master classes and informal showings by CUNY Dance Initiative Artists at Queens College. Katherine Alter taught a Limon Class on September 29, 2014, and showed a new work in progress on November 21. Larry Keigwin gave two informal showings on November 10 and 24, 2014.
Served on the Search Committee for a Full-Time Dance Faculty Professor.
Organized Master Class and Scholarship Auditions for Valerie Green’s one-week dance intensive and Nathan Trice’s four-week summer dance intensive. Four Queens College students were awarded scholarships.
Organized for 17 students to attend ACDFA in Brockport, NY from March 12 – 16, 2014. Mentored and supervised a student work that was performed in the Adjudicated Concert.
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Advised Dance Union, and helped them to officially become re-instated as a recognized Queens College club. Assisted them with clarifying their goals and aspirations for the Department at the Town Hall meeting on February 19, 2014.
2013 Nathan Trice Contemporary Master Class and Scholarship Audition Organized for Trice to teach a master class on April 29, 2013.
Organized a Capoiera workshop by Mestre Irenio Ginga on April 15, 2013, in collaboration with the Anthropology Dept and Latin American and Latino Studies Dept.
Organized a Kathak Workshop taught by Jayant Kastuar on Feb. 14, 2013.
Elected to P&B on Feb. 19, 2013.
Wrote and edited sections of the Departments ten year self-assessment. F12 – S13.
2012 Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance Dinner. Helped to organize an informal dinner for staff, adjuncts and full-time faculty. Dec. 18, 2012.
Organized Master Class and Scholarship Auditions for Valerie Green’s one-week dance intensive and Nathan Trice’s four-week summer dance intensive. Eight Queens College students were awarded scholarships.
Chet Walker Jazz Master Class. Organized for Chet Walker to teach a Jazz master class on April 27, 2012.
Bellydance Master Class for the Year of Turkey. Organized for Jehan Kamal to teach a bellydance master class as part of the Year of Turkey celebrations, April 4, 2012.
American College Dance Festival (ACDF). Organized for seventeen students and two faculty members to attend ACDFA at Penn State University, from March 1 – 5, 2012.
Turkish Contemporary Dance Residency for the Year of Turkey. Organized a performance, lecture and dance workshops by five artists who are key members of the small yet vibrant contemporary dance scene in Istanbul, Turkey. February 21 – 27, 2012.
Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance Dinner. Organized an informal dinner gathering for staff, adjuncts and full-time faculty. February 7, 2012.
2011 Queens College Kwanza Celebration - Arranged with Professor Evelyn Julmisse for a student to perform at the Kwanza Celebration. December 12, 2011.
Internship Opportunities - Organized for Keesha Cameron (Dir. Of QC Internship Program) to meet with dance and drama students to discuss internship opportunities. December 5, 2011.
Organized for 15 students and 2 faculty members to attend ACDFA in Wichita, Kansas from April 6 – 10, 2011.
2010 Queens College Kwanza Celebration - Arranged with Professor Evelyn Julmisse for two students to perform a duet at the Kwanza Celebration on December 13, 2010.
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2015 Read and gave feedback to Fulbright applications by Queens College students.
Arranged for students to perform the gumboot section from Imbokodo by Sududzo Ka-Mbili at the ART/ACTIVISM Performance/Roundtable on art as social activism event at the Godwin Ternback Museum, March 19, 2015.
2014 Participated in the planning for Year of South Africa events. Arranged for Sduduzo Ka-Mbili to choreograph a work for QC students, based on Gumboot and Zulu dance for the Cool Rhythms, Hot Moves, the Fall Dance Concert in December 2014.
Read and gave feedback to Fulbright applications by Queens College students.
2013 Organized a lecture by Rachel Harding, A Refuge in Thunder: The Evolution of Brazilian Candomblé as part of the Year of Brazil lecture series. December 4, 2013.
Organized a Salsa for All Abilities workshop by Don Angeleti in collaboration with the Committee for Disabled Students and QC Student Union. November 18, 2013
Participated in the planning for Year of Brazil events.
2012 Participated in the planning for Year of Turkey events.
2011 Participated in CUNY Diversity Panel at Hunter College. Spring 2011.
A Conversation about the 99% and Occupy Wall St. Helped arrange a discussion on QC campus with three organizers from Occupy Wall St. Rosenthal Library, November 14, 2011.
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EDISA WEEKS CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS for DELIRIOUS 1999 – current
DELIRIOUS Dances was founded in 2003 by Edisa Weeks on the belief that people of all cultural and economic backgrounds, ages and abilities are empowered by the immediacy of dancing. DELIRIOUS seeks to bring dance to diverse audiences by performing in concert stages as well as living rooms, storefront windows, swimming pools, hospitals, senior centers, galleries, gardens and more. www.deliriousdance.com
2015 Three Rites – is based on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The work is being developed through a series of residencies, including residencies at Materials for the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Garden and Snug Harbor Cultural Center. The complete work will be performed in 2018.
2014 Enchanted An interactive, site-specific live music and dance performance inspired by the textures, patterns and beauty of plants and flowers of four eco-systems native to New York (deciduous forests, prairie grass, pine barrens, sphagnum bogs), that are being threatened by invasive species and over development. Music: Commissioned improvised score by Katie Down Performers: four dancers, four musicians Length: 50 minutes Premiered: Native Flora Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, July 23 & August 13, 2014.
2012 To Begin The World Over Again An interactive, evening-length, live music and dance performance inspired by the writings of Thomas Paine. The work explores what is required for a democracy to be successful, and what is the promise of America, and is America living up to its promise. Music: Commissioned score by Joseph Phillips Performers: six dancers, one actor, thirteen musicians Length: 70 minutes Premiered: Irondale Center, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 27 – Oct. 6, 2012. Additional Performances: Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, NYC, June 30 – July 2, 2016.
2011 Manufacturing Consent Comments on the role of media in society and what attracts attention. Text: Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky Music: Besa Me Mucho, Mantovani Performers: six dancers Length: 15 minutes Premiered: Kumble Theater, Brooklyn, NY, June 20, 2011 Additional Performances: 92 St. Y, NYC, March 27, 2015; Institute of Contemporary Art, MA, July 30, 2011.
2009 ELEPHANT DREAMS Merges the story of Joseph Merrick (The Elephant Man) with Dumbo (The Flying Elephant), and transplants them to America in the 1950’s. Music: Various Artists Performers: five actors, five dancers Length: 2 hours Premiered: Joyce SoHo, NYC, January 23 - 25, 2009 Edisa Weeks CV 18
Weight of Dreams Music: Karl Jenkins Performers: four dancers Length: 6 minutes Premiered: Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NYC, April 5, 6, 2009
2008 SUGAR Edisa directed Sugar by Suzan Lori Park, part of her 365 Days/365 Plays presented by Faux Real Theater Company Music: Stephanie McKay - commissioned score Performers: four dancers, two musicians Length: 15 minutes Performed: Judson Church, NYC, July 26, 2007
2006 LIAISONS Is a series dances that are performed in small spaces (living rooms, senior centers, galleries) with the audience seated on all sides. Four dancers form liaisons with the audience and each other, stretching the boundaries of closeness between strangers, and inviting the audience to intimately gaze at the unfolding movement. Music: Mantovani & His Orchestra Dancers: Jenni Hong, Kate Johnson, Benjamin Kamino, Jeffrey Peterson Length: 50 minutes Premiered: The Puffin Room, NYC, May 19, 2006 Additional Performances: Bric Gallery, NY April 2011; various living rooms and senior centers in NYC from 2006 – 2010; Princeton University, October 17, 18, 2008; three living rooms in Berlin, Dixon Place April 26 – 28, 2007; Clarice Smith Perf. Arts Center, November 13, 2007; Berlin, Germany as part of the Haus Kulteren der Welts 50th Anniversary Celebration, August, 2007; The Yard at Martha’s Vineyard June 30, July 1, 2006.
Between an Arrow and a Fall Interweaves dance, live video, interactive software and projection to deconstruct time and space through movement and stillness. Music: Sonreel Dancer: Edisa Weeks Computer Interface: Liubo Borissov Length: 10 minutes Premiered: Dance Theater Workshop, NYC, March 28, 2006 Additional Performances: Kresge Little Theater, MA, April 14, 15 2006; Billy Strayhorn Theater, PA, May 11, 2009; Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NYC, April 5, 6, 2009; Harlem Stage, NY April 16, 25, 2009.
2004 She Loves Me In the tradition of Medea by Euripides and Beloved by Toni Morrison, She Loves Me seeks to understand the painful psychology of infanticide. The piece is loosely based on Sandra Melnick who was accused of brutally disposing of her newborn daughter. Music: Patsy Cline, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Dancers: Jenni Hong, Andrew Vaughn, Edisa Weeks Length: 13 minutes Premiered: The Puffin Room, NYC, March 4, 2004 Additional Performances: Princeton University, NJ, December 8, 9, 2006;
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Field Of Shadows Explores a woman's relationship with her shadow. Music: performed live by Matt Shulman, Owen Malloy, John Savage Computer Interface: Liubo Borissov Performer: Edisa Weeks Length: 15 minutes Premiered: The Puffin Room, NYC, March 4, 2004 Additional Performances: Brooklyn Museum 2005; Kennedy Center, 2004.
2003 SCREAMING BLIND A storefront window installation that merged the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Vandana Shiva and Buckminister Fuller with 123 sunflowers, 1,000 pounds of dirt and an assortment of garbage collected from Times Square. SCREAMING BLIND questioned the future of what we call nature. Music: bird calls Performer: Edisa Weeks Painter: Mark Turgeon Length: 5 hours Premiered: chashama theater, NYC, January 16, 2003
2002 The Way Out is Thru Music: Apocalyptica Performers: 9 dancers Length: 12 minutes Premiered: The Cunningham Studio, NYC, October 2002
Fall Music: Karl Jenkins, Phillip Glass Performers: 4 dancers Length: 12 minutes Premiered: The Cunningham Studio, NYC, October 2002
TEASED An orgy of hair in a storefront window at Times Square. Two hairstylists created fantastical, playful visions out of people’s hair using a variety of objects from flowers to mousetraps. Length: 5 hours Premiered: chashama theater, NYC, May 20, 2002
STRIPPED Involving two women and a dead chicken, STRIPPED addressed the objectification of women, the depersonalization of sex, and the viewers role in the objectification process. Text: Edisa Weeks Performers: Jenni Hong, Edisa Weeks Length: 3 hours Premiered: chashama theater, NYC, May 13, 2002
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2001 BOXED A reflection on Hiroshi Teshigahara’s film Woman of the Dunes, the work asks what is the purpose of life. Contained in a window, a lone woman digs, pours and dances through a cycle of sand. Performer: Edisa Weeks First Performed: chashama theater, NYC, February 23, 2001 Additional Performances: Massachusetts International Festival For the Arts, 2002.
1999 Seat of Dreams An evening-length work about childhood and dreams. Choreographed in collaboration with Homer Avila. Music: FIBRE (commissioned score), Les Miserables Brass Band, Arvo Part Dancers: 10 Length: 40 minutes First Performed: Pace University, NYC, June 10, 1999 Additional Performances: Alfred University (NY), January 2001; Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum, NY, Feb. 27, 28, 2000; Emory University January 29, 2000.
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS for STUDENTS 2009 - current
2015 Each One Is The Sum The dance was inspired by Fibonacci numbers and the perfect ratio. Music: Memoria, Murcof; Rustic Chip, Shadow Child Dancers: 8 Costume Design: Meghan Healey Lighting Design: Harry Feiner Length: 10 minutes Venue: Goldstein Theater, Queens, NY. December 3 – 6, 2015.
2014 The Way Out is Through Juxtaposing lush physical movement with glitchy stumbles, The Way Out is Thru, follows three friends who struggle with self-doubt and isolation as they navigate their way through a gritty dystopian world. Music: Unforgiven, M.B., Apocalyptica Dancers: 16 Costume Design: Meghan Healey Lighting Design: Jeff Greenberg Length: 15 minutes Venue: Goldstein Theater, Queens, NY. December 4 – 7, 2014
2013 We Are Slowly But Surely Achieving Our Objective Reflects on how civilians are often the casualties of warfare. Music: On Iraq War Progress and Vision, George W. Bush, March 23, 2003; Get Happy by Judy Garland; Somewhere Over the Rainbow by E.Y. Harburg/Harold Arlen; Weather One by Michael Gordon; Ending the War in Iraq, Barack Obama, July 15, 2008 Dancers: 13 Costume Design: Meghan Healey Lighting Design: Jeff Greenberg Length: 20 minutes Venue: Goldstein Theater, Queens, NY. December 5 – 8, 2013 Edisa Weeks CV 21
2009 Walking New Paths, Turning New Leaves: The Promise of America Explores issues about immigration and assimilating into American culture. Text: Poems by Hattie Gossett; original poems written by the performers Music: Blue Calx, Alarm Will Sound; Traditional Folk Songs. Dancers: 15 Costume Design: Sarita Fellows Lighting Design: Harry Feiner Length: 20 minutes Venue: Goldstein Theater, Queens, NY. December 10 – 13, 2016 Edisa Weeks CV 22
DELIRIOUS HAIR DESIGNS
The concept of Delirious Hair Designs is to give a person the gift of a fantastical, playful hairstyle. The hairstyles are created with a variety of reusable objects from silk flowers to mousetraps, cheese graters, feathers, wind-up toys and more. The objects are arranged on a person's head to create a unique hairstyle that resembles a hat, and are designed to match the personality and style of the individual. Delirious Hair Designs started as a window performance at chashama theater on May 20, 2002. www.delirioushairdesigns.com
2016 Sung Harbor Cultural Arts Center Gala, Staten Island, NY. June 10, 2016.
chashama arts Gala Benefit, 4 Times Square, NY. June 8, 2016.
Katonah Musuem Gala, Katonah, NY. May 7, 2016.
2015 Pop-Up Gesture Store, Brooklyn, NY. September 5, 2015.
chashama arts Gala Benefit, 4 Times Square, NY. June 8, 2015.
2014 HAIRCUTTING, an evening of discussion on performance, barter and body modification. Join in the discussion while you get your hair cut and/or styled by Delirious Hair Designs/Edisa Weeks and others. Organized by Sarah Maxfield and Elliot Jenetopulos. Abrons Art Center, NY. August 5, 2014.
STooPS BedStuy. A community building event that brings together artists, homeowners and businesses in Bedford Stuyvesant, NY. June 4, 2014.
chashama arts Gala Benefit, Anita’s Way, NY. June 9, 2014 “High Point: The hair designers were amazing. Each person who asked got an original hair design, each more creative than the last.” The Real Deal, by Ann Imperatore, June 14, 2014, web
2013 HB Studio Benefit, Manhattan Penthouse, NY. November 11, 2013
National Meningitis Association Benefit, NY Athletic Club, NY. April 22, 2013
2012 Port Washington Public Library 120th Anniversary Celebration Port Washington, LI. November 18, 2012.
chashama arts Gala Benefit, Anita’s Way, NY. June 18, 2012.
Brooklyn Hospital Founders Ball, Stage Six Steiner Studios, NY. June 6, 2012.
Summer Stages Dance Feast, invites you to celebrate and support its 15th anniversary at an interactive, day-long extravaganza exploring the art of dance and movement! Concord, MA. March 24, 2012.
The Affect Factory Conference, based on the Feminist critique of the relation of time and work, material and immaterial labor, waged and unwaged emotional labor. In connection with special issues of the The Drama Review journal on “Precarity” and the Women & Edisa Weeks CV 23 Performance Journal on “Precarious Situations.” New York University. February 11, 2012.
2011 Brooklyn Hospital Founders Ball, Stage Six Steiner Studios, NYC. June 2, 2011.
Next Aid Fundraiser, Fringe Hair Salon, NYC. March 8, 2011.
2010 Saint Ann’s School Gala Benefit, Cipriani Wall Street, NYC. December 6, 2010.
Greater Jamaica Development Corporation Benefit, Jamaica, Queens, NY. October 21, 2010.
Rebels and Renegades, chashama theatre Benefit, Anita’s Way, NYC. Sept. 27, 2010.
Flow Affair: Fan Flag Flouging Dance. A fundraiser for the documentary Flow Affair by Wolfgang Busch. The Center, NYC. Friday April 23, 2010.
New York Foundation For The Arts – Benefit Fundraiser, James Cohan Gallery, NYC. Feb. 25, 2010.
2006 – 2009
New Jersey State Planetarium Benefit, 2009 DAC – Art Under The Bridge, 2009 Brodsky Center Benefit– Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, NJ, 2009 New York Foundation For The Arts – Benefit, 2008, 2009 chashama arts Benefit: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015 ART New York - Alliance of Resident Theaters Benefit, 2008 Saint Ann’s School Benefit, 2006, 2008