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Crystal Frazier

Crystal Frazier

Crystal Frazier

EDUCATION 2016 – 2018 Jacksonville University MFA Choreography - Dance 1993- 1995 University of the Arts – Associates Degree in Dance 1995-1996 Community College of 1989-1993 Penns Grove High School

TEACHING/INSTRUCTION 2011-Present Hope College, MI – Hip Hop, Tap, Afro-Fusion 2018 Anthony Burrell’s Breaking Barriers, PA – Hip Hop Bravo Dance Center, PA – Jazz Dancers Inc Competition and Convention – Hip Hop, Afro-Fusion Koresh Dance Center, PA – Hip Hop Chicago National Association of Dance Masters – Hip Hop, Afro- Fusion, Tap On Tour Dance Convention – Afro-Fusion 2008- 2015 Reed Dance Intensive, PA – Hip Hop 2017 Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico – Hip Hop Alabama Dance Festival – Hip Hop Renaissance High School, MI – Hip Hop DLD Dance Center, IL – Hip Hop, House 2016 Dancers Inc. Competition and Convention – Hip Hop, Tap, Afro- Fusion Alabama Dance Festival – Hip Hop, Tap Master Class On Edge Movement, PA – Hip Hop Master Class MSA On Tour – Afro-Fusion, Hip Hop Instructor Addicted 2 Dance, PA – Hip Hop Master Class Motion Dance Convention – Hip Hop Instructor Connecticut College – Hip Hop Master Class Chicago High School for the Arts, IL – Hip Hop Master Class Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School, PA – Hip Hop Michigan Dance Festival, Hip Hop 2015 Dance International Workshop Tour – Hip Hop Master

Class

Nagoya School of Music, Japan – Hip Hop Master Class

Osaka Dance and Actors School, Japan – Hip Hop Master Class Tokyo School of Music and Dance, Japan – Hip Hop Master Class Tokyo Dance and Actors School, Japan – Hip Hop Master Class Cleo Parker Robinson Dance: International Summer Dance Institute – Hip Hop International Association of Black Dance, OH – Hip Hop Instructor Dancers Inc Competition and Convention – Hip Hop, Tap Instructor Bravo Dance Center, PA – Jazz Master Class Syracuse Dance Studio 10, NY – Tap, Hip Hop Master Class Body Language Dance Center – Hip Hop Master Class Artistry Dance Project, NY – Hip Hop, Afro-Fusion Master Class On Edge Movement, PA – Hip Hop Master Class MSA On Tour – Hip Hop, Afro-Fusion Instructor The Rock School West Dance Intensive, PA – Hip Hop Instructor 2007-2014 Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts, CT – Hip Hop, Repertory 2014 Green Works Project Summer Intensive, OH – Hip Hop Instructor American College Dance Association, IL – Hip Hop Master Class The Rock School West Dance Intensive, Pa – Hip Hop On Tour Dance Convention – Hip Hop, Afro-Fusion Instructor 2013 Bravo Dance Center, PA – Hip Hop Master Class Oakland Dance Festival, MI – Hip Hop Master Class Michigan Dance Festival, MI – Hip Hop Master Class 2012 University of Colorado Boulder, CO– Hip Hop Master Class Miami Light Project, FL – Hip Hop Master Class Dance Quest, Canada - Afro-Fusion, Hip Hop Black Dance Festival, PA – Hip Hop Master Class California State University, CA – Hip Hop Master Class The Rock School West Jazz Intensive, PA – Hip Hop Rabbea Murkus Dance Studio, Kfar Yassif, – Hip Hop Master Class Bikurei Ha-Itim Dance School, Tel Aviv, Israel – Hip Hop Master Class Hebrew University, Israel – Hip Hop Master Class Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Israel – Hip Hop Master Class Zafer Al-Masri Foundation Hip Hop Camp, Nablus – Hip Hop 2011 Addicted 2 Dance, PA - Hip Hop, Hip Hop Competition Team The Rock School West for Dance Education, PA – Jazz, Tap and Hip Hop University of the Arts, PA – Lecturer – Styles of Jazz/Hip Hop The Rock School West Jazz Intensive – Hip Hop Pre- College Summer Institute at University of the Arts, PA – Hip Hop, Repertory Core Academy of Movement, NJ – Hip Hop Master Class Middletown High School, NY – Hip Hop Master Class 2010-2011 Chez Dance Studio, NJ – Hip Hop 2009-2011 Body Language Dance Center – Hip Hop, Tap, Afro-Fusion, Hip Hop Team 2010 Core Academy of Movement Summer Masters Series, NJ – Hip Hop Master Class Maine Dance Teachers Club – Hip Hop, Jazz, Afro Fusion Dancers Inc. Competition and Convention – Hip Hop, Contemporary, Jazz, Afro-Fusion – Director Point Park University, Pa – Hip Hop Master Class , Ca – Hip Hop Master Class Bryn Mawr College, PA – Hip Hop, Repertory International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference & Festival – Hip Hop Master Class 2009-2010 Touch of Class Dance Studio, PA – Guest Instructor, Hip Hop and Jazz 2008-2010 Chez Dance Studio, NJ – Hip Hop 1997-2010 Koresh Dance Center, PA – Hip Hop Instructor 2009 International Teachers of Dance, Inc. – Hip Hop, Guest Instructor L.A. Dance, NY – Hip Hop Master Class Kicks Academy of Dance, PA, Teachers Seminar – Hip Hop Kicks Academy of Dance, PA – Hip Hop Touch of Class Dance Studio, PA – Hip Hop Master Class Dance Institute, PA – Hip Hop International Teachers of Dance, Inc., NJ – Hip Hop Grounds for Sculpture, NJ – Movement/Dance 2008-2009 Touch of Class Dance Studio, PA – Hip Hop 2008-2009 Jones Summer Dance Intensive, PA – Hip Hop 2008 Cruzan Dance St. Croix – Hip Hop Chez Dance Intensive Camp, PA – Hip Hop Tip Tap Toe Dance Studio, NJ – Hip Hop, Afro-Fusion Master Class , PA – Hip Hop Master Class 2006-2007 Debra Sparks Dance Works, PA –Hip Hop, Tap, Jazz, Competition Team 2006 DanceQuest, Canada - Afro-Modern Pre-College Summer Institute Dance Program at The University of the Arts – Hip Hop Cruzan Dance Summer Intensive, St. Croix – Hip Hop 2005 Williamstown High School, NJ – Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan – Hip Hop, Tap University of the Arts Summer World of Dance, PA – Hip Hop, Repertory Ladies of Hip Hop, PA – Hip Hop 2004 Bermuda Dance Company – Hip Hop Master Class 2003 Danse Encore Festival, Canada – Hip Hop Danse Encore Canada Tour – Hip Hop Instructor 2002 Touch of Class Dance Studio Holiday Workshop – Hip Hop Master Class Bryn Mawr College – Hip Hop University of the Arts Summer World of Dance, PA – Hip Hop, Repertory West Bodine High School – Hip Hop Master Class Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, PA – Hip Hop Master Class Rennie Harris Illadelph Legends Festival, PA – Hip Hop, House 2001 Touch of Class Dance Studio Holiday Workshop - Jazz Master Class 1998 Point Breeze Performing Arts Center Summer Enrichment Program – Gymnastics, Tap 1994-1996 Academy of Performing Arts, NJ – Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Gymnastics, Sr Jazz Company

DANCE PERFORMANCE 2014 Rennie Harris PureMovement: Central Asia Tour (Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan) - Repertory 2013 Rennie Harris PureMovement Dance USA Showcase - Repertory 2012 Rennie Harris PureMovement, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, FL - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement, Miami Dade College’s Live Arts, FL - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement, Hope College Great Performance Series, MI - Repertory Art Prize - Hope College Arts Showcase, MI – Tap Soloist Rennie Harris PureMovement, Califorina State University – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Israel Hip Hop Convention, Ginosar, Israel - Continium Rennie Harris PureMovement – Gerard Behar Theater, Jerusalem, Israel - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Ur Nation, Israel – Continium Rennie Harris PureMovement – Mawwal Hall, Nazareth, Israel - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Turki Bin Sultan Theater, Nablus - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Al Kasaba Theater, Ramallah, Palestine - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – American Day, Ben Gurion University, Israel – Lecture Demonstration Rennie Harris PureMovement – Cairo Opera House, - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Sawy Hip Hop Battle, Cairo, Egypt - Continium Rennie Harris PureMovement – Performance at the Garage, Alexandria, Egypt - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement Diana Wortham Theatre, NC - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement Swarthmore College, PA – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement Dance Motion Showcase, DC – Continum 2011 Rennie Harris PureMovement Western Michigan University - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement– Black Dance Festival, Love Suite Rennie Harris PureMovement Wesleyan University – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement - Cain Park, OH – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement - Ringling Museum of Arts, FL – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Barroquisimo Festival, Mexico - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – PIFA, Heaven Rennie Harris PureMovement –Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, MA - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement, Nazareth College Arts Center, NY – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – APAP, NY - Repertory 2010 Rennie Harris PureMovement OPAN Showcase, PA – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Freemen Summer Series - Rep Rennie Harris PureMovement – Pittsburgh International Black Arts Festival - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement - Seven Days, Florida State University - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement, MCCC Lively Arts Season, PA – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement Lafayette Community College, PA - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement Standford University, CA – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – International Association of Blacks in Dance - Breath 2009 Rennie Harris PureMovement - Left Coast Leaning, CA – Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Kohler Arts Center Performance Series, FL - Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Jacob’s Pillow, Repertory Rennie Harris PureMovement – Rialto Center for the Arts, GA Repertory Rennie Harris PuerMovement – 100 Naked Locks Rennie Harris PureMovement – Live at Rose Leherman, Repertory 2008 Rennie Harris Puremovement – Mississippi State University Lyceum Series, Repertory Rennie Harris Puremovement, - Dancing the World, New Castle, England – Repertory 2007 Rennie Harris Puremovement – White Bird PSU Dance Series - Repertory Rennie Harris Puremovement – The Barre Opera House Celebration Series – Repertory Rennie Harris Puremovement – Gettysburg Festival Celebrating America -Repertory Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Performance Series – Repertory Leeway Foundation Changemakers Cabaret – Brown Girl Rennie Harris Puremovement – Rutgers Department of Dance presents – Repertory Rennie Harris Puremovement – Not The Same Old and Dance, Repertory Rennie Harris Puremovement – RHPM 15th Anniversary Retrospective, PA - Repertory Montazh Performing Arts Company – Dance with the Bride 2006 Montazh Performing Arts Company – Brotherly Love Stop the Violence & Promote the Peace Showcase - Dancer 2005 Montazh Performing Arts Company – Me’lange-An Evening of Hip Hop Dance, Dancer, Founder Groovaloo – The Chorus Line Is Now a Circle - Swing Cast – Dancer Montazh Performing Arts Company – Jam for Jess, Dancer Brotherly Love – Dancer, Actress Jill Scott ‘Beautiful Tour’ – Featured Dancer and Choreographer The Groovaloos – Groovaloo, LA – Dancer – swing cast 2004 Montazh Performing Arts Company – Hip Hop Extravaganza, Bermuda, Director Montazh Performing Arts Company – Legends of Hip Hop 2003 Encore Danses En Tourne’e, Canada – Soloist Performer, Choreographer Montazh Performing Arts Company – LadyFest Philly Festival – Dancer Encore Danses Encore Festival, Canada – Duet with Duane Holland Montazh Performings Arts Company – GLUE Performance Series, Dancer 2002 Montazh Performing Arts Company Benefit Party - Dancer Rennie Harris Puremovement - Flammable Contents – Continuum, Dancer Montazh Performing Arts Company – Repertory, Dancer/Co- Founder Rennie Harris PureMovement – John Schreiber Group - Repertory Montazh Performing Arts Company – Woman Hitting the Wall Montazh Performing Arts Company – L&L Sterling Dance Company Winter Concert – Dancer Montazh Performing Arts Company – Nike All Star Showcase, PA – Dancer, Co-Founder 2001 Montazh Performing Arts Company – Hairball, Dancer Montazh Performing Arts Company – Drake Theater, Dancer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder 1999-2001 Montazh Performing Arts Company – Rittenhouse Row Arts Festival - Repertory 2000 Montazh Performing Arts Company – Black History Celebration, Dancer Montazh Performing Arts Company – Op Sail 2000: Philadelphia Tall Ships Festival, Repertory,Dancer 1999-2000 Montazh Performing Arts Company – City of Hope Benefit, Repertory, Dancer 1999 Montazh Performing Arts Company – Juneteenth Jubilee, Dancer Kathy Sledge (Denver Nuggets Opening Night) – Dancer Kathy Sledge – Foxwoods Casino Resort - Dancer 1998 Rennie Harris Puremovement – One Love, Dancer 1996 Rennie Harris PureMovement – Next Move Festival, PA – Repertory 1995 Rennie Harris PureMovement – Toni Cade Bambara Celebration – Four Women

FILM/TELEVISION/VIDEO/INDUSTRY 2009 A Philadelphia Hip Hop Dance Documentary “The Big Pay Back”, RAW Talent – interview, dancer 2006 Velocity Express – Model, Print Work 2005 BET Awards - Will and Jada Pinket-Smith - Dancer 2002 An Introduction to Darimar Records, LLC – Artist Kwei, Dance 2001 VH-1 Fashion Awards – Dancer, Macy Gray and George Clinton Montazh Performing Arts Company - Philly Live (dance week) WYBE-TV - Dancer Montazh Performing Arts Company - Good Day Philadelphia WTXF-TV - Dancer 1999 MTV Global Groove – Dancer 1998 Beloved Movie, Harpo Productions – Dancer, Extra Kathy Sledge Tour – Dancer “When We Get Together”, music video – Artist: Da Mont White - Dancer 1997 Powerhouse Fifteen Concert – Dancer 1995 MTV Lip Service – Finalist Contestant

CHOREOGRAPHY 2018 Jacksonville University Residency – “glss” (excerpt) Hope College Dance Department: Dance 44 – “glss” (hip hop) Bravo Dance Center – “Burning Up” (jazz) Edge Dance Studio, NC – Money (hip hop) 2017 Hope College Dance Department: Dance 43 – Pure As Sin (jazz – fusion) Renaissance High School Dance Works, MI – Interface (afro- Fusion) Edge Dance Studio, NC – Pep Rally (hip hop) Borealis Dance, MN – Enough (hip hop, modern, afro-fusion) 2016 Hope College H2 Dance Company – Mandela (afro-fusion) Chicago Tap Theatre: Tidings of Tap – H2 Dance Company – Dance a la russe (tap Hope College Dance Department: Dance 42 – We The People (hip hop) Body Language Dance Center, PA – Set It Off (hip hop) Edge Dance Studio, NC – Pep Rally (hip hop) Bravo Dance Center, PA – Grown Women (jazz) Motion Dance Elite, PA – Throwback (hip hop) Reed II Dance Company, PA – We The People (hip hop) 2015 Hope College Dance Department: Dance 41 – Midnight in the Queens Court, (tap) Hope College H2 Dance Company – Xscapism (hip hop), Midnight in the Queens Court (tap) Reed Dance Intensive – We the People, The Dark Side (hip hop) Chicago Tap Theatre: Tidings of Tap – H2 Dance Company – My Favorite Things (tap) 2014 Greene Works Project Summer Intensive – The Dark Side (hip hop) Greene Works Project – Mandela (afro-fusion) Hope College Dance Department : Dance 40 – Ladies Night (tap) Hope College: H2 Dance Company – Summertime (tap) Mandela (afro-fusion) Chicago Tap Theatre: Tidings of Tap – H2 Dance Company – Winter Song (tap) Reed Dance Intensive – Latch (hip hop) Earl Mosley Instinstution of the Arts – Xscapism (hip hop) 2013 InSync Dance Theatre – The Legend Lives On (tap), Soul Travelin’ (afro-fusion) Hope College Dance Department: Dance 39 – Legendary (hip hop and tap) Chicago Tap Theatre: Tidings of Tap – H2 Dance Company – Jingle Bell Rock (tap) Reed Dance Intensive – Legacy , Set It Off (hip hop) Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts 2012 Chicago Tap Theatre: Tidings of Tap - InSync Dance Theatre (Hope College), Opera of the Bells Grandville High School Marching Band – Hip Hop Section InSync Dance Theatre, Hope College – Journey Afro-Fusion) 2011-2012 Philadelphia Sixers Pre-Pro Dance Team – Boogie Wonderland - Guest Choreographer 2011-2012 Touch of Dance Studio – Sr. Hip Hop Team – Femme Fatale 2011 Rennie Harris Puremovement Kidz Hip Hop Workshop - Director 2010-2011 Philadelphia Sixers Dance Team, PA – Beyonce Mix 2010 Bryn Mawr College “MJ Tribute” - Hip Hop, Guest Choreographer August Wilson Dance Ensemble “Legacy” - Hip Hop, Guest Choreographer 2009-2010 Sixers Dance Team – MJ Medley – Guest Choreographer 2009-2010 Sixers Pre-Pro Dance Team – Freakum Dress – Guest Choreographer 2009 Bryn Mawr College Ensemble “Legacy” – Guest Hip Hop Choreographer Garden State Dance Festival – Free, Choreographer 2008 Garden State Dance Festival ‘Shake’ – NO H8, Co-Choreographer 2007 Rennie Harris Puremovement – Rutgers Department of Dance presents – Repertory Elite Dance Force – Sr. Hip Hop Team & Open Team, Guest Choreographer 2006 University of the Arts Winter Dance & Music Concert Series – Legacy (hip hop) Pre-College Summer Institute Dance Performance at The University of the Arts, A Nite Out Ladies of Hip Hop Festival, PA – Hip Hop Master Class

2005 Williamstown High School Performing Arts Department Presents: A Winter Holiday Concert - A Holiday Party, Opera of the Bells West Chest Dance Theatre – You Got Served (hip hop) and Trust (jazz) Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan – Improv, The Rehearsal, Mixed 2003 Dance Ensemble: Moving Images – Goodtimes 2002 University of the Arts Summer World of Dance 2001 Philadelphia 76ers Dance Team – Guest Choreographer

JUDICATOR 2004 – Present Dancers Inc. Competition and Convention 2012 Dance Quest, Canada 2010 Miss Gloucester County Scholarship Pageant, NJ Miss Wilmington Scholarship Pageant, DE 2008 Miss Urban Teen, St. Croix 2006 DanceQuest, Canada – Judicator Present Dancers Inc. Competition and Convention 2005 Kaohsiung National Tap Dance Competition, Taiwan 1995 Woodstown High School Prom – King & Queen

COLLABORATION 2008 Garden State Dance Festival ‘Shake’ – NO H8, Crystal Frazier and Diva Richards 2003 Her Anguish – Crystal Frazier and Kate Watson-Wallace, Montazh Performing Arts Company Danse Encore Festival- Faze II, Crystal Frazier and Duane Holland 2002 Philadelphia Fringe Festival: Bitter Love Suite – Courtship Meeting, Crystal Frazier and Duane Holland

AWARDS/GRANTS 2012 Slick City House Battle – 2nd place 2010 National Dance Showcase – Top Senior Choreography 2006 Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant, Ladies of Hip Hop 1997 Miss Salem County (Miss America Scholarship Preliminary Pageant 1992-1993 Certificate for Academic Excellence for Renaissance Club – Penns Grove High School 1991 Certificate of Recognition for New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival 1990 Woodstown Dance & Fitness Gymnast of the Year 1988-1992 New Jersey State Teen Arts Finalist 1987 NJ Hemisphere State Talent Winner Junior Miss East Coast Talent Winner International Teacher’s of Dance Competition Winner 1986 Performance Arts Alliance Winner Tony Grant Talent Unlimited Winner 1985 South Jersey Dance Academy Dancer of the Year

LECTURE 2016 Fukuoka School of Music and Dance, Japan Nagoya School of Music, Japan Osaka Dance and Actors School, Japan Tokyo School of Music and Dance, Japan Tokyo Dance and Actors School, Japan 2015 Cleo Parker Robinson Dance: International Summer Dance Institute 2010 The Ailey School Certificate graduating class – Dance 2009 Leap Academy Elementary School, Camden, NJ – Dance 2008 The Ailey School Certificate Program

TRAINING 1989-1993 Woodstown Dance Academy, NJ – Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Gymnastics 1989-1990 Gloucester County Academy of Dance and Gymanstics – Gymnastics 1989-1990 John Casablanca Modeling Agency, PA – Modeling and Acting 1981-1989 South Jersey Dance Academy, NJ – Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Gymnastics, Baton Twirling & Teacher’s Training

DIRECTING 2013-Present H2 Dance Company – Co- Director 2012-2013 Insync Dance Theatre - Assistant- Artistic Director 2011- Present Rennie Harris PureMovement Kidz - Director 2010 - Present Slither Dance Project - Founder 2010 – Present Dancers Inc. Competition and Convention 2009 – Present Rennie Harris R.H.A.W – Assistant Artistic Director 1998-2008 Montazh Performing Arts Company – Co- Founder