Deborah Damast
425 Main Street, Apt 7K
New York, NY 10044
[email protected]
c. 918.371.0031
w. 212.998.5865
NYU Steinhardt
Music and Performing Arts Professions
Dance Education Program
35 West 4th Street suite 1205
New York, NY 10012
Education:
2002 MA Dance and Dance Education, NYU Steinhardt
1996 DEL Certificate 92nd St Y
1990 Scholarship Certificate Program, Peridance Center
1988 BFA Dance, SUNY Purchase Conservatory
1971-1984 Academy of Ballet Etudes and ABE Repertory Company
Honors, Awards, Scholarships:
2010 Outstanding Educator Award, National Dance Education Organization
2008 GSO Star Faculty Award, NYU Steinhardt
2002 NYU Steinhardt Graduate Valedictory honor: alt. graduate student speaker
1990 Peridance Center Scholarship
Professional Memberships:
2004-present National Dance Education Organziation member
2006-present New York State Dance Education Association member
2010-present Dance and the Child International, Inc. member
2009-present Faculty Representative, American College Dance Festival Association
2010-present NYSDEA Board of Directors Member
2007-2009 NDEO Board of Directors Member
Conference Presentations:
2013 NYSDEA, NYC NY: half day choreographic workshop
2012 NDEO, Los Angeles, CA: 2 workshops and panel
2012 ACDFA, Penn State, PA: NYU in Uganda, and presentation of original
choreography, Apart/ A Part (with NYU students)
2011 ACDFA, Muhlenberg College, PA: NYU in Uganda, and presentation of original
choreography, (Our) Last Indulgences- Gala selection. (with NYU students)
2010 ACDFA, Boston University: NYU in Uganda
2009 NDEO: NY, NY: Developing a Technique Class From Choreography (workshop)
2009 DEL 92nd St Y, NY, NY: African Dance: From the continent to the classroom;
weekend intensive workshop/professional development
2009 ACDFA: Penn State, PA: Developing Autobiographical Choreography, and NYU in
Uganda
2008 NDEO: Towson University, Maryland (panel)
2008 NYU: Arts Education: To what end? (panel)
2007 Dance Teacher Magazine Conference, NY, NY
2007 NDEO: University of Mobile, Alabama (paper)
2007 CUNY Graduate Center, NY – Feminist Pedagogy Conference. (paper)
2006 NDEO UC Long Beach, CA (workshop)
2006 NDEO Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (panel)
2005 NDEO University of Buffalo, NY (performance and panel)
2004 NDEO New Mexico University, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Publications:
2007-2010 Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, DanceU101
2010 Daily Monitor, Kampala, Uganda
2009 Daily Monitor, Kampala, Uganda
2009 Dance Teacher Magazine
2008 NDEO Conference publication: Creative Movement and Social Studies: Implicit
and Explicit Implications
2008 Nick Jr
2007 Dance Teacher Magazine
2003 Daily News
2004 Parent Guide
Creative Dance Videos:
Move N’ Groove Kids: Volumes 1, 2, 3 www.movengroovekids.com
Motion Capture:
2003-present: danced, produced, and collaborated with Motion Capture Lab at NYU,
topics researched include LMA studies, symmetry study, and human gesture studies
2004: motion captured dancer as Wilma Flinstone for satellite media tour
2003: motion captured dancer for TWIX dance website
Employment:
New York University (2002-current)
Current Position: Full Time Master Teacher, Artistic Advisor, and Artistic
Director of Concerts and Kaleidoscope Dancers
Program Coordinator (2002-2004) Artistic Advisor (2004-present) Adjunct
Faculty (2002-2010)
Responsibilities include:
Director of Kaleidoscope Dancers, Director of Dance Concerts, Dance Director of
IMPACT, Director and Founder of study abroad program to Uganda, Studio
scheduling, Mentoring student choreography for concerts and American College
Dance Festival, Liaison to ACDFA, Theatre Usage Committee
Courses: Dance Production, Intermediate Technique and Pedagogy, Advanced
Technique and Pedagogy, Teaching Performance of Dance, Creative Movement,
Intro to Modern Dance, Summer Dance Intensive, Winter Intersession Study
Abroad to Uganda, IMPACT Dance Director, Company classes for KD company,
Integrating Arts into Early Childhood Curriculum (T&L)
Initiatives: Uganda study abroad program, KD, KD2, alumni connect with
performances, co-founder and dance director of IMPACT, obtained Camanjani
grant to bring Peggy Hackney to NYU, special needs (wheelchair technique)
workshops with Kitty Lunn, collaborations with LREI, Telematic Internet
Collaborations with Music Education, Music Technology, and remote sites (UC
Irvine, UCSC, Bergen CCC, Rider U, Rowan, U); Technology collaborations with
composers Dinu Ghezzo and John Gilbert, Motion Capture studies collaborations
with Chris Bregler in Dept of Computer Science
Choreography shown at NYU:
2002 Spring Concert – Leaving, Coming Back (solo)
2002 MA Concert – Erased Memories
2003 Distinguished Faculty Concert – Bolero
2003 Distinguished Faculty Concert – Concierto para bongos
2004 Distinguished Faculty Concert – Tessellations
2004 Collaboration with John Gilbert in Black Box
2005 Distinguished Faculty Concert – City Life
2005 Collaboration with John Gilbert in Black Box
2006 Distinguished Faculty Concert – Love Thy Neighbor
2007 Distinguished Faculty Concert – Time’s Up
2008 Distinguished Faculty Concert - Ankole Modern
2008 IMPACT Faculty Showcase
2009 Distinguished Faculty Concert - Prelude One 2 Bolero
2009 IMPACT Faculty showcase performance
2010 Distinguished Faculty Concert- (Our) final Indulgences
2010 IMPACT Faculty Showcase
2011 Choreography and danced in Special Concert to Dinu Ghezzo
2011 Distinguished Faculty Concert- Apart/ A Part
2012 Distinguished Faculty Concert- Apart/A Part
Little Red Schoolhouse; (2001-current)
Early childhood classes in creative movement, Middle School dance majors teacher
NYC DOE office of Arts and Special Projects (2005-present): DELTA team member
under supervision of Joan Finkelstein. Professional Development Facilitator to certified
licensed NYC dance teachers, collaborations with Alvin Ailey, Mark Morris, American
Ballet Theatre, Lar Lubovich, Paul Taylor companies.
NYC DOE office of Arts and Special Projects (2010-2012) member of the Arts
Achieve Assessment Development Team. 5-year initiative of select team to study
assessment in Dance and create a working assessment model for the NYC DOE.
Peridance Center: (1990-present) Open adult classes in modern dance, repertory, and
composition. Director of children’s program, teacher in children’s program of creative
dance, pre-ballet, ballet, pre-modern, modern choreography and composition. Faculty
professional development workshops. Higher Ed liaison with Perichild Ensemble
92nd St. Y DEL/Harkness Center (2010-current) asked to co-write and develop
“Wonderdance” model, a curriculum design for dance in early childhood for 92nd St Y
92nd St Y DEL Program (2005-present) Professional Development to NYC DOE
teachers in regions 3, 9 and 10 workshops in choreography, pedagogy, improvisation,
production, and creative dancemaking
92nd St. Y Harkness Dance Center (1994-2000) children’s dance classes in modern and
ballet
New York City Ballet Education Department (1995-1998) Teacher at PS 9 and MS
297Q with Ballet Bridges program
Marymount Manhattan College (2008) guest lecturer in Ugandan dance
The Yard, Martha’s Vineyard MA (2008-present) classes in creative movement to
children and Modern dance to adults, development of children’s summer choreography
courses piloted 2011
The Dance in Education Fund/Steffi Nossen School – children’s program director,
teacher of creative dance, modern dance, master classes, concert group and company
teacher and choreographer. Teacher at satellite schools in Scarsdale, White Plains,
Bedford Hills, Chappaqua, Purchase, and outreach classes at St. Bernard’s Head Start
Homeless Shelter
Oregon Ballet Theatre – Portland, OR (1995-2001)
Summer dance workshops for children from disadvantaged schools and OBT
company members
Harvey School Cavalier Summer Camp (1996-2001)
Director of Dance, modern, ballet, and choreography classes
Temple Habonim Nursery School (1992-1998), Creative dance classes
The JCC Manhattan: (1994-1999) Creative dance classes
Innovative Learning Centers: (1992-1996) creative dance classes
Choreography presented at:
Nationally:
2012 Penn State
2011 Muhlenberg College
2009 The Yard, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2004 SUNY Buffalo, NY
1995-2001 Oregon Ballet Theatre, OR
1984-88, 1991-1993 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
Internationally:
2010 ICCU Incheon, Korea
2007-2013 National Theatre, Uganda
2007-2010 Makerere University, Uganda
2008 N’Dere Center, Uganda
2007-2012 Kampala Ballet and Modern Dance School, Uganda
2002 Aizu Wakamatsu Theatre, Japan
1990 Parco del Pini International Dance Festival, Italy
New York City Venues:
2012 Skirball Center
2011 92Y
1998-2012 Frederick Loewe Theatre, NYC
1988-2012 Peridance Center, NYC
2010 Judson Church, NYC
2010 New York City Ballet
2010 American Dance Therapy National Conference
1998-2010 NYU Black Box Theatre, NYC
2009 White Wave Theatre, NYC
2003, 2008-2010 University Settlement, NYC
2007 Symphony Space, NYC
2007, 2008 Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC
2006 Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC
2003, 2006 92nd St Y, NYC (Fridays at noon, Sundays at 3)
2005, 2008 St. Marks Church (DRA and Peridance Benefits), NYC
2004-2009 Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, NYC
2004 Union Square Festival of the Arts, NYC
2005 Cooper Union Theatre, NYC
2002 Theatre of the Riverside Church, NYC
2002 14th Street YMHA, NYC
2001 LREI, NYC
1990-1993 Westbeth, NYC
1989-1990 RAPP Arts Center, NYC
1989 Nikolais Louis Choreospace, NYC
1996, 1998 Context Theatre, NYC
1997 Friends Seminary, NYC
1992 Washington Square Church, NYC
2000 Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC
1996 Gowanus Arts Exchange
1994 Asser Levy Cultural Center, NYC
1993 World Financial Center, NYC
1994 The Spiral, NYC
1993 The Bank, NYC
Choreographers/ Companies danced with:
NYDC; Wakako Ishida and Kasei Innoue – NYC and Japan
Frederick Curry
Kay Nishikawa
William Adair
Kevin Wynn
Miguel Valdez-Mor
Igal Perry/Peridance Ensemble
Renata Celichowska
Scott Crawford
Amelia Derezinski
Andrea Markus
Christian Castren – International Touring
Dance Collective
Ernest Kohl- International Touring
Anke Menzel
Nayo and Friends