Ravenna Tucker Wagnon, Dance
Associate Professor of Dance
Body Arts and Science International (BASI Pilates) Certification, 2010
Masters of Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology, June 2005
Post Grad Diploma in Dance Instruction, Queensland University of Technology Australia, 2002
The Birmingham Royal Ballet (UK), 1990-1996
The Royal Ballet Company (UK), 1979-1990
Teaching Certificate C.S.T.D., Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing, Singapore, 2001
Teachers’ Course for Professional Dancers, The Royal Ballet School, Britain, 1997
Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance, The Royal Ballet School (TCPD), Britain, 1978- 197
‘O’ Levels (x9), King George V School, Hong Kong, 1978
Academic Articles
Dancing in the Footsteps of Jesus, October 2010. Belhaven University
…Still Dancing, August 2013, Belhaven University
Creative Activity or Performance
Ballet Magnificat, Mississippi, participant in company class, July 2015 Belhaven University
Urban Dance Festival 2015, participant in two workshops, January 2015
"Spectre" pas de deux performance, October 2014, Community Dance Concert, Belhaven University
"Sevillanas" solo performance, April 2014, Mississippi Art Museum fund-raiser, Jackson, Mississippi.
Ave Maria solo performance, May 2012, Mississippi Dance Festival (USM).
Ave Maria solo performance, March 2012, Sheffield Ladies Book Club, Alabama.
The Nutcracker (Act II pas de deux), March 2012, with rehearsal director Henry Danton, DVD archive.
Solo for Senior Project, choreography, March 2011, Belhaven University.
Fandango de Candil solo performance, October 2011, Community Dance Concert, Belhaven University.
Ave Maria and Sankanda solo performances, May 2011, inaugural Project Dance London.
Alleluia, choreography, September 2010, Dance Ministry Ensemble, Belhaven University.
Just One Life, choreography, March 2010, Missions Conference 2010, Redeemer Presbyterian Church.
Requiem For My Friend and Sankanda, solo performances, October 2008, Community Concert, Belhaven
University.
Fandango de Candil by Antonio Vargas, solo performance, October 2007, Community Concert, Belhaven
University.
The Beatitudes, choreography, November 2007, Belhaven University.
Fandango de Candil by Antonio Vargas, solo performance, August 2007, Dance Ad Deum Summer
Intensive, Houston, Texas.
Ave Maria solo performance, October 2006, Community Concert, Belhaven University.
Ave Maria solo performance, August 2006, Dance Ad Deum Summer Intensive, Houston, Texas.
Professional Leadership
Columbia City Conservatory of Dance (William Starrett), South Carolina, two summer classes, June 2015
South Carolina Christian Dance Theatre (Cynthia Dewar), South Carolina, summer school dance
program, June 2015
Conservatory of Ballet Aviv, New Orleans, two summer classes, June 2015
Hinds Community College, Mississippi, summer school dance program, Ballet instructor, June 2015
Belhaven University, Faculty Council member from 2014-2015
Belhaven University, Rehearsal Director for Mr Henry Danton's staging of Marius Petipa's Don Quixote The Dream Scene, November 2014
International Ballet Competition, Jackson, Mississippi, Ballet Instructor for competitors and Evaluator,
June 2014
Laurel Ballet Academy, Jackson, Mississippi, Guest instructor for ballet class, October 2014
Mississippi Dance Festival, Ballet and Pilates instructor, August 2014
Mississippi Museum of Art fund-raiser, Jackson, Mississippi, staged "Guajiras", April 2014
Belhaven University, Rehearsal director for David Bintley's "Galanteries", April 2014
City Dance, Jackson, Mississippi, adjudicator for auditions. August 2013.
American College Dance Festival Association, Ballet and Pilates instructor, March 2013
Alabama Dance Festival, Ballet instructor, January 2013
Belhaven University, Rehearsal Director for George Balanchine’s Serenade (1st Movement), October
2012
Mississippi Dance Festival, Pilates instructor, May 2012
International Ballet Competition Gala, Jackson, Mississippi, Ballet instructor, July 2012
Talk Dance, Treasurer, 2008-2011
International Ballet Competition, Jackson, Mississippi, Selection Committee Panel Member, March 2010
Belhaven University, Rehearsal Director for Deanna Blacher’s Guajiras, April 2007
Belhaven University, Associate Professor of Dance, 2006-Present
LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, Lecturer in Dance, 1997 – 2005
Presentations
June 2015, informal talk and power point presentation on my career and Christian walk as a former
professional dancer, to the students of the South Carolina Christian Dance Theatre
April 2014, introductory talk on choreographer David Bintley featured in the Spring Dance Concerts,
Belhaven University, Jackson
March 2014, talk and PowerPoint presentation, Mockler Center, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary,
Boston, "My Career as a Ballet Dancer and My Conversion to Christianity".
May 2013, talk and power point presentation, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Ravenna TuckerMy Life and Journey as a Dancer and a Christian.
February 2013, talk and power point presentation, Ladies' Book Club, Alabama, Ravenna Tucker- My Life
as a Dancer.
March 2012, talk and power point presentation, Sheffield Ladies' Book Club, Alabama, Ravenna TuckerMy Life as a Dancer.
September 2011, talk and power point presentation, Belhaven University, Jackson, Ravenna Tucker- My
Life as a Dancer.
May 2011, interviewee, Project Dance London 2011, topic on my career as a professional dancer.
Academic Awards
March 2014, Second Term of Tenure, Belhaven University
October 2011, Tenure, Belhaven University.
May 2010, certification, Body Arts and Science International (BASI Pilates).