Program Leader Dance
Resume:
Rhonda Cates
**** ******** **, *** ****, New York 10034
E-mail: ******@*****.***
Adjunct professor of dance in the theatre department at The New York State University ( Binghamton University)
teach: ballet,modern, jazz,choreography and musical theatre.
had the pleasure of teaching and mentoring with the NYU Tisch School of the arts dance summer exchange
program. Invited by NYU faculty professional Giada Ferrone also the artistic director of the Toscana Dance Hub in
Florence Italy. Students performed in Florence.
Artistic Director of the Rhonda Cates Dance & Theatrical Company. Providing arts in education for NYCDOE, private
foundations and arts organizations: produces dance, music, theatre and visual arts programs, from K-12 to regional
theater productions; from special needs students to scholarship and competition winners.
Collaborations with core subject teachers to align theatre, dance and musical arts with curriculums. For example,
“Colonial Cavalcade” aligns theatrical arts with classroom history. Rhonda's “No, Bully!” theater program is
customized to suit class abilities, and covers all the grades. The RCDTC's staff development residencies trains
teachers to incorporate “creative movement’ into classroom agendas.
1992-1997
Freelance director choreographer for off-Broadway,dance companies, dance schools, dance competitions, state
beauty pageant talent advisor. NY State BOCES: directed and choreographed performances, lecture demonstrations
and residencies for schools throughout NY State.
1986 -1992
New York
Trainee at The Martha Graham Center under Director Diane Grey and taught the Martha Graham technique to
Saturday classes of young dancers.
Studied and performed with the Michael Moriority Acting Group in off-Broadway shows.
Film: Played the Mother in “Shadows in the City” directed by Ari M. Roussimoff
Taught dance classes in Dance Steps, Broadway Bound, Dance Space and numerous studios in NYC, the Boroughs
and New Jersey.
Radio Call Company: Director of Entertainment and trade shows
1980-1986
North Carolina
Artistic Director of Danse-One, a dance studio and touring dance company out of Charlotte, NC
Featured Soloist touring with Dance-One company (including lecture demonstrations) for NC Dept of Education
throughout major cities in NC.
Featured Soloist with The Charlotte Ballet Company.
Guest Choreographer for New Reflections Modern Dance Company in Charlotte, NC.
University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumnus, guest teacher and choreographer for UNCSA dance majors’
seasonal concerts.
Tommy (original Rock Opera) played The Acid Queen. Toured the US.
Education:
University of North Carolina School of the Arts : Ballet major
Martha Graham Trainee : Full scholarship Martha Graham Ensemble Company: Toured NYC schools with the
Graham Repertory and Technique
School of American Ballet: Scholarship
e Alvin Ailey School: Scholarship
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