Dance Instructor, Choreographer, Performer
Resume:
Sherry Harper
Sparta, Georgia 31087
Phone: 478-***-**** ***********@*****.***
Teaching Experience:
National Youth Sports Program, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Job Title: Aerobics/Dance Instructor
• Taught All levels of Modern Dance, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Aerobics
• Instructor for ages 5 - 18
• Choreographer
• Counselor/Advisor
• Mentor Summer 2010, Summer 2009
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Job Title: Pedagogy Student
• Modern Dance Instructor for CWRU undergraduate students
• Compose Semester Syllabus
• Focus in Graham Technique as well as strengthening and conditioning
• Taught basic anatomy in reference to movement and dance technique Spring 2010
Gospel Music Workshop Of America, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio
Job Title: Demonstrator/Ballet Instructor
• Performed with the GMWA Liturgical Dance Company
• Taught all levels of ballet
• Demonstrator for Dr. Peter A. Fields, Choreographer and Modern Dance Instructor for GMWA Summer 2009, Summer 2008, Summer 2007
Andrew Jackson - Boys and Girls Club, Nashville, Tennessee
Job Title: Dance Instructor
• Taught all levels of Modern Dance, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop
• Counselor
• Mentor and taught ages 5 - 18
• Choreographer
• Compose syllabus and academic schedule for the dance department
Summer 2008
Nashville School of the Arts, Nashville, Tennessee
Job Title: Permanent Substitute Teacher
• Dance Instructor for Modern Dance (Note: Instructor for this class traveled, and was absent for up to a month at a time.)
• Taught all levels of Modern Dance and Jazz
• Students 9th – 12th grade
• Compose syllabus and academic schedule for Modern Dance classes
• Permanent substitute teacher for modern dance, but was placed in various class rooms throughout Nashville School of the Arts as needed.
2007 - 2008
Salama Urban Ministries, Nashville, Tennessee
Job Title: Modern Dance Instructor
• Ages 5 - 13 2006 - 2008
Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
Job Title: Student Teacher
• Taught all levels of Ballet and Modern Dance (Horton Technique)
• Instructor for undergraduate students
• Assistant to the Department Chair. for the Fisk University Dance Department 2005 - 2007
Directing/Choreographic Experience:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
• Thesis Concert/ Post Production Thesis Spring 2011
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
• Mather Dance Collective (MaDaCol) Spring 2010, Fall 2009 & 2010
Mount Haven Missionary Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio
• Choreographer (ballet, Modern, Liturgical Dance) 2008 - 2011
Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
• Senior Thesis Concert/ Oral Defense Fall 2006, Spring 2007
Other Work Experience:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
• Stage Manager, Light and Sound Board Operator, PR, Displays Fall/Spring 2008-2011
Choreopoem “Why I Had To Dance”, Cleveland, Ohio
• Assistant Production Manager
(Poem By: Ntozake Shangé, Choreographed/Directed by: Dianne McIntyre)
• Dianne McIntyre’s Assistant during the production Summer 2010
Gaylord Opryland Resort, Nashville, Tennessee
• Hostess (Food & Beverage/ Jack Daniels) May 2007 – Jan. 2008
Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
• Resident Assistant (Monitor Dormitory, Counselor, Data Entry, Construct activities for residents) Aug. 2005 – May 2006
Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
• Work Study Student – Administrative Assistant for: (Communications, Theatre, Dramatic Speech & Dance Department) Aug. 2003 – May 2007
Education:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Contemporary Dance - 2011
Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Speech & Dance - 2007
Hancock Central High School, Sparta, Georgia
Diploma - 2003
Skills: Computer literate, types 59 wpm, excellent oral and written communication skills, focused and reliable customer service skills, self sufficient, works well with others, learns quickly, athletic, great leadership skills, good time-management qualities, enthusiastic worker.
Note: Graduation from Case Western Reserve University was held on May 15, 2011. Willing to relocate, train in, and obtain employment in, as well as outside of the field of contemporary dance.
Biography
Sherry is originally from Sparta, Georgia and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dramatics/Speech and Dance from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. While there, she studied under Dr. Peter A. Fields and worked with various artists such as Nomalanga “Nomi” Eniafe, Jeff Obafemi Carr, Persephone Felder-Fentress to name a few. Sherry has worked with the Dance Wellness Program under the direction of Gary Galbraith. She danced in Fisk University’s Performing Dance Company, Orchesis, where she received the Judith Jamison Dance Award of Excellence for 4 years of main stage performance, academics and leadership. Through the Black College Dance Exchange (BCDE), Sherry was awarded various scholarships, took master classes with dance companies, and worked with many well known artists. She is a member of the Gospel Music Workshop of America where she has taught and performed with their dance company since 2006. She was one of the first members of the Liturgical Dance Company, PAF Ministries, located in Nashville, TN. She has performed in various theatrical shows including, God’s Trombone, Dream Girls, West Side Story, Smokey Joe’s Café, Gospel at Colonus, and The Black Nativity. She has taught at Nashville School of the Arts and throughout Tennessee. While in Cleveland, Sherry has taught for CWRU’s National Youth Sports Program, worked with Dianne McIntyre for a choreopoem by Ntozake Shangé entitled, Why I Had To Dance, and has performed at Case Western Reserve University in works by James Hansen “Presently Gone”, Sabatino Verlezza “Jaguar”, Heather Koniz “For One Not Forgotten”, DeWitt Cooper III, Jennifer Birou Lakamp, Kelli Sanford-Burgoon “Weeding” and Pascal Rioult “Wien”.
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