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DEEA LEADERSHIP

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Breanna Davis (she/her)
Breanna Davis (she/her)

Co-Owner, Director of Mental Health

Breanna Davis is a Board-Certified Dance/movement Therapist and has a Master’s in Dance/Movement therapy. Through The Andrea Rizzo Foundation, Breanna brought Dance/movement Therapy back to Riley Children’s Hospital where she provides therapy services to inpatient and rehab units. READ MORE

Beverly Bautista (she/her)
Beverly Bautista (she/her)

Co-Owner, Director of Education

Beverly is a Filipina American artist, choreographer, and dance educator whose compassion and joy is fueled by empowering the next generation of artists. Beverly has traveled internationally with multi-platinum rapper, Nicki Minaj, shooting a national commercial with Pepsi and has performed live in Japan, China, and Jamaica.

 

DEEA ADVISORY BOARD

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Redd Williams (he/him)
Redd Williams (he/him)

DEEA Advisory Board

Anthony "REDD" Williams brings significant performance, choreography & teaching experience to the world of Commercial Hip Hop Dance. A Saint Louis native, Redd Williams has traveled all over the world teaching thousands of students while bringing cutting edge movement & choreography to the world of Commercial Hip Hop Dance. He has performed & choreographed on tours ,in music videos, live stage & national television/commercials for the likes of Lady GaGa, Beyonce, JLO, Mariah Carey, SZA, FLOrida, Teen Choice Awards,Pepsi,Starbucks Coffee,P Diddy, Nelly, Disney Channel just to name a few.

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Brian Friedman (he/him)
Brian Friedman (he/him)

DEEA Advisory Board

During the first 15 years of his career, Brian Friedman was nominated 4 times at the MTV Video Music Awards, 2 times at the Music Video Production Awards, and 5 times at the American Choreography Awards for outstanding achievements in choreography. In addition to spending his time as a Producer, Director, Creative Director, and Choreographer, Brian enjoys giving back to the community. He has toured the world teaching and mentoring thousands of dancers by working on countless events.

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Dr. Takiyah Nur Amin (she/her)
Dr. Takiyah Nur Amin (she/her)

DEEA Advisory Board

Takiyah Nur Amin, MFA; Ph.D. is a dance scholar, educator, and consultant. Her research focuses on 20th-century American concert dance, African diaspora dance performance/aesthetics, and pedagogical issues in dance studies. She is a founding executive board member of the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) and Vice President for Membership for the Dance Studies Association (DSA). Dr. Amin consults with institutional clients on curricular design, policy reform, and related issues in dance studies and related disciplines.

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Jamal Story (he/him)
Jamal Story (he/him)

DEEA Advisory Board

Once upon a time there was a 17 year old named Jamal Story. He won the Spotlight Award Scholarship, a prize lauded by all in the land, and balanced a 3.92 GPA, all while training rigorously with Adria Wilson, Oui Geometer Dance Company, and the modern dance godmother Lula Washington.

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 DEEA ADVOCATES

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Kal Leski (They/Them)
Kal Leski (They/Them)

DEEA Advocate

Kal Leski began dancing at their local studio in Colorado Springs at age 12 and immediately fell in love with dance. One tap class turned into years of training in contemporary, jazz, tap, hip hop, musical theatre, ballet, acro and modern, and at 19 they moved to NYC to dance at Marymount Manhattan College. With a passion for dance education, Kal started teaching while in college and graduated with their BA in Dance Teaching Techniques from MMC in 2016.

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Rachel Binney (she/her)
Rachel Binney (she/her)

DEEA Advocate

Rachel Binney is a tap dancer based in New York City. Rachel began dancing in Brewster, NY where she studied as a multidisciplinary dancer with Nicole Aravena. She took a special interest in tap dance, and sought further training at Steps on Broadway with Derick K Grant, and the American Tap Dance Foundation as part of the Tap City Youth Ensemble.

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Olivia (she/her)
Olivia (she/her)

DEEA Advocate

Olivia has been dancing for as long as she could walk and her love of dance has motivated her quest to continue to educate, empower and inspire her students, peers and collaborators across North America.

As a dancer and performer, Olivia has trained in all areas of concert and studio dance. She has received her RAD Advanced II certification, trained at advanced levels in hip-hop, tap, jazz & lyrical jazz, theatre, modern, and contemporary.

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Canyon Carballosa (they/them)
Canyon Carballosa (they/them)

DEEA Advocate

Canyon Carballosa is an autistic queer trans nonbinary movement maker. They grew up in a toxic environment that didn’t allow space for queerness, trans ness, or any other ness. Because of that, Canyon found themselves often using dance as an instrument to connect to their physical body and keep them grounded in perspective. They have spent years collecting tools for healing traumas, breaking through personal walls, and rediscovering a genuine love for one’s most authentic self. READ MORE

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Amber Andrews (they/them)
Amber Andrews (they/them)

DEEA Advocate

Amber (AJ) Andrews has been dancing since the age of five, with an immediate interest in tap and a continuously growing passion in modern and street dance. They trained with various instructors and taught throughout Southern California & Chicago before landing in Denver. Amber is currently a company member with Rocky Mountain Rhythm, Denver’s first professional tap group. READ MORE

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DEEA GUIDES (EDUCATION SPECIALISTS)

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Geri Brown (she/her)
Geri Brown (she/her)

Founder & Advisory Board Member (former owner)

Geri Brown is a storyteller, educator, and social entrepreneur whose work is threaded in breaking the barriers to access and building safe, equitable, and inclusive communities. Geri’s family legacy is engrained with anti-racist, inclusionary pioneering in the arts. With that family lineage of fighting for equity and equality in the arts, Dance Education Equity Association is a direct result of Geri's DNA. READ MORE

Nicole Perry (she/her)
Nicole Perry (she/her)

Director of Research and Development

Nicole Perry is a Silver Palm award-winning intimacy director, as well as intimacy coordinator and dance choreographer in South Florida. Career highlights include 2 Broward County Artist Investment Grants for KINesphere (site-inspired dance works), intimacy coordination for God Forbid on Hulu, and a Carbonell nomination for the intimacy direction of To Fall in Love at Theatre Lab…. READ MORE

Jamal Story (he/him)
Jamal Story (he/him)

DEEA Guide

Once upon a time there was a 17 year old named Jamal Story. He won the Spotlight Award Scholarship, a prize lauded by all in the land, and balanced a 3.92 GPA, all while training rigorously with Adria Wilson, Oui Geometer Dance Company, and the modern dance godmother Lula Washington. READ MORE

Devin Hill (they/them)
Devin Hill (they/them)

DEEA Guide

Devin Hill is a graduate from the University of Central Oklahoma with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance. Their love of dance began at the age of three and has lasted a span of twenty years. READ MORE

K. Michael Rowley, PhD (he/him)
K. Michael Rowley, PhD (he/him)

DEEA Guide

K. Michael Rowley, K. Michael Rowley, PhD, (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Kinesiology Department at California State University East Bay (CSUEB) in Hayward, CA, USA, where he studies neuromuscular control of movement in the context of high-intensity movement demands of dance with the goals of reducing injury risk and improving rehabilitation. READ MORE

 

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