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Dwight Houston (Birmingham, AL) is a Freelance Musician, Arranger, and Orchestrator. Mr Houston is a graduate from Texas Southern University as a Double Reed Music Major. His specialties include: principle instrument- bassoon, fluent on all woodwind instruments, and fluent on Yamaha and Akai wind midis. Mr. Houston has been a professional musician for over forty years and is the owner of On Purpose Music Sound Company. He has performed with some of the greatest musicians such as Nancy Wilson, Pearl Bailey, Louie Bellson, The Temptations, Gladys Knight, Staxx Records artist, and Bo Bice to name a few. Mr. Houston has performed in many pit orchestras for
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musicals such as Man of La Mancha, Cats, Lion King, Buddy Holly Story, Ain't Misbehavin, West End Story, and South Pacific. Mr. Houston was the Music Director and Conductor for the Metropolitan Youth Orchestras of Central Alabama. He taught private music lessons at Mars Music. He performs nationally with his Jazz group, Dwight Houston & On Purpose. Mr. Houston is currently a private music teacher at Art's Music Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Germaul Barnes (New York, NY) is a former principal dancer and currently a répétiteur for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, where he received the New York Dance and Performance Award-The Bessie Award. Mr. Barnes received the Arts International Grant in 2003 which fostered his anthropology study in a small village called Kwahu Tafo in Ghana,West Africa. One of his highest personal achievement is assisting and demonstrating for legendary choreographer/ anthropologist, Katherine Dunham. Mr. Barnes has also danced with Pilobolus Dance Company, Tolada Dance Company (Berlin, Germany), Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Philadanco--Philadelphia Dance Company, Movement Source
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Dance Co. and Group Motion Dance Company. He has appeared as a Guest Artists with Minnesota Ballet, Ohwia Ballet Company (Tokyo, Japan), Errol Grimes Dance Group, Joan Miller Dance Players, and Shrapiro and Smith and, TU Dance Company/Panumber Theater Company.
A native of Phoenix, Arizona, graduate from South Mountain High School of the Arts. He went on to perform in A Chorus Line and Guys & Dolls with Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Mr. Barnes continued his dance education at the University of the Arts/ Philadelphia. While at University of the Arts, his talents were recognized by receiving the University Creative Grant, which gave him the opportunity to produce an evening of his choreography, Viewsic Expression. Out of this evening Mr. Barnes formed an arts organization in 1991, now based in Brooklyn, New York.
As Viewsic Expression-VE artistic director Mr. Barnes mission is to promote and present multi-media dance performances, art exhibitions, and educational residencies. VE has collaborated with artist such as choreographer Eleo Pomare, composer Bongani Nododana, and visual artist Peter McMath and others. Viewsic Expression has presented works by Eleo Pomare, Bill T. Jones, Leni William, and Germaul Y. Barnes as past of the Black Bones Project 92nd Street Y and Jacobs Pillow.
In 1993 Mr. Barnes moved to Berlin, Germany to performed with Tolada Dance Company (Joseph Tmim, choreographer) and taught throughout Europe. He has received raving reviews and brilliant acclaim as a dance instructor from prominent dance academies throughout Germany (TanzFabric, Ballet Centrum, Milton’s TanzSchool, and others). Mr. Barnes has taught for Black College Dance Exchange, Guest Artist at Skidmore College, University of Buffalo, Ghana National Dance Theater, Xavier College Prep., Dance Masters/New York, COCA, Cleo Parker Summer Intensive, and 92nd Street Y, Harkness Dance Center, New Dance Technique Laboratory and Guest Artist at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Alabama Dance Festival, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, among other.
A native of Phoenix, Arizona, graduate from South Mountain High School of the Arts. He went on to perform in A Chorus Line and Guys & Dolls with Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Mr. Barnes continued his dance education at the University of the Arts/ Philadelphia. While at University of the Arts, his talents were recognized by receiving the University Creative Grant, which gave him the opportunity to produce an evening of his choreography, Viewsic Expression. Out of this evening Mr. Barnes formed an arts organization in 1991, now based in Brooklyn, New York.
As Viewsic Expression-VE artistic director Mr. Barnes mission is to promote and present multi-media dance performances, art exhibitions, and educational residencies. VE has collaborated with artist such as choreographer Eleo Pomare, composer Bongani Nododana, and visual artist Peter McMath and others. Viewsic Expression has presented works by Eleo Pomare, Bill T. Jones, Leni William, and Germaul Y. Barnes as past of the Black Bones Project 92nd Street Y and Jacobs Pillow.
In 1993 Mr. Barnes moved to Berlin, Germany to performed with Tolada Dance Company (Joseph Tmim, choreographer) and taught throughout Europe. He has received raving reviews and brilliant acclaim as a dance instructor from prominent dance academies throughout Germany (TanzFabric, Ballet Centrum, Milton’s TanzSchool, and others). Mr. Barnes has taught for Black College Dance Exchange, Guest Artist at Skidmore College, University of Buffalo, Ghana National Dance Theater, Xavier College Prep., Dance Masters/New York, COCA, Cleo Parker Summer Intensive, and 92nd Street Y, Harkness Dance Center, New Dance Technique Laboratory and Guest Artist at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Alabama Dance Festival, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, among other.
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Rivkins Christopher (Miami, FL) was born and raised in Miami Fl where he began his training at the Thomas Armour Youth Ballet under the direction of Ruth Wiesen. Mr. Christopher is a graduate from New World School of the Arts where he received his BFA in dance. His professional experience include dancing with Momentum Dance Company, Peter London Global Dance Company, Gaspard & Dancers, and he spent one season as an understudy with Miami Contemporary. In addition, Mr. Christopher has attended intensives such as Ailey, Deeply Rooted, the American Dance Festival and the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Workshops. He has had the pleasure of working with choreographers such as Darshaun Bhuller, Kyle Abraham, Jamar Roberts, and performed works by Jose Limon, Robert Battle, Rennie Harrris, Kevin Iega Jeff, and Bill.T.Jones. Mr. Christopher recently presented his first professional work entitled “Self M.A.R.C” at Miami’s Open Stage presented by Dance Now Miami. Recently, Mr. Christopher has traveled to numerous cities including Atlanta, Miami, Birmingham, and Tallahassee were he has taught dance Masterclasses in styles such as Jazz and Contemporary. This is his third season with SYREN Modern Dance Company. Mr. Christopher is now delving in to commercial world of dance.
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Ashley LaRosa is a Bay Area native from Albany, CA where she began dancing at the age of four. Ashley trained at City Ballet School of San Francisco under the direction of Galina Alexandrova in addition to San Francisco Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. After graduating from the University of California, Irvine in 2015, receiving a BFA in Dance Performance and performing works by Donald McKayle, Ashley worked as a Company Member for Elisa Monte Dance from 2016-2020. While in the company, she performed works by Elisa Monte and Tiffany Rea-Fisher. She has also performed at the National Gallery of Art, New York Fashion week, Danone Nation’s Cup, in a music video for Janelle Kroll and in multiple productions as a Dancer and Dance Captain for the Classical Theatre of Harlem. Ashley has taught ballet and modern for Lake Placid School of Dance and as a guest contemporary teacher at Steps on Broadway. She is also a certified Pilates Instructor and NASM certified personal trainer.
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Eryn Cade is a graduate of the Alabama School of Fine Arts dance department located in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a cum laude and Blount Honors graduate of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where she earned her bachelor's degree (BA) in dance and is currently a second year MFA Dance candidate at the university. In addition to being a performer, choreographer and researcher interested in understanding the psychological impact of the hyper sexualization of African American women’s bodies in America, Eryn is a dance educator at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and Ursula Smith Dance. In 2019, she collaborated with 5 other choreographers in Yonder Contemporary Dance Company, and she received a choreography commission from the Jellybean Dance Collective (JAC) to
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be a part of the “Sweet Home Storytelling Dance Series” commemorating Tuscaloosa native Dinah Washington. Eryn got the opportunity to travel with JAC to Toulouse, France to present “Three Ballerinas: A Moving Sketch” discussing the challenges of Zelda Fitzgerald life as a dance researcher and performer. Now, Eryn has worked with the Files Arts Project as an assistant over the years, but she is excited to empower the students as an instructor.
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Aundrenee’ Jemison (Birmingham, AL) is a Master of Art (M.A.) in Music Education candidate at Jacksonville State University (JSU). She is currently employed as a Graduate Assistant for the University Bands. Ms. Jemison obtained her Bachelor of Art (B.A.) degree in Music Education from JSU in 2016. While attending her undergraduate program at JSU, Ms. Jemison was a member of the Marching Southerners, Chamber Winds, Jazz Ensembles, and Pit Orchestras for the Jacksonville Opera Theater and JSU Drama Department. Furthermore, Ms. Jemison is an alumna of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, where she studied under the direction of Kim Scott. In her free time, Ms. Jemison works as a substitute teacher with Kelly Services Inc., and teaches private Clarinet lessons. Ms. Jemison's aspiration in life is to become a middle school music teacher and eventually work in the field of higher education.
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Lisa Altamirano PT MS CSCS
Clinical Director/Physical Therapist
-Opened Agile Physical Therapy in 2008, fulfilling a personal and professional goal of owning a private practice focusing on personalized treatment for patients, bringing back traditional medical values of service.
-Florida-native, moved to Birmingham to pursue dance at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) under the direction of Dame Sonia Arova and Thor Sutowski
-Danced with Alabama Ballet; free-lanced in New York City with modern dance companies after graduating from NYU.
-Obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from New York University (NYU), Tisch School of the Arts
-Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
-Director of Physical Therapy and staff PT with UAB Sports Medicine with William P Garth, Jr., MD since 1998
-Certified Pilates Reformer and Chair instructor with Balanced Body University 2009, 2012
-Developed healthy dancer injury prevention and screening program at ASFA in 2000
-Active in research, lectures and injury prevention, particularly for dancers with local and regional dance companies (Alabama Ballet, Alabama Dance Theatre, Andalusia Ballet)
-Awards: Who’s Who Among Students in America’s Universities and Colleges for Physical Therapy; the Lew Wasserman Scholarship and the Tisch Dance Merit Scholarship at Rosella Hightower’s Centre de Danse in Cannes, France
-Lisa and her husband, Victor, have three beautiful children. Hobbies: sailing, photography, attending cultural events, cooking and spending time with her family.
Clinical Director/Physical Therapist
-Opened Agile Physical Therapy in 2008, fulfilling a personal and professional goal of owning a private practice focusing on personalized treatment for patients, bringing back traditional medical values of service.
-Florida-native, moved to Birmingham to pursue dance at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) under the direction of Dame Sonia Arova and Thor Sutowski
-Danced with Alabama Ballet; free-lanced in New York City with modern dance companies after graduating from NYU.
-Obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from New York University (NYU), Tisch School of the Arts
-Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
-Director of Physical Therapy and staff PT with UAB Sports Medicine with William P Garth, Jr., MD since 1998
-Certified Pilates Reformer and Chair instructor with Balanced Body University 2009, 2012
-Developed healthy dancer injury prevention and screening program at ASFA in 2000
-Active in research, lectures and injury prevention, particularly for dancers with local and regional dance companies (Alabama Ballet, Alabama Dance Theatre, Andalusia Ballet)
-Awards: Who’s Who Among Students in America’s Universities and Colleges for Physical Therapy; the Lew Wasserman Scholarship and the Tisch Dance Merit Scholarship at Rosella Hightower’s Centre de Danse in Cannes, France
-Lisa and her husband, Victor, have three beautiful children. Hobbies: sailing, photography, attending cultural events, cooking and spending time with her family.
Kyra McCarty is a graduate of the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, Alabama, receiving her diploma with a concentration in Dance in May 2010. In May 2014, she graduated from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas with dual degrees in Dance (BFA) and Mathematics (BS). While she has studied all forms of dance, Ms. McCarty’s specialties are ballet, Graham modern technique, and jazz. She has had the opportunity to choreograph and perform in the works of Daniel Buraczeski, Millicent Johnnie, Jamal Story, Catherine Turocy, Cathy Young, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar through the Meadows Dance Department at SMU. Ms. McCarty has numerous years of teaching experience with Rowlett Dance Academy of Rowlett, Texas, Dallas Black Dance Academy of Dallas, Texas, Oxford Ballet School of Oxford, Mississippi, and the Deborah Kaye School of Dance in Oxford Mississippi. Currently, Ms. McCarty is the 8th and 9th grade math teacher at Legacy Prep Charter Academy in Mesquite, Texas. She loves working with and inspiring students by nurturing their passion for dance and learning. Ms. McCarty is a native of Oxford, Mississippi.
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Terri Ayanna Wright (Houston, TX) began her dance training in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and continued after moving to Houston in high school. She has additionally studied at various summer intensives throughout the years, including Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles and Alonzo King Lines Ballet in San Francisco, both on merit scholarship. She is an honors graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, through which she performed with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and works by Hope Boykin, Matthew Rushing, Martha Graham, and Nathan Trice to name a few. After graduating with a dual degree in dance and computer science, Ms. Wright joined Ailey II, under the artistic direction of Troy Powell. During her seasons with Ailey II, Ms. Wright toured both internationally and domestically, teaching master classes and performing works by various choreographers, including Mr. Alvin Ailey’s Revelations. She recently joined Ailey Extension faculty as a master class Horton teacher as well as Carolyn Dorfman Dance as their newest company member.
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.Coreisa Janelle Lee (New York, NY), born in Birmingham, Alabama to Howard and Jeanette Lee, has 15 years of flute education. Contributing to her success, she’s had the pleasure of working with: Ian Clarke, Greg Patillo, Alberto Almarza, Lorna McGhee, and more. Her past teachers include: Kim Scott, Dr. Frank Adams, Aaron Evens and Ann Edwards. Coreisa is a graduate of the Alabama School of Fine Arts(ASFA) where she reigned as principal flutist of the ASFA Orchestra and the Alabama Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2011 and 2012, Ms.Lee won the woodwind division at the Alabama Federation of Music Clubs Competition. In 2012, she won the Concerto Competition at Rocky Ridge Music Center and won 1 st place in the Lois Pickard Concerto Competition. In 2013, She attended the Music Teachers National Association competition and was named a finalist after winning the State and Southern Division level. Ms.Lee has recently made an appearance on both the Jimmy Kimmel show and the Meredith Vieira show - where she was awarded a new professional Powell flute by Meredith Vieira herself. She also had the chance to perform for the United Nations 69th anniversary alongside pianist, Lang Lang, and Pop singer, Sting. Now living in New York City for 5 years, Ms. Lee has had many great performance opportunities, including performing multiple private shows with cast from Broadway’s “Hamilton” and “The Great Comet.” Former principal in the NY Youth Symphony, Coreisa has now finished her senior year as a full scholarship recipient at the Manhattan School of Music. She was a recipient of the William Randolph Hearst Full Scholarship and privately studied with Linda Chesis majoring in Classical Flute performance.
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Chelsea Parron (Queens, NY) is a 2015 graduate of the Ailey/Fordham University Program in Dance. Chelsea has studied at Edge School of the Arts, Ballet Hispanico, Martha Graham School, Broadway Dance Center, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, and Rutgers University:Mason Gross School of the Arts. Ms. Parron has had the opportunity to work with many established choreographers, such as Nijawwon Matthews, Von Howard, Matthew Rushing, and Jennifer Archibald. Chelsea has trained in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, African, Tap, Flamenco, and Musical Theater. Ms. Parron is inspired to help young artists accomplish their goals, and hopes to accomplish her own as well.
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Caci Pritchett (Atlanta, GA) is a 2015 graduate of the Ailey/Fordham University BFA Program in Dance as an E. Corrigan Scholar and a Senior Leadership Awardee with a concentration in Pre-Med studies. Ms. Pritchett has worked with acclaimed choreographers such as Ron K. Brown, Sylvia Water, Matthew Rushing, Norbert De La Cruz III, Darrell Moultrie, Julian Barnett, Lynn Sterling, and Lloyd Culbreath. Currently, Caci is dancing with Moving Spirits Inc. and the Moving Beauty Series Co Op. Ms Pritchett is a dance instructor for Williamsburg Movement and Art Center and Dancewave.
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Mecca Allah (Philadelphia, PA) is a 2016 graduate of the Ailey Certificate Program in Dance. Ms. Allah has studied at Dance Theatre of Harlem, Eleone, Philadanco, and Ballet Hispanico. While at The Ailey School, Mecca trained with highly esteemed teachers such as Ana Marie Forsythe, Milton Myers, Elizabeth Roxas, Mathew Rushing, and Renee Robinson. Ms. Allah was also a part of the Ailey Student Performance Group (ASPG) and had the opportunity to perform works in Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's repertoire such as “I’ve been buked," “Didn’t my lord deliver Daniel," as well as lead roles in “Escapades” and “The lark Ascending.” Mecca has had the opportunity to perform works by Ray Mercer, Amy Hall, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Justin Prescott, Hollie Wright, and Levi Marsman.
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The mission of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, a community of explorers, is to nurture impassioned students by guiding and inspiring them to discover and fulfill their individual creative abilities in an atmosphere distinguished by the fusion of fact and feeling, risk and reward, art and science, school and community.
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Mission: At Agile Physical Therapy, we strive to empower patients and clients with therapy and fitness solutions for a healthy lifestyle at each stage of life.
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We are dedicated to a personal, individualized plan of health care and wellness to meet each person’s physical goals: functional, athletic and artistic. At Agile Physical Therapy, we blend science with inspiration and advanced training to achieve motivation and success for our patients.
The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame located in the historic Carver Theatre for the Performing Arts is located in the 4th Avenue Business District, and has become a popular venue not only for local jazz artists, but for the local comedy and spoken word scene as well. It has played host to jazz legends such as Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton. Hosting events from theatrical performances to jazz jam sessions to swing dance classes, the Carver Theatre opens its doors to the very best in entertainment.
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d'Trespa Consignment and Vintage Boutique specializes in the resale of high quality, new and gently used designer clothing, shoes and accessories for women and men.
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