Presentations, Performances & Exhibitions
Expressive Cultures/Global Flows: Histories and Bodies in Flux
- FHI 2015 Global Brazil Conference
· March 27, 2015
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Duke University
A clinical trial to see if dancing to rhythmic drumming might benefit individuals who experience pain, depression and other ailments. Ceremony and focus group follow-up
- Wurtele Center for Work and Life,
· September 8, 2014
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Smith College
Traditional African Healing Ceremony in a U.S. Population
· April 19, 2014
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
A clinical trial to see if dancing to rhythmic drumming might benefit individuals who experience pain, depression and other ailments. Ceremony and focus group follow-up
Dance: A Visual Integration of Life Experience
- Center for Multicultural Affairs’ Down to Earth Series
· March 26, 2014
Invited Talk
Duke University
Crossing the Color of the Sky: Choreographing Liminality
- Dancing the African Diaspora: Theories of Black Performance, Collegium for African Diaspora Dance
· February 9, 2014
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Duke University
Danced Ebós: Choreographing Liminality
- Lucumí Dance: Politics, Spiritual Culture, and Embodiment, Lucumí Music: Singing, Dancing, and Drumming Black Divinity Conference
· November 8, 2013
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Duke University Center for African & African-American Research (CAAAR) - Co-sponsored by the Duke University Dance Program/Latin Studies
Between Worlds: How Dance Extends Human Consciousness Into the Realm of the Supernatural
- Chautauqua West Series
· October 22, 2013
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Office of Undergraduate Education. Duke University,
Embodied Offerings
- Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being & Healing Conference
· March 1, 2013
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Duke University
Reaching Into the Before Time
· November 16, 2012
- November 17, 2012
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds Theater, Duke University
Reaching Into the Before Time
African Diasporic Dance in Dance Curricula: Benefits, Challenges and Recommendations
- NDEO, Focus on Dance Education: Collaborations: Many Cultures-Strength through Diversity
· October 27, 2012
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Los Angeles, CA
Kanyalang
· September 28, 2012
- September 30, 2012
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
North Carolina A&T University
Kanyalang
African Diaspora Dance Research Group: Public Roundtable
- Duke University
· April 14, 2012
Invited Talk
The launch of a new national research group focused on African Diaspora dance practices
Jeffrey Page's "Talkin' Loud"
- ChoreoLab 2012
· 2012
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
We Leave Behind
· November 11, 2011
- November 12, 2011
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds theater, Duke University
We Leave Behind
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· October 31, 2011
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
RN Harris Elementary School Durham, NC
DARE. Outreach performance by Duke Dance Program Repertory Ensembles.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· October 31, 2011
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Sandy Ridge Elementary School Durham, NC
DARE. Outreach performance by Duke Dance Program Repertory Ensembles.
Adura: Maferefun Obatalá
- CRIATIVIDADE, SER E CURA (Across the Threshold, Creativity, Being & Healing).
· October 3, 2011
Invited Talk
Salvador da Bahía, Brazil,
Crossing the Color of the Sky
· April 22, 2011
- April 23, 2011
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds Theater, Duke University
Crossing the Color of the Sky
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· April 12, 2011
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Butler Elementary School
DARE. Outreach performance by Duke Dance Program Repertory Ensembles.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· April 12, 2011
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Shepherd Middle School
DARE. Outreach performance by Duke Dance Program Repertory Ensembles.
Kakilambe
- 2010 November Dances.
· November 20, 2010
- November 21, 2010
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds Theater, Duke University
Kakilambe
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· November 9, 2010
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Forestview Elementary School
DARE. Outreach performance by Duke Dance Program Repertory Ensembles.
We Dance our Ancestors
- 2010 ChoreoLab.
· April 24, 2010
- April 25, 2010
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds theater, Duke University
What Does Your Dance Say About You? Dance as Intangible Cultural Heritage
· February 23, 2010
Lecture
Duke University
Seruba
· 2010
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Seruba. Spring 2010.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· November 10, 2009
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Holton Career and Resource Center
DARE. Outreach performance by Duke Dance Program Repertory Ensembles.
Powerful Long Ladder/Four Women, Aunt Sarah
- Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble's Home Season Concerts
· October 2, 2009
- October 3, 2009
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Ava LaVonne Vinesett: Performances, 2005 - 2012
- Chuck Davis AADE 25th Home Season Concert
· October 2, 2009
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Carolina Theater
Maferefun Obatalá
· January 2009
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds Theater
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· November 12, 2008
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Rogers Herr
DARE. Outreach performance by Duke Dance Program Repertory Ensembles.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· November 12, 2008
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
WD Hill Recreation Center
DARE. Outreach performance by Duke Dance Program Repertory Ensembles.
Vévé
- November Dances 2008
· August 2008
- November 2008
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds Theater
Ava LaVonne Vinesett: Performances, 2005 - 2012
- Second Annual Oshun Festival
· July 18, 2008
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Magen's Bay, St. Thomas, VI
Ava LaVonne Vinesett: Performances, 2005 - 2012
- Across the Threshold: Creativity Being & Healing
· February 23, 2008
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Nelson Music Room, Duke East Campus
performance of "Alaako Oso: The Owner of Songs is Eloquent" with Amma McKen
Ava LaVonne Vinesett: Performances, 2005 - 2012
- November Dances 2007
· November 17, 2007
- November 18, 2007
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds Theater
Yansã the Tempest. Choreographer and performer. This work was developed based on research in the Candomblé religion in Salvador da Bahia, Yansã, the only female orixá, or divinity represents transformation.
Yansã the Tempest
- November Dances
· August 2007
- November 2007
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Reynolds Theater
Ava LaVonne Vinesett: Performances, 2005 - 2012
- American Dance Festival Performance Series
· June 12, 2007
- June 13, 2007
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Page Auditorium
Chuck Davis African-American Dance Ensemble
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· June 23, 2006
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Lakewood Elementary School
DARE. Lecture Demonstration.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
- Triangle Dance Festival for Aids performance.
· April 7, 2006
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
UNC
DARE.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· March 24, 2006
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
EK Powe Elementary School
DARE. Lecture Demonstration.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· March 23, 2006
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Forestview
DARE. Lecture Demonstration.
Soli
- ChoreoLab 2006
· 2006
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Manjani
· December 3, 2005
- April 2005
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Elon University
Manjani
Ava LaVonne Vinesett: Performances, 2005 - 2012
· June 24, 2005
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
American Tobacco Warehouse
Performance with Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· April 15, 2005
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Forest View Elementary School
DARE. Lecture Demonstration.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· April 14, 2005
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Lakewood Elementary School
DARE. Lecture Demonstration.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· March 26, 2005
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Exploris Museum
DARE class and performance
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· December 3, 2004
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
UNC-CH
DARE Master Class for UNC-CH Drama Activities Board
Common Ground
· June 2, 2004
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage Concer
Common Ground
Jalidon
- Unnamed event
· December 8, 2003
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Jalidon
Artistic Visions of Aché and Rhythms of Life Summer Jam
· June 20, 2003
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Lyon Park Community Center, Durham, NC
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· April 3, 2003
- April 3, 2003
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Club Boulevard Humanities Magnet Elementary School
DARE Lecture Demonstration. Lec/Dem for 400 children.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· February 28, 2003
- February 28, 2003
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture
DARE Lecture Demonstration. Performance and demonstration for Sophomore Class.
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· February 14, 2003
- February 15, 2003
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
UNC-G Dance Department
Duke African Repertory Ensemble Performance. Passport Concert performance of "Gran Chimin".
Jalidon
- November Dances
· November 22, 2002
- November 23, 2002
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Jalidon
Duke African Repetory Ensemble Performances
· February 20, 2002
Exhibition, Screening, or Performance
Duke Divinity School
Lecture and performance. "Dancing in the Spirit"
Service to the Profession
Co-Convenor, Afro-Feminist Performance Routes: A Dialogue in Movement
·
2018
Administration
This focused residency was organized in tandem with the third biennial Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference, “Dancing Black Joy,” and featured a series of workshops, discussions and performance, to continue the dialogue around feminism (however broadly construed) in African diaspora dance contexts, practice, pedagogy, philosophy.
Organizer, Mabiba Baegne artist residency
·
October 16, 2017
Administration
Organizer, Rujeko Dumbutshena artist residency
·
April 10, 2016
Administration
Rujeko Dumbutshena artist residency as part of the Africa in Circum-Atlantic Perspective Feminist Performance Route
Co-Convenor, Africa in Circum-Atlantic Perspective: Feminist Performance Routes,
·
2016
Administration
Duke’s Africa Initiative
The project is invested in African and African diaspora women artists whose creative practices enliven and illuminate global movement trajectories and their associated embodied dimensions.
Organizer, Backstage Series
·
April 10, 2014
Administration
co-sponsored by the Dean's Fund, the Baldwin Scholars, Karen Casey of River Rhythms and Happy Beat Drumming, Cradle of Jazz Project, and the Duke Dance Program,
Duke University
Backstage Series: Malian/Wasulu vocalist, percussionist, and kamele ngoni player Kokanko Sata Doumbia, and Dogon scholar, Assigué Dolo, for a one-day residency in conjunction with Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa.
coordinator, Lucumí Invitational class
·
December 11, 2013
Other
Ark, East Campus Duke University
coordinator, Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being & Healing 2013 International Conference: Personal/Social/Environmental Transformation
·
December 11, 2013
Event Participation
Duke University
presenter, Lucumí Music: Singing, Dancing, and Drumming Black Divinity
·
December 11, 2013
Event Participation
Duke University Center for African & African-American Research
presenter, Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being & Healing 2013 International Conference: Personal/Social/Environmental Transformation
·
December 11, 2013
Event Participation
Duke University
coordinator, Dun-dun Dance with Guinea Artist
·
December 11, 2013
Other
Ark, East Campus Duke University
coordinator, Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being & Healing 2013 International Conference: Personal/Social/Environmental Transformation
·
December 11, 2013
Event Participation
Duke University
instructor, Spoken Word and Slam Poetry in Context
·
December 11, 2013
Other
Ark, East Campus Duke University
instructor, Iemanja Retreat
·
December 11, 2013
Other
Wild Heart Yoga
co-convenor, Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being & Healing 2013 International Conference: Personal/Social/Environmental Transformation
·
December 11, 2013
Event Participation
Duke University
Organizer
·
August 4, 2013
Administration
Ark one-day residency with Guinea artists: Aly Camara and Marietou Cisse
Ark one-day residency with Guinea artists: Aly Camara and Marietou Cisse
Organizer, Integrating Traditional African Healing Practices into Western Medicine: A Rite to Embody Change
·
April 20, 2013
Administration
Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation award,
Duke University
Residency with Mabiba Baegne, Pline Mounzeo, Ken Wilson, M.D.
presenter, NDEO Annual Conference 2012
·
October 24, 2012
- October 28, 2012
Event Participation
Los Angeles, CA
panelist, African Diaspora Dance Research Group
·
April 14, 2012
Event Participation
Duke University
instructor, Mother-Daughter Weekend (Baldwin Scholars Program)
·
March 17, 2012
Other
Duke University
lecturer, CRIATIVIDADE, SER E CURA (Across the Threshold) 2011
·
October 8, 2011
Event Participation
Teatro Martim Gonçalves Salvador da Bahía, Brazil
instructor, CRIATIVIDADE, SER E CURA, 2011 (Across the Threshold) 2011
·
October 5, 2011
Event Participation
Teatro Vila Velha Salvador da Bahía, Brazil
instructor, Projeto Didá Banda Feminina
·
October 4, 2011
Other
Didá Escola de Música Salvador da Bahía, Brazil
moderator, CRIATIVIDADE, SER E CURA (Across the Threshold) 2011
·
October 4, 2011
Event Participation
Teatro Martim Gonçalves Salvador da Bahía
panelist, CRIATIVIDADE, SER E CURA, 2011 (Across the Threshold)
·
October 3, 2011
- October 8, 2011
Event Participation
Salvador da Bahía
Faculty Review Committee
·
December 17, 2010
Other
Co-Mentor
·
December 17, 2010
Other
Co-Coordinator Congolese Master Class
·
November 15, 2010
Other
Ark, Duke University
Co-Coordinator Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti Master Class
·
September 18, 2010
Other
instructor, American College Dance Festival Association Mid-Atlantic Conference
·
March 19, 2010
- March 20, 2010
Event Participation
Virginia Commonwealth University
Exploration Faculty Mentor : Robertson Scholars Program
·
November 16, 2009
Other
Co-director : Unity NC African Arts Exchange
·
November 16, 2009
Other
Durham, NC
instructor, Adura, a Prescription for Healing
·
March 21, 2009
Other
Duke University Dance Program
Co-Principal Investigator, Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being & Healing Conference
·
March 19, 2009
- March 22, 2009
Event Participation
Duke University Dance Program
Panelist : “An Accounting of Africa in North Carolina”
·
February 5, 2009
Other
Hayti Heritage Center
instructor, Master Classes
·
December 5, 2008
Other
Greensboro Cultural Arts Center
instructor, Master Classes
·
July 14, 2008
Other
Antilles School, St. Thomas, VI
instructor, American Cancer Society’s 2008 HBCU Afroflow Tour
·
March 29, 2008
Other
Mariott Convention Center Durham, NC
Logistics Coordinator : Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being and Healing conference
·
2008
- 2009
Administration
Volunteer Coordinator : Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being and Healing conference
·
2008
- 2009
Administration
Duke University
Signage coordinator : Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being and Healing conference
·
2008
- 2009
Administration
Service to Duke
President's Arts Advisory Committee (University)
·
2019
Committee Service
Faculty Director, Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program
·
2018
- 2020
Other
Member of Dance Program Curriculum Committee
·
2017
- 2019
Curriculum Innovations
The Curriculum committee began the process of revising the Dance Program major to include four pathways as a way to highlight strengths of our faculty and align with the new MFA in Embodied Praxis.
Committee for Facilities and the Environment (Department)
·
2017
- 2020
Committee Service
Reviews all projects destined for consideration by the Trustees’ Facilities & Environment Committee. Six faculty and six administrative appointments; co-chaired by one faculty member and one administrative member. Term: 3 years.
Executive Advisory Board, DUS (University)
·
2016
Committee Service
Member of Search Committe, Development of MFA in Dance
·
2016
Curriculum Innovations
Participated in general and faculty search for new MFA in Dance Program at Duke
Director of Undergraduate Studies Dance Department
·
July 2014
Other
Dance Program Publicity (Program)
·
2014
- 2017
Committee Service
Co-Director, Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program
·
2013
- 2017
Other
Leadership & Clinical Positions
Faculty Director, Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program 2018-present
Co-Director, Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program 2013-2017
Co-Instructor, Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program 2008-present
Academic & Administrative Activities
University Committee Service in 2019
Faculty Director, Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program 2018-present
Co-Director, Alice M. Baldwin Scholars Program 2013-2017
Director of Undergraduate Studies/Dance Program 2014-2020