Ava LaVonne Vinesett

2019              Francophone Workshop. Duke University, RAC 224 April 5, 2019.

2018              Black Dance, Workshop:  Life is Danced: Tradition in Motion.  Duke University April 17, 2018.

2018              Francophone Workshop. Duke University, RAC 224 March 30, 2018.

2014               Guest Instructor, “Practicing Power through Movement”, Wurtele Center for Work and Life, Smith                         College,
  
2013               Workshop, “Jalidon and Oral Historians.” By invitation through Duke House Course: Spoken Word                         and Slam Poetry in Context: The Art of Social Commentary, 

2013                Workshop, Wild Heart Yoga Iemanja Retreat, Durham

2012                Guest Instructor/Artist Talk, “Ndepp” Indigenous Medicine and Global Health.  By invitation of                              David Boyd and the Global Health Institute, Duke University,

2011                Workshop, for Projeto Didá Banda Feminina, and Didá Escola de Música. Two music and dance                            sessions with Projeto Didá, an all female organization located in the Pelourinho, known as the                              historic district of Salvador de Bahia Brasil.

2010-Present     Associate Professor of the Practice of Dance, Duke University Dance Program

2008-Present     Co-Instructor, Baldwin Scholars, Duke University

1999-2010        Assistant Professor of the Practice of Dance, Duke University Dance Program

2006-2007        Six-month residency in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador da Bahia, Brasil.

2005-2006        Guest Artist Residency Elon University Department of Performing Arts, Elon, NC.