Tania Isaac, Dance Guest Artist

Originally from St. Lucia, Tania Isaac is currently based in Philadelphia. Her company, Tania Isaac Dance, has presented work throughout the U.S., Japan, England, and the Caribbean. She is a recipient of a 2004 Rocky Award for her evening length work home is where I am as well as for her solo performance in Rennie Harris’ Facing Mekka. Isaac has taught at Temple University and Bryn Mawr College as well as giving workshops and classes at Matsuyama and Ehime Universities, Michigan State, and Rowan College. She is developing a program for Independence Charter School in Philadelphia that synthesizes movement, culture, literature, history, and civics in the classroom. Isaac is a former member of Rennie Harris Puremovement, Urban Bush Women, and Li Chiao-Ping Dance. In 2006-07 she will be conducting presentations and workshops as a Commonwealth Speaker with the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. Isaac was a dance guest artist at Bennington for the Spring Term of 2007 and returns for Spring Term 2008.

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