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CURRICULUM VITAE Alicia Díaz

Updated August 1, 2019 PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Alicia Díaz Position: Associate Professor of Dance, The University of Richmond Office: Booker Hall 223, Department of Theatre and Dance Email: adiaz2@richmond.edu Website: https://aliciadiazmfa.com/

EDUCATION A. ACADEMIC EDUCATION

2015 The George Washington University, MFA in Dance. 2004 Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University.

M.A., Dance and Choreography. 1992 Eugene Lang College of the New School for Social Research,

B.A. with Honors, Art Culture and Society. B. DANCE TRAINING

2017 Bomba with Julia Gutiérrez, New York, NY. 2015-2016 Bomba with Margarita “Tata” Cepeda, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2014-2015 The George Washington University, Department of Theatre and

Dance. Washington, DC. 2015 Johannes Wieland's Invincible Loser Workshop. Participants were

selected through a competitive application process. Mark Morris Dance Center, New York, NY. April 28-30, 2015.

2000-Present Movement Research, New York, NY. 2002-2004 Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, New

York, NY. 2001-2003 Capoeira Angola Palmares, Mestre Ombrinho and Mestre No, New

York, NY 1999-2000 Andanza, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1994-1999 Steps, Peridance Center, Dance Space Center, New York, NY. 1990-1994 Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, New York, NY. 1988-1990 University of Michigan, Dance Department, Ann Arbor, MI. 1988 Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Scholarship Program, New

York, NY. 1982-1988 Princeton Ballet Society, Princeton, NJ. 1973-1982 Escuela de Baile Alma Concepción, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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C. SOMATIC TRAINING 2016-Present Tai Chi, Wilson Pitts, Richmond, VA. 2014 Somatic Training for Performers, Wendell Beavers and Erika

Berland, Naropa University, Boulder, CO. 2009-2013 Hatha Yoga, Margot Milcetich, Kent, OH. 2005-2012 Integral Yoga Institute, New York, NY. 1998-2004 Om Yoga Center, New York, NY. 2004 Alexander Technique, Sigal Bergman, New York, NY. 2002-2004 Body Awareness, Ann Axtmann, Robin Powel,

Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, New York, NY.

2003-2004 Traditional Thai Yoga Massage Therapy. Certified by Saranya Thanapichead of Sal Anthony’s Movement Salon, New York, NY.

2001-2004 Authentic Movement, Ricki Grater, Brooklyn, NY. 1994-1998 Jivamukti Yoga Center, New York, NY.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE A. ACADEMIC TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Present Associate Professor of Dance, University of Richmond, Department of Theatre and Dance.

2011-2019 Assistant Professor of Dance, University of Richmond, Department of Theatre and Dance.

2009-2011 Assistant Professor of Dance, Hope College, Dance Department. 2008-2009 Assistant Professor/Artist-in-Residence, Kent State University, The

School of Theatre and Dance. 2005-2008 Visiting Lecturer/Artist, Hope College, Dance Department COURSES TAUGHT AT UR

DANC 248—Intro to Movement Improvisation DANC 251—Contemporary Dance I DANC 255—Choreography I DANC 261—Intermediate Jazz Dance DANC 265—Contemporary Dance II DANC 306—University Dancers DANC 312—Yoga/Body Awareness for Performers, Artists and Athletes DANC 312—Dance and Commemorative Justice DANC 315—Independent Study in Choreography DANC 335—Choreography II DANC 365—Advanced Contemporary Dance DANC 367—Intermediate Jazz Dance Majors (University Dancers) DANC 407—Senior Thesis Capstone

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B. DANCE TEACHING POSITIONS

2000-2004 Rubí Theater Company, NY. 1999-2000 Andanza Compañía Puertorriqueña de Danza

Contemporánea, Puerto Rico. 1997 Creative Outlet Dance Theater, Arts/Education Program. NYC

Public Schools. 1996-1999 Henry St. Settlement, Drama Department, Urban

Youth Theater and Arts/Education Program in NYC Public Schools.

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE 2006-Present Agua Dulce Dance Theater, co-founder, co-director, and

choreographer with Matthew Thornton. 2012-2014 Art Farm, co-founder and co-director with Matthew Thornton. A

collective of movement, video and sound artists including Agua Dulce Dance Theater (Alicia Diaz and Matthew Thornton), Thayer Jonutz, Kimsu Theiler, Oliver Lyons, and Alexis Raskin that meets and works at Yellow Barn Workshop in Northeast Ohio.

2010-2011 dANCEpROjECt (Hope College affiliated dance company), Co-

director with Steven Iannacone and Matthew Thornton. 2003-2007 The Moving Center, Director. Taught body-conditioning classes to

groups and private clients. Offered Thai Yoga Bodywork to private clients. New York, NY.

2000-2004 Rubí Theater Company, co-founder, co-director, and choreographer

with José Joaquín García, Jennifer Fleming, Patricia Herrera and Amarelys Pérez. New York, NY.

1997-1999 en la brega dance company, co-founder, co-director, choreographer

with Ñequi González, New York, NY. AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, AND OTHER HONORS

2019 Promoted to Associate Professor of Dance at The University of Richmond.

2018 Selected to participate in the Arc of Racial Justice Institute, The

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA. wise as serpents was selected for the Gala Performance of the American

College Dance Association Mid-Atlantic South Regional Conference at the Virginia Commonwealth University.

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2017 University of Richmond Cultural Affairs Grant to support the artistic residency of Redobles de Cultura with Julia Gutiérrez, Nelson González, and Nicholas Laboy.

University of Richmond Course Enhancement Grant to support the

artistic residency of Redobles de Cultura with Julia Gutiérrez, Nelson González, and Nicholas Laboy.

University of Richmond Inclusive Community Fund Grant to

support the artistic residency of Redobles de Cultura with Julia Gutiérrez, Nelson González, and Nicholas Laboy.

University of Richmond Community Based Learning Course Support

Grant to support the artistic residency of Redobles de Cultura with Julia Gutiérrez, Nelson González, and Nicholas Laboy.

2016-2017 Selected to participate in the Faculty Humanities Seminar, The

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.

2016 University of Richmond Faculty Research Summer Fellowship to support the creative research of “Bomba, Salsa, and Contemporary Dance--Continued investigation of identity, culture and performance”

University of Richmond Cultural Affairs Grant to support the artistic

residencies of Unviverses and Ñequi González as part of the Latino and Latin American Theatre and Dance Residency and Performance Project.

2015 WILL Recognition Program. Recognized as mentor for Jennyfer

Hernández, The University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.

University of Richmond Faculty Research Summer Fellowship to support the creative research of “12 (in 12 sections) / Deep Listening”

University of Richmond Cultural Affairs Grant to support the artistic residency of Ñequi González.

2nd Annual Richmond Dance Festival Film Night, Winner for the dance film down by the riverside, i remember you, Richmond, VA.

2014-2015 University Fellowship (for MFA Dance Program). The George

Washington University, Washington, D.C.

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2014 WILL Recognition Program. Recognized as mentor for Rachel Brown, The University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.

University of Richmond Faculty Research Summer Fellowship to support the creative research of “A Dance Solo”

2013 University of Richmond Faculty Research Summer Fellowship to

support the creative research for “Agua Dulce Dance Theater at UR.”

University of Richmond Cultural Affairs Grant to support the

KimRamírez Artistic Residency and for the artistic residency of Steven Iannacone.

2012 University of Richmond Dean’s Summer Grant, School of Arts and

Sciences to support the creative research for “Blu.” University of Richmond Cultural Affairs Grant to support the artistic

residency of Thayer Jonutz.

2010-2011 Artists-in-Residence, Holland Area Arts Council, MI. 2003-2004 Dean Scholarship, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New

York University, New York, NY. 2002-2004 Gallatin Scholarship (for MA in Dance and Choreography), Gallatin

School of Individualized Study, New York University, New York, NY.

2001-2004 Artist in Residence Grant for Rubí Theater Company at the Brooklyn

Arts Exchange (BAX), Brooklyn, NY. 2002 Winter 2002 Union St. Dance Space Grant, Brooklyn, NY.

Artists in Residence Grant, Capoeira Angola Palmares Center, New York, NY.

2001 Manhattan Community Arts Fund Recipient from the Lower East Side Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), New York, NY.

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CREATIVE RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES: CHOREOGRAPHER, PERFORMER, CURATOR A. PROFESSIONAL WORKS CREATED AND PERFORMED WHILE AT UR CONCERT DANCE:

portrait of an imagined deity (2018) --Trio. --2019 Midwest RAD Fest. Wellspring Theatre, The Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI. --2018 Richmond Dance Festival, Dogtown Dance Theatre, Richmond, VA.

Live composition with movement and sound artists (2017) --Quartet (2 movement and 2 sound artists). --The H-O-T Series of Philadelphia, Mascher Space Cooperative. -- Produced by the Impermanent Society of Philadelphia curated by ISOP members

Loren Groenendaal and Jim Strong. There I Go Rising (2017)

--Solo. --Midwest RAD Fest. The Wellspring Theatre, The Epic Center. Kalamazoo, MI.

Talking in Sicá (2016) --Solo with percussionist Héctor “Coco” Barez. --Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY, 2016.

Deep Listening (2015) --Solo with percussionist Héctor “Coco” Barez. --Pregones Theater, New York, NY, 2015. --Richmond Dance Festival, Richmond, VA, 2016. --Casa de Cultural Ruth Hernández Torres, Puerto Rico, 2017. --Chicago Harvest Contemporary Dance Festival, 2017. --Featured in TV program: Puerto Rican Voices: It Takes One, Produced by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, CUNY and WIPR-TV, Puerto Rico. February 2016. [Interview begins at min. 7:30]

requinto (2015) --Solo with percussionist Héctor “Coco” Barez. --Richmond Dance Festival, Richmond, VA, 2015. passing through (2013) --Group work (6). Multi-media collaboration of Agua Dulce Dance Theater (Alicia Díaz and Matthew Thornton) with musicians, video, sound, and light artists: Oliver Lyons, Andy McGraw, KimSu Theiler, Alexis Raskin, and Patrick Kraehenbuehl. --Alice Jepson Theater in Modlin Center for the Arts, UR, Richmond, VA, 2013.

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algún día…some day (2012) --Duet, co-created and performed with Matthew Thornton. --Danspace Project/St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY, 2012. --Richmond Dance Festival, Richmond, VA, 2015. --Pregones Theater, New York, NY, 2015.

DANCE IN MUSEUMS: portrait of an imagined deity (2017) --Trio. --Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, VA, 2017. --Solo adaptation. --Museum & Center for Humanistic Studies Dra Josefina Camacho de la Nuez, The University of Turabo, Puerto Rico, 2017. changing course: the body as vessel (2016) --Duet, choreographed and performed with Matthew Thornton. --The Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, The University of Richmond, VA, 2016. --Museum and Center for Humanistic Studies Dra Josefina Camacho de la Nuez, The University of Turabo, Puerto Rico, 2017. Talking in Sicá (2016) --Solo with percussionist Héctor “Coco” Barez. -- Museum and Center for Humanistic Studies Dra Josefina Camacho de la Nuez, The University of Turabo, Puerto Rico, 2017. --Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, VA, 2017. Memory and Resonance (2014) --Solo with percussionist Héctor “Coco” Barez. --The Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, UR, Richmond, VA, 2014.

SITE-SPECIFIC:

RVA Street Art Festival (2013) --Site-specific solo and duet movement installations with Matthew Thornton. --Former GRTC Bus Depot, Cary St. Richmond, VA, 2013. Hunts Point Homes (2013) --Collaboration by Agua Dulce Dance Theater (Alicia Díaz and Matthew Thornton), Catch Me Dance (Marion Ramírez and Jung Woong Kim), and multi-media artist Hatuey Ramos Fermín. --Produced by Pepatián (Jane Gabriels, director) -- BAAD! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance), New York, NY, 2013.

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down by the riverside, i remember you (2014) --Dance-on-Camera film directed and edited by Alicia Díaz. --American College Dance Association Mid-Atlantic Conference at

Towson University, MD, 2015. --Richmond Dance Festival Films Night, 2015.

B. WORKS CREATED FOR UR PRODUCTIONS

UNIVERSITY DANCERS:

We Must Say Her Name (2019) --Quartet (3 dancers, 1 vocalist) --The Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts.

wise as serpents (2018) --Quartet. --The Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts. -- American College Dance Association Mid-Atlantic South Regional Conference, Adjudicated Concert #4, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. -- American College Dance Association Mid-Atlantic South Regional Conference, Gala Performance, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

portrait of an imagined deity (2017) --Trio. --The Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts, UR.

Traveling (2014) --Group piece (9), co-created with Matthew Thornton. --Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts, UR. “…a falcon, a storm, or a great song?” (2013) --Quartet for University Dancers. --Alice Jepson Theatre in the Modlin Center for the Arts, UR. La Orilla / The Shore (adaptation in 2012) --Trio (adaptation of original 2002 duet) co-choreographed with Matthew Thornton. --Alice Jepson Theatre in the Modlin Center for the Arts, UR. --American College Dance Festival Association Mid-Atlantic Conference, James Madison University, VA.

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THEATER PRODUCTIONS:

Remnants (2014) --Musical, co-choreographed with Jorge “PopMaster Fable” Pabón. --Musical co-written and co-directed by José García and Patricia Herrera. --Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts, UR. blu (2012) --Choreography for the production of blu written by Virginia Grise --Directed by José Joaquín García and Assistant Director Patricia Herrera. --Cousins Studio Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts, UR.

C. WORK AS GUEST ARTIST/PERFOMER: MAIDA WITHERS DANCE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Glacial Drift (2016) Site Responsive Performance. ICEBERGS installation designed by James Corner Field Operations. The National Building Museum, Washington, DC.

Mind Fluctuations (2015) Lisner Auditorium, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Chain of Events (2014) Kennedy Center Theater Lab, Washington, D.C.

D. WORK AS CURATOR/PRODUCER AT UR

2019 Puerto Rican Arts Initiative Artistic Residency by Lío Villahermosa. Los Pleneros de la 21 and Redobles de Cultura Concert of Puerto Rican music by Los Pleneros de la 21 as well as UR

and community workshops by Redobles de Cultura. Worked with Modlin Center for the Arts in the coordination with the artists for the concert and community engagement.

2017 Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba at UR Artistic Residency by Redobles de Cultura with Julia Gutiérrez,

Nelson González, and Nicholas Laboy. 2016 Manifest

Artistic Residency and Performance by Universes and Puerto Rican dance artist Esther “Ñequi” González. Lobby of the Modlin Center for the Arts and Cousins Studio Theatre. Latino and Latin American Theatre and Dance Project, curated by Alicia Díaz and Patricia Herrera. April 1, 2016

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2015 Acto de Magia/Magic Act Artistic Residency and Site-Specific Performance by Puerto Rican dance artist Esther “Ñequi” González. The Parking Lot Project, Tucker Boatwright Festival Raised. April 6-11, 2015.

2013 …sur la table…

Artistic Residency of Steven Iannacone to set a piece on University Dancers. Alice Jepson Theatre in the Modlin Center for the Arts. October 18-27 and February 27-March 1.

2012 undercurrents

Artistic Residency and Performance by Marion Ramírez and Jungwoong Kim Cousins Studio Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts. October 25, 2012.

E. DANCE WORKS CREATED PRIOR TO WORKING AT UR

Conjuring the Wind (2011) Untitled at Tompkins Square Park (2010) An Evening of Dance at The Old Grand Rapids Public Museum (2010) Into the Night (2010) Grain of Sand: A Dance for the Camera Project (2009) The Seed and the Gardener (dance video) (2009) Yucuninu: The Development of a Dance (documentary) (2009) Yucuninu (Site-Specific Film) (2008) Agua Dulce at Pettoranello Gardens (2008) Grain of Sand (theatrical performance) (2008) Prairie Dance (2007) Spirits Crossing Over Water (2007) Intima (2006) Mar Adentro (The Sea Within) (2006) House of Dreams (2005) I-Land (2005) Cutamba, Catuba, Cutumba (2004) Nana para una negrita (2004) Love (in times of war) (2004) Strange Fruit (2003) La orilla / The Shore (2002) Imagine the Angels of Bread (2001-2002) Yucuninu (2001) On the 1 Train (2001) Taking Flight (2000) 3 ó 4 jugadas (2000) guaretas (1999) Fragments (1999) tomas desde adentro (1998) A Woman Who Outshone the Sun (1998 + 1999 + 2004) Raksha’s Child (1997 + 1998) en camino (1997)

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F. PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO UR DANCE COMPANIES AND INDEPENDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS

2006-Present Co-founder, co-artistic director, and choreographer, Agua Dulce Dance Theater, Richmond, VA.

2004-2013 Affiliated Artist, Pepatián, Bronx, NY. 2008-2010 Guest Artist, dANCEpROjECt, Holland, MI. 2008-2010 Guest Artist, Soplo, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2004-2006 Dancer and choreographer, original work with Marion Ramírez, New

York, NY. 2004 Company Member, Sally Silvers & Dancers, New York, NY. 2004 Dancer, TRYST, Site-specific performance of Wildlife Tour at the 60

Wall St. Atrium, New York, NY. 2000-2004 Co-Director, Choreographer, Performer, Rubí Theater Company,

Brooklyn, NY. 2001 Company Member, Eva Dean Dance, Brooklyn, NY. 1999-2000 Company Member, Andanza: Compañía Puertorriqueña de Danza

Contemporánea, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1997-1999 Co-founder, co-artistic director, and choerographer, en la brega dance

company, New York, NY. 1997-1998 Member of the Harlem Nutcracker national tour, Donald Byrd/The

Harlem Nutcracker, New York, NY. 1995-1999 Company Member, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, NYC. 1995-2002 Company Member, Alice Farley Dance Theater, New York, NY. 1994-1995 Company Member, Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theater, Chicago,

IL. 1994 Company member, Rod Rodgers Dance Company, New York, NY.

Company Member, Footprints Dance Company, New York, NY.

1991-2004 Company Member, Contemporary Motions, New York, NY.

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DANCE FESTIVALS

2011 Dance Films @ The Flea Festival, New York, NY. Co-Choreographer: The Seed and the Gardener. Film by KimSu Theiler. American College Dance Festival, Gala Performance, University of

Akron, OH. Choreographer: Yucuninu

American College Dance Festival, Adjudicated Concert, University of Akron, OH.

Choreographer: Yucuninu 2010 New York Dance Parade, New York, NY. Co-creator/Performer: Untitled at Tompkins Square Park 2008 Blue Curtain Music and Dance Summer Series Princeton, NJ. Co-creator/Performer of Grain of Sand, La Orilla / The Shore, Yucuniu,

and improvisational choreographic structures.

New York Dance Parade, New York, NY. Co-creator/Performer: Grain of Sand 2006 Jacob’s Pillow Inside Out Series, Becket, MA. Co-creator: La Orilla / The Shore. Dance in America Series, New York, NY. Co-creator: La Orilla / The Shore. 2005 Festival Internacional Danz’Aquí, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Guest Teacher and Co-creator of Student Perfomance. 2004 DanzaFest 2004, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Choreographer/Performer: Cutamba, Catuba, Cutumba with percussionsit Sebastián Guerrero. Talk, Talk, Walk, Walk: Poetry and Dance Festival, New York, NY. Co-creator/Performer: improvisational choreographic structure with Edisa Weeks, KJ Holmes and Edwin Torres.

Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival, Holland, MI. Choreographer/Performer: Cutamba, Catuba, Cutumba with

percussionsit Sebastián Guerrero. Festival Internacional Danz’Aquí, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Guest Teacher and Choreographer/Performer: Nana para una negrita

with percussionsit Sebastián Guerrero.

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2003 Festival Internacional Danz’Aquí, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Guest Teacher and Co-creator/Performer: La Orilla / The Shore. 2002 Transcultural New Jersey: Diverse Artists Shaping Culture and

Communities, Trenton, NJ. Choreographer/Performer: Yucuninu 2001 2nd Annual Hip-Hop Theater Festival, New York, NY. Choreographer/Performer: Imagine the Angels of Bread. Production by

Rubí Theater.

De la Manga Improvisation Festival, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Choreographer/Performer: improvisational choreographic structures with DJ Nature and José Fofé Abreu.

2000 Primer Festival de Performance, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain. Co-creator/Performer: 3 ó 4 Jugadas and on iste improvisational

choreographic structures with Andanza Compañía Puertorriqueña de Danza Contepmoránea.

1998 Primera Muestra Internacional de Artes Escénicas, Teatro Julia de

Burgos, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Evening-length work by en la brega dance company. Co-creator/Performer of 2 works: guaretas, tomas desde adentro Choreographer/Performer of 1 work: Strange Fruit Performer in 1 work: Love (choreographed by Nathan Trice).

1999 1898: War, Literature and the Question of Pan-Americanism, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Evening-length work by en la brega dance company. Co-creator/Performer of 2 works: guaretas, tomas desde adentro Choreographer/Performer of 1 work: Strange Fruit

1997 New York Fringe Theater Festival, New York, NY. Choreographer: The Woman Who Outshone the Sun. Production by

Urban Youth Theater.

Dancing at the Plaza: Union Square Summer Dance Festival, New York, NY. Co-Creator/Performer: en camino with en la breaga dance company

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CREATIVE RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES: PERFORMANCE LECTURES, MASTER CLASSES, PUBLICATIONS, PANELS A. PERFORMANCE LECTURES

NOTE: In these performance lectures I interweave movement and oral presentations so that the lines between performance and lecture are blurred. This process culminates in a final performance and conversation with the audience.

Improvisation and Diasporic Memory: A Performance Lecture (2018)

Cabral Center, John D. O’Bryant African American Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. March 29, 2018. Diasporic Body Grammar: An Encounter of Movement and Words (2016) Wilson College’s Black Box Theater, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. December 2, 2016. Improvising Identity: Bomba as a Point of Reference Between a Contemporary Dance Artist and a Percussionist (2016) Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY. May 14, 2016.

Poetry, Music, and Movement (2015) Department of Music, The University of Richmond. November 16, 2015. How...Do You Dance in Response to Works of Art? (2015) The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). May 15, 2015.

Landscapes of Dance Making: An Embodied Practice (2015) The Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, The University of Richmond. February 25, 2015. A View Into the Creative Research Process for Dance as an Art Form (2012) Cousins Studio Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts. February 2, 2012. Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian Martial Art Hidden in Dance (2011) Boatwright Library, The University of Richmond. November 9, 2011.

B. MASTER CLASSES 2018 Virginia Commonwealth University, Master Class on Contemporary

Dance. American College Dance Association Mid-Atlantic South Region Conference, Master Class on Authentic Movement for Dance Artists, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA.

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Virginia Dance Symposium. Master Class on Body Awareness and Partner Bodywork, Richmond, VA.

2017 Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Master Class on Improvising

Identity. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Universidad del Turabo, Master Class on Improvisational

Composition: Dance and Music, Gurabo, Puerto Rico. RAD Fest, Master Class on Improvising Identity. Kalamazoo, MI. Virginia Commonwealth University, Master Classes on Improvisation

and Agua Dulce Dance Theater Repertory, Richmond, VA. 2016 Virginia Commonwealth University, Master Classes on Improvising

Identity, Richmond, VA.

The Richmond Dance Festival, Master Class on Improvisational Structure for Deep Listening, Dogtown Dance Theater, Richmond, VA.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Master Classes on Contemporary Dance, Richmond, VA.

2015 New York University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Languages and Literature, Guest Speaker on Dance, Identity and Cultural Memory, New York, NY.

The Richmond Dance Festival, Master Class on Contemporary

Dance, Dogtown Dance Theater, Richmond, VA. 2014 The George Washington University, Department of Theatre and

Dance, Master Class in Introduction to Partnering Techniques, Washington, D.C.

American College Dance Festival Association, Master Classes on

Contemporary Dance and Body Awareness/Partner Bodywork, George Mason University, VA.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Master Classes on

Contemporary Dance, Richmond, VA. Virginia Dance Symposium. Master Class on Contemporary Dance,

Richmond, VA.

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2013 Richmond Youth Peace Summit—Co-facilitated the workshop Capoeira: The movements, music and history of this Afro-Brazilian martial art/dance. Richmond, VA.

Virginia Dance Symposium. Master Class on Contemporary Dance, Richmond, VA.

2012 American College Dance Festival, Master Class on Contemporary

Dance, James Madison University, VA.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Master Classes on Contemporary Dance, Richmond, VA.

2011 American College Dance Festival, Master Classes on Contemporary

Dance and Partner Bodywork. Assisted Matthew Thornton in Capoeira and Non-Traditional Partnering Master Classes, University of Akron, OH.

Oakland University, Master Class on Contemporary Dance, Oakland,

MI. 2010 Dance in the Annex, Master Class on Contemporary Dance, Grand

Rapids, MI. 2009 Michigan Dance Festival, Master Class on Contemporary Dance.

Assisted Matthew Thornton in Master Classes on Capoeira and Non-Traditional Partnering, Hope College, Holland, MI. Ohio Dance Festival, Master Class on Contemporary Dance, Ohio University, Athens, OH. American College Dance Festival, Master Class on Contemporary Dance master class. Assisted Matthew Thornton in Master Classes in Capoeira and Non-Traditional Partnering, University of Akron, OH. Dance in the Annex, Master Classes on Contemporary Dance, Grand Rapids, MI.

2007 Kansas State University, Dance Program, Master Class on Contemporary Dance, Manhattan, Kansas.

2005 Hathaway Brown School, Master Class on Contemporary Dance,

Cleveland, OH.

New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Studies Master Class on Authentic Movement for Contemporary Dancers, New York, NY.

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2004 DanzaFest 2004, Master Class on Contemporary Dance, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2003 Hope College, Master Classes on Contemporary, Holland, MI. 2002 Hope College, Master Classes on Contemporary, Holland, MI.

Shaker Heights High School, Master Class on Contemporary Dance, Cleveland, OH.

1998 Congreso Internacional de Jazz, Master Classes on Modern Dance, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1997 University of Michigan, Dance Department. Master Classes and

workshops with en la brega dance company, Ann Arbor, MI. 1995-1996 Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theater Master Classes in public

schools during U.S national tour. C. PRINT AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

2016 “Deep Listening” Esferas: Turn to Movement (Giro al Movimiento)

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, New York University. 2015 “A Postcard from Alicia Díaz of Agua Dulce Dance Theater” The

Dance Enthusiast, October 5, 2015. 2010 “Pepatián’s Bronx Artist Spotlight 2010 Choreographers Showcase”

Bronx Dance Magazine (Summer, Issue 19). 2005 “Latino Dance Forms in the United States” The Encyclopedia of

Latinos in the United States, Oxford University Press. 2004 “Bomba, Capoeira, B-boying: Embodied forms of resistance in the

African Diaspora” Washington Square News, March 2, 2004. D. PANELS

2019 “We Must Say Her Name: Activating Dance as a Tool for Social Change” 6 PIC Blackademic Panel and Excellence Mixer. Hosted by Initiatives of Change, USA, I AM MY LIFE, and 6PIC Innovation Center.

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2018 Opening remarks for the screening and subsequent discussion of the documentary Out of La Negrura/Out of Blackness. produced by Pepatián, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University.

2017 Member of the Selection Committee. Dance Your Future. Produced

by Pepatián and BAAD! 2016 Guest Speaker in the Panel “Deconstructing Columbus.”

Organized by PLUMAS (Political Latinx United for the Movement and Action in Society), Virginia Commonwealth University.

2015 Moderator, Post-performance discussion of The Blues Project with

Michelle Dorrance and Toshi Reagan, Carpenter Theater. Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts.

Talk Back with Kyle Abraham, Modlin Center for the Arts,

Moderator. 2013 Bronx Dance Coalition—Participated in preliminary adjudication of

future site-specific projects in the South Bronx. Meeting facilitated by Arthur Aviles of BAAD! and Aviva Davidson of Dancing in the Streets.

2012 ACDFA Adjudication Panel, adjudicated UR student works to be

presented at the Mid-Atlantic American College Dance Festival Conference.

2011 Ohio Dance Festival, adjudicator.

2006 Lower Manhattan Community Council (LMCC). Creative

Communities, Dance Category, adjudicator.

2002 Union St. Dance Space Grant, New York, NY, adjudicator. 1999 Congreso Internacional de Jazz, Buenos Aires, Argentina,

adjudicator. ARTICLES ON and REVIEWS

2018 RVArt Review (May 4) “Richmond Dance Festival 2018: A Little Night Dancing” by Julinda Lewis. [Includes review of portrait of an imagined deity]

2017 80 Grados (November 17) “Alicia Díaz: la improvisación como acto

de resistencia política” (Alicia Díaz: Improvisation as an Act of Political Resistance) by Susan Homar.

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Chicago Tribune (September 9) “Review: All kinds of duets featured in first weekend of Harvest Dance Fest” by Lauren Warnecke. [Includes review of Deep Listening / Voces del Mar]

Diálogo (April 30) “Escuchar ‘Las Voces del Mar’” (To Listen to Sea

Voices) by Alejandra Rosa. [Review of Deep Listening/Voces del Mar]

Irene Hsiao (March 14) “Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival, 10-12 March 2017 at the Epic Center, Kalamazoo” by Irene Hsiao. [Includes review of There I Go Rising and my Master Class Improvising Identity]

2016 Dance Enthusiast (November 14) “Moving Caribbean In New York

and Elsewhere with Alicia Diaz: From San Juan, Puerto Rico to Agua Dulce Dance Theater” Interview by Christine Jowers.

Princeton Comment (May 17) “Review: Puerto Rican Soundscapes” by Oscar Montero.

Princeton Comment (May 5) “Alicia Díaz Performs in NYC 5-14” by

Barbara Figge Fox, with comments by Ze’eva Cohen. Richmond Times Dispatch (April 23) “Dance Review: Richmond

Dance Festival” by Julinda Lewis. [Includes review of Deep Listening] 2015 Culturebot (October 15) “Agua Dulce Dance Theater’s “Deep

Listening” Maps Puerto Rican History @ The Pregones Theater” by Angela Mariana Schopke.

E-Magazine-Columbian College of Arts & Sciences (December) “A Dance of Their Own” by John DiConsiglio.

2015 The Washington Post (March 20) “Dance performance as a high-tech

journey into the esoteric” by Celia Wren. (on MindFluctuations by the Maida Withers Dance Construction Company)

2013 huntspointhomes.tumblr.com (June) “Ancestry and Spirit: Site

Specific Performance in the Hunts Point Homes Residency” by Taja Lindley.

2010 Solomons Says (December 6) “Nikolais’s Century” by Gus

Solomons, Jr. [Includes review of Desde el Jardín] Eye On Dance and examiner.com (December 7) “Alwin Nikolais Centennial Alumni Concert” by Jennifer Thompson

2008 New York Press (May 21) "Missing Dance Parade, Not Missing

Much" by Kimberly Thorpe

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Daily Kent Stater (November 10) “Dance piece depicts stages of life through movement and technology” by Lauren Crist.

Daily Kent Stater (September 16) “Artist in residence brings new ideas to dance department” by Lauren Crist.

2004 Dance Magazine (July) Featured in the article “Authentic Movement:

Find Yourself in the Steps” by Shayna Samuels. 1999 The San Juan Star (May 10) “An intimate portrait” by Melba Ferrer.

El Nuevo Día (May 9) “En la brega” by Mario Alegre Barrios.

El Mundo (May 9) “Cuerpos que cuentan luchas”(Bodies that Speak of Struggle) by Gloribel Delgado Esquilín.

1998 Time Off (January 20) “From School Halls to the Dance Floor” by

Angela Delli Santi. SERVICE A. SERVICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND (Partial List)

2019 Tucker Boatwright Festival Committee, member.

Diversity Advocate. Department of Sociology and Anthropology Search Committee

2018 Arc of Racial Justice Institute, member.

The A.N.S.W.E.R. (A Night to See, Witness, and Experience Richmond) Meet Your Professors Faculty Panel for admitted students of color.

2017-2018 Inclusive and Engaged Learning and Teaching Spaces Faculty

Learning Community, member and co-organizer of talk by Juan González and the Pa’lante: A Fundraiser for Puerto Rico.

2016-Present Undergraduate Research Committee (3-Year Term) 2016-2017 Faculty Humanities Seminar, member. 2013-Present Faculty Mentor for Ngoma African Dance Company. 2013 Focus group for creation of divisional brochures for the School of

Arts and Sciences highlighting the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences.

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2011-2012 Arts Initiative of the School of Arts and Sciences, member. 2011-Present Coordinator and host of Celebration of Dance @ UR 2011-Present Contribution to weekly departmental meetings and annual retreats of

the Department of Theatre and Dance B. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (Partial List)

2018-Present Board Member of Pepatiían—a South Bronx-based

organization dedicated to creating, producing and supporting contemporary multi-disciplinary art by Latino and Bronx-based artists.

2018 Member of the selection committee for Dance Your Future.

Produced by Pepatián and BAAD! 2017 Member of the selection committee for Dance Your Future

Residency. Produced by Pepatián and BAAD!

2016 Open Call Residency Program, produced by Pepatián. Mentor for Alethea Pace in preparation for the performance at BAAD! of her evening-length work Trying to Sweep Away the Ocean with a Broom.

COMMUNITY SERVICE (Partial List) 2019 Interpreter for the Richmond Immigrant Transit Assistance (RITA). 2018 Levantando al Gigante Fundraiser for Puerto Rico. Performance of

algún día…some day. FICA DC (Fundação Internacional de Capoeira Angola), Washington, DC

Richmond Waldorf School. Master Class on Puerto Rican history and culture.

2017 RVA for Puerto Rico. Co-facilitator of relief efforts after Hurricane

María. 2016 Latin Ballet of Virginia. Master Class in Improvisation for the

Junior Company at The Cultural Arts Center of Glenn Allen

Latin Ballet. Guest Artist in the production of Poemas. Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond Center Stage.

Qué Pasa Festival. Coordinated and participated in a performance of

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Capoeira Angola by Agua Dulce Dance Theater. 2013 Richmond Youth Peace Summit—Co-facilitated the workshop

Capoeira: The movements, music and history of this Afro-Brazilian martial art/dance. Richmond, VA.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL WORK A. THAI YOGA BODYWORK

2004-2006 Space for Wellness, (Dr. Joseph Caraccilo). 2005-2006 The Moving Center, Director.

B. RESEARCH ASSISTANT

1999-2002 New York State Psychiatric Institute, Epidemiology Dept., Columbia University Medical Center.

1994-1990 Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro), Cultural Citizenship Taskforce, Hunter College, CUNY.

C. TRANSLATION (English to Spanish)

2006 Democracy Now! A Daily Independent Global News Hour, with Amy Goodman and Juan González.

1993 Post-Production, Burbank, CA.