Tanya Calamoneri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Dance
RESUME
Assistant Professor of Dance
Texas Tech University
2017 - present
Teach Contemporary Dance (Intermediate-Advanced), Dance Improvisation, Dance History (online and in person), World Dance Forms (classroom/studio), First Year Seminar, Choreography of Human Movement (Somatics and Laban Movement Analysis/Honors), Telematic Dance (distance learning partnership with John Moores University, UK), RaiderReady (highschool/college transition course), Dance Appreciation (online), Dance History II (online MA), Critical Inquiry (online MA), Applied Somatics (MA)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Global Dance
Colgate University
2014 - 2017
Contemporary Dance (beginning and advanced courses)
Dance Imagery & Improvisation (techniques from Japanese butoh and American post-modern dance)
CORE Japan (cultural studies)
Additional activities include organizing dance performance field trips to New York City, coordinating dance film series, producing hip-hop guest artist residencies, masterclasses, and lec/dems for General Education program, and supporting student dance groups; yoga/stretch coach for the Colgate Ice Hockey team
Project Manager, DanceMotion USA
Brooklyn Academy of Music
2012-2014
Working with Embassies in regions of diplomatic interest – including Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Algeria, Bolivia, and Argentina – develop and implement month-long outreach and educational programs with artists such as Mark Morris Dance Group, David Dorfman and Dancers, Rennie Harris Puremovement, Sean Curran Company, Doug Varone and Dancers, Donald Byrd/Spectrum Dance Theater, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Manage distance learning initiative and online educational resources, mentor interns, produce dance history essays.
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Education
Ph.D. Temple University, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Dissertation: “Becoming Nothing/Becoming Something: Methods of Performer Training in Hijikata Tatsumi’s Ankoku Butoh Dance”
Presidential Fellow, Golden Key National Honor Society
Major Teachers: Drs. Luke Kahlich, Kariamu Welsh Asante, Joellin Meglin, Karen Bond, Shigenori Nagatomo, and Professor Merian Soto
M.A. New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Thesis: “A Curriculum to Teach Butoh Dance in Higher Education”
Major Teachers: Drs. Richard Schechner, Andre Lepecki, Diana Taylor, Carol Martin, Nina Cornyetz, Judy Malnich, Lauren Raiken
B.A. The American University School of International Service
Major: International Relations with concentration in Economics
Minor: Spanish Language and Regional Studies, Semester; Study Abroad: Santiago, Chile
Cum Laude, Golden Key National Honor Society
Certifications:
SMTT and Body-Mind Dancing (Martha Eddy)
200-hr Yoga Teacher Certification