Colorado College Drama & Dance Department » Block Guests

Casey Avaunt

Shaylan Quinn — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:37:54 +0000

Casey Avaunt was born in Maine and grew up dancing locally at the Bates Dance Festival. She graduated from The Colorado College in December 2005 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Drama/Dance as well as distinction in the department and as a recipient of the Broadway Theater League Award for two consecutive years. She continues to dance, teach and choreograph professionally in both the United States and in Taiwan with specific interests in psychology, gender and cultural communications as they relate to performance art. In 2004, Casey received funding from the Chin-Lin Foundation of Taiwan to research Taiwanese culture, modern dance and Taoism. She returned to Taiwan in 2007 as a resident of the Taipei Artist Village and again in 2008 in order to collaborate with 8213 Physical Dance Theater. She joined the company as they performed in Paris, Avignon, America, and Bangkok and throughout Taiwan. In 2009 Casey received first place out of 180 in the Taiwan Creative Dance Competition for her choreography. Casey received a full scholarship from The Ministry of Education in Taiwan to study a master’s degree in Performance/Choreography at Taipei National University of the Arts.

I Made Lasmawan

Shaylan Quinn — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:08:06 +0000

Bio coming soon.

Tiffany Tinsley Weeks

Shaylan Quinn — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:21:28 +0000

DS 208 | Intermediate Modern Dance | Block 7

Tiffany was raised in Miami, Florida where she began her dance training in performing arts elementary and middle schools. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. While earning her BFA, she performed in choreography by Shapiro and Smith Dance, ODC/ San Francisco, Adele Myers, and Kelly Drummond Cawthon. She was a founding member of the Florida MOD Project and Physical Theater Productions, with whom she toured nationally as a featured performer. Tiffany was a lab dancer at Jacob’s Pillow in their collaboration with Tanglewood Music Center and later an apprentice for Shapiro and Smith Dance. She moved to Colorado Springs and began dancing with Ormao Dance Company in 2001, where she is currently Assistant Artistic Director. Her choreography has been nominated for the Peak Area Performer and Artists Award for her work ‘Aria’. In addition to dancing with Ormao Dance Company, Tiffany is on faculty at the Colorado Springs Conservatory and Ormao Center for Contemporary Dance where she directs the Junior Repertory. She has taught at American College Dance Festival and been a guest artist at Colorado College. Her passion for collaboration inspires her dancing, teaching and choreography.