selected performances
the Ways ensemble
a Disease called Freedom at AVALON Theatre
October, 2007
Ways of Knowing . . . at PANGEA World Theater
November 2006
Ways of Knowing: Continued . . . Hopkins Center for the Arts
March 2006
MINNESOTA fringe
Stories of Cunning and Wit Interact Center for Arts
August 2007
Storyteller “Auntie Beverly”
Stories, poems, dance, performance
1999 to present
Ananya Dance Theatre
Dancer – Duurbaar (2006)
Bandh (2005)
2004 to present
Nimely Pan-African Dance
Dancer and drummer
1995 to present
Revolutionary Women’s Cabaret
Strength of the Revolution (Ruby Dee)
July 2005
Soulistic Playhouse
Re/Membering Aunt Jemima at Capri Theater
March 2005
Penumbra Theater
Black Nativity
Tambourines to Glory
exhibitions
Peaceful Warriors FUSION TRIBE, Homewood Studios Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Place at the Table: “Chairspaces”, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Labor Room: Birth of Art, CIA Mira Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Black and Blue No More!, MaMa mOsAic Theater Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Layers: An Exploration of Race and Identity, Minneapolis Foundation Galleries, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006
Radio mnartists.org Live at the McGuire, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Place at the Table: Selected Works, Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin
FLOW: A NorthSide Art Crawl, PCYC Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005
Afro-Futurism: Artists Vision the Cyber-Techno Future and its Impact on Blac Culture, Soap Factory Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
education
Training in theater, singing, dancing and percussion Master classes with Iega Jeff, Bill T. Jones, Nimely Napla, Baba Chuck Davis, Mor Thiam, Wilhemina Taylor, Linda Thomas Jones, Veta Goler, Diane Walker, Dramane Diabate, Ubaka Hill, Cheikh M’Baye
Student of African, African-American, Afro-Cuban, Haitian, Jamaican and Caribbean history and culture
MA Degree in Teaching, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
BS Degree in Biology, Central Missouri State College, Warrensburg, Missouri