Millicent Marie Johnnie
Dancer/ Choreographer/ Instructor
Year of Appointment: Fall 2009
404-435-5051
Academic
Degrees
Degree Awarded Institution Year Major
Bachelor
of Fine Arts Florida State
University 2002 Dance
Masters
of Fine Arts Florida State
University 2007 Dance
Choreographer
The Winspear “A
Gathering” (Dallas, TX)
Fall 2011
Choreographer
OSF “Party People”
(Ashland, OR)
Fall 2011
Choreographer
The Tri-C Theater “SDF” (Cleveland, OH)
Fall 2011
Choreographer/Performer The Egg “SDF” (Albany, NY)
Fall 2011
Choreographer/Performer BAM Harvey Theater “SDF” (NY, NY)
Fall 2011
Choreographer/Performer The Light Box Theater
“SDF” (Miami, FL)
Fall 2011
Choreographer Little Haiti
Cultural Center (Miami, FL)
Summer 2011
Summer Guest Faculty
American Dance
Festival (Durham, NC)
Summer 2011
Choreographer
Roots Fest 2011
“CANE” (Baltimore, MY)
Summer 2011
Director/Choreographer OSCA “Westside Story” (KwaZulu
Natal, SA)
Summer 2011
Choreographer
UnderMain Thtr “The Shipment” (Dallas,TX)
Summer 2011
Choreographer/Performer The Gammage Theater “SDF”
(Tempe, AZ) Spring 2011
Choreographer
IABD Showcase “CANE” (Los
Angeles, CA)
Spring 2011
Choreographer/Performer Ailey Studios “SDF” Video
Shoot (NY, NY) Spring 2011
Choreographer
The Public
Theater “Ameriville” (NY, NY)
Spring 2011
Choreographer/Performer National Performance Network
(Dallas, TX)
Fall 2010
Choreographer
Round House Theater “Ameriville” (DC)
Fall 2010
Choreographer/Performer Jampact Music Ensemble (Dallas,
TX)
Fall 2010
Choreographer Diverse Works “Ameriville” (Houston, TX)
Fall 2010
Visiting Scholar Ballet Folklorico
Hermanos Ayala (Loiza, PR)
Fall 2010
Director/ Choreographer Ferndale Rep. Theater “Rent”
(Ferndale, CA)
Summer 2010
Guest Artist Cleo Parker-Robinson Dance (Denver, CO)
Summer 201
Guest Artist
Dallas Black Dance Theater (Dallas, TX)
Summer 2010
Visiting Professional/ Educator American Dance Festival
(Durham, NC)
Summer 2010
Guest Artist
IKapa Dance
Company (Cape Town, S.A.)
Summer 2010
Visiting Scholar University of Cape Town (Cape Town, S.A.)
Summer 2010
Guest Artist
West Hawaii Dance Theater (Kona, HI)
Spring 2010
Guest Choreographer
Fuzion Dance Co “At Twilight” (Sarasota, FL)
Spring 2010
Guest Choreographer
Booker High School (Sarasota, FL)
Spring 2010
Guest Choreographer
Krannert Arts
Center (Urbana, IL)
Fall 2009
Guest Choreographer ProDance (Houston, TX)
Summer 2009
Assistant Professor
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
Fall 2009
Guest Artist
University of North Carolina (Charlotte, NC)
Spring 2009
Guest Choreographer
Universes Theatre (New York,
NY)
Spring 2009
Guest Choreographer/Performer 7 Stages- The Love Project (Atlanta, GA)
Spring 2009
Choreographer/ Artist Development
Marvelous Enterprises (Atlanta,
GA)
Spring 2009
Choreographer/ Movement Coordinator New York City Opera (New York, NY)
Fall 2008
Adjunct Professor of Dance Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA)
Fall 2008- current
Choreographer/Dancer
BlocSouth Management (Atlanta, GA)
Summer 2008- current
Guest Choreographer
Choreographer’s Showcase (Atlanta, GA)
Summer 2008
Guest Choreographer
New World Theatre
(Amherst, MA)
Spring 2008
Guest Choreographer
Alternate Roots. Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
Fall 2005- 2007 Dance
Instructor
SAIL High School (Tallahassee, FL)
Fall 2007
Guest Choreographer
Cleo
Parker-Robinson Dance (Denver, CO)
Fall 2007
Guest Artist
New World Theatre 2050 (Amherst, MA)
Summer 2007
Guest Artist
Tougaloo College (Jackson, MS)
Summer 2007
Guest Artist
The Carpet Bag Theatre (Knoxville, TN)
Fall 2006
Guest Artist
Kuumba House (Houston, TX)
Summer 2006
Guest Artist
Urban Bush
Women. Inc. (New York, NY)
Summer 2006
Teaching Assistant
Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Spring 2005-Summer 2007
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Adjunct Professor of Dance
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Dillard University (New Orleans,
LA)
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Fall 2003 – 2005
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Adjunct Professor of Dance
Fall 2003- 2005
Performer National Basketball Association
Summer 2004- Spring 2005
Creative Research- Guest
Summer 2004
Guest Artist
Summer 2003
Guest Choreographer
Fall 2003
Rehearsal Director/ Resident Choreographer
Summer 2002-Summer 2003
Artistic Director
Spring 1999- Summer 2002
Dance Instructor/ Performer
Summer 1999- Summer 2001
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Tulane University (New Orleans,
LA)
New Orleans Hornets (New Orleans, LA)
University of Havana (Havana,
Cuba)
Escola Da Dansa (Salvador, Bahia Brazil)
Hubbard Street II (Chicago, IL)
Urban Bush Women. Inc. (New York,
NY)
Phlava Dance Company
(Tallahassee, FL)
Universal Dance Assoc. (Memphis,
TN)
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Faculty and Administrative Load
Spring semester 2012
DANC
3232/34 Jazz
III 2
credit hours
Fall semester 2011
DANC
2231 Jazz
II 2 credit
hours
DANC
3243 Composition
III 2
credit hours
Summer semester 2011
PERB
5310 Music
Theatre Workshop 3
credit hours
Spring semester 2011
DANC
1232/34 Jazz
I 2
credit hours
DANC
3234 Jazz
III 2
credit hours
Fall semester 2010
DANC
1305 Beg.
Jazz 2
credit hours
DANC
2231 Jazz
II 2
credit hours
DANC
3243 Composition
III 2
credit hours
Spring semester 2010
DANC
1232/34 Jazz
I 2
credit hours
DANC
3232/34 Jazz
III 2
credit hours
DANC
3244 Composition
IV 2
credit hours
Fall semester 2009
DANC
2231/33 Jazz
II 2 credit hours
DANC
4431/32 Jazz
IV Elective 2
credit hours
Spring semester 2009
DAN
111- A Intro
to Ballet 1
credit hour
DAN
213- A Int.
Jazz Dance 1
credit hour
DAN
313- A Adv.
Jazz Dance 1
credit hour
Fall semester 2008
DAN
113- A Beg.
Jazz Dance 1
credit hour
DAN
213- A Int.
Jazz Dance 1
credit hour
DAN
313- A Adv.
Jazz Dance 1
credit hour
Fall semester 2008
Dance
(9th-12th grade) Beg.
Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop 1
credit hour
Fall semester 2007
Dance
(9th-12th grade) Beg.
Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop 1
credit hour
Summer semester 2007
DAA
1500-01 Jazz/Hip
Hop/ Funk 2
credit hours
Spring semester 2007
DAA
1500-03 Jazz/Hip
Hop/Funk 2
credit hours
DAA
1500-04 Afro-Caribbean 2
credit hours
Fall semester 2006
DAA
1500-03 Jazz/Hip
Hop/ Funk 2
credit hours
DAA
1500-04 Afro-Caribbean 2
credit hours
Spring semester 2004- 2005
PE
415-001 Modern
Dance 2
credit hours
PE
113-001 Hip
Hop Dance 1
credit hour
PE
113-003 Jazz
Dance 1
credit hour
DAN
395-01 Jazz
Dance 2
credit hours
DAN
395-02 Hip
Hop Dance 1
credit hour
DAN
395-03 Hip
Hop Culture 1
credit hour
Fall semester 2003- 2005
PE
415-001 Adv.
Modern Dance 2
credit hours
PE
113-001 Beg. Modern Dance 1
credit hour
PE
113-002 Int.
Jazz Dance 1 credit hour
DAN
395-01 Jazz
Dance (Hip Hop Emphasis) 2
credit hours
DAN
395-02 Hip
Hop Dance 1
credit hour
Other Collegiate Assignments
- Committee Member Black
History Month- Black Excellence Ball 2011
- Faculty Advisor Division
of Dance- Majors 2011
- Committee Member Recruitment/Student
Affairs Committee 2010
- Committee Member University
Admissions Council 2010
- Member Faculty
Senate 2010
- Choreographer Fall
Bob Hope Production 2010
- Committee Member Dean’s
Faculty Advisory Board 2009
- Committee Member Big
Thought/SMU Planning Committee 2009
- Adjudication Panel Brown
Bag Student Performance 2009
- Faculty Liaison Maggie
Allesee National Center for Choreography 2005
- Assistant Director Dillard
University Diamond Dance Team 2003
Professional and Academic Association or Society
Memberships
·
Society of Directors and
Choreographers Member
·
Who’s Who in America Member
·
International Association for
Blacks in Dance (IABD) Member
·
North Texas Dance Council Board
Member
·
Who’s Who Among American Colleges Alumni
Member
- National
Collegiate Honors Society Alumni
Member
- W.E.B. Dubois
Honors Society Alumni
Member
- National Dean’s
List Alumni
Member
- Florida State
University Seminole Torchbearer Alumni
Member
- Hamilton Academy
of the Arts Alumni
Member
- Alternate Roots Member
- National
Performance Network Member
Non-Credit
Instruction Taught
- International
Association for Blacks in Dance, Los Angeles, CA- Midnight Master Class 2011
- University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ- Master Class 2011
- Booker T. Washington High School, Dallas, TX-
Master Class 2010
- Ferndale Repertory Theater- Company Class 2010
- Hip Hop Session- Cape Town, South Africa-
“Freestyle” Jam Session 2010
- IKapa Dance Company- Cape Town, South Africa-
Master Class Series 2010
- Likhwezi- Nylanga Township, Cape Town, South
Africa- Master Class Series 2010
- IKapa Outreach Program- Phillipi Township, Cape
Town, South Africa- Master Class 2010
- Dallas Black
Dance Theater- Dallas, TX- Summer Intensive 2010
- Cleo Parker-Robinson Dance Company- Summer
Intensive 2010
- West Hawaii
Dance Theater- Kona, HI- Master Class 2010
- North Port High School- Sarasota, FL- Master Class 2010
- Booker High School Dance- Sarasota, FL- Residency 2010
- Fuzion Dance Company- Sarasota, FL- Residency 2010
- New College- Sarasota, FL- Master Class Series 2010
- Booker T. Washington High School, Dallas, TX-
Master Class 2009
- Girls Inc./ Nasher Museum, Dallas, TX- Movement
Workshops Series 2009
- Texas Ballet Theater- Richardson, TX / Master Class 2009
- University of Illinois Dance- Champaign/Urbana, IL-
Teaching Residency 2009
- University of Illinois Theater- Champaign/Urbana,
Il- Choreographic Residency 2009
- ProDance- Houston, TX- Summer Dance Convention 2009
- University of North Carolina- Charlotte/ Master
Class 2009
- University of Illinois- Champaign/Urbana- Residency 2009
- Purdue University- Residency 2008
- Amherst College/ U-Mass- New World Theatre Project
2050 2007
- Florida A & M University/ Orchesis Contemporary
Dance Theatre 2007
- Tougaloo College- Hip Hop Institute 2007
- University of TN- Knoxville/Carpet Bag Theatre- Residency 2006
- Urban Bush Women Summer Dance Institute 2006
- Tulane University/Summer Jazz Dance Festival 2005
- Tulane University/ Summer Jazz Dance Festival 2004
- Villages Charter Schools/Nationals
Performance/Choreographic- Residency 2004
- University of Louisiana- Lafayette/ Master Class
Series 2003
- University of Michigan- Flint/Urban Bush Women
Summer Dance Institute 2003
- Long Island University/Urban Bush Women Residency 2002
- Barry University/ Universal Dance Association
Summer Dance Intensive 2001
- University of South Carolina/ Universal Dance
Association Private Dance intensive 2001
- Tulane University/ Summer Jazz Dance Festival 2000
- University of NW Louisiana/ Universal Dance
Association Summer Dance Intensive 2000
- University of Central FL/Universal Dance
Association Summer Dance Intensive 2000
- Florida State University/Urban Bush Women Summer
Dance Institute 1999
- Tulane University/ Summer Jazz Dance Festival 1999
- Amherst College/ U-Mass- New World Theatre Project
2050 1999
- Lake Weir High School/Nationals Performance/Choreographic
– Residency 1999
Honors and Awards
Multi-Arts Production Fund Recipient- Let
Me Cry You One 2011
Who’s Who in America- Inductee 2011
Conversations for
Young Dancers & Choreographers- IABD Panelist 2011
Association of Performing Arts Presenters- “Under the
Radar” Choreographer Ameriville 2011
Symphony For the Dance Floor (SDF)- Commissioned by DBR
Projects 2010
National Performance
Arts Annual Meeting- Invitee/ Performer Late Night Showcase 2010
Best Director- “Rent” The Musical produced by Ferndale
Repertory Theater 2010
Best Musical- “Rent”
The Musical produced by Ferndale Repertory Theater 2010
University Travel
Grant- Association of Performing Arts Presenters 2011 Conference 2010
University Travel
Grant- American Dance Festival Professional’s Workshop 2010
Meadow’s Creative
Research Grant for Non-tenured Faculty- South Africa Cane Research 2010
University of Cape
Town Contemporary Final Exam- Panelist 2010
University of Cape
Town African Dance Final Exam- Panelist 2010
At Twilight- Commissioned by
Fusion Dance Company 2010
Association of
Performing Arts Presenters- Women of Color Forum invitee 2010
National Performance
Network Annual Meeting- Invitee 2009
Urban Bush Women/NPN-
Entering, Building and Exiting Community Co-Facilitator 2009
Universes/NPN- Ameriville choreography presented for
NPN Main Stage 2009
Jacob’s Pillow-
Cultural Traditions Full Scholarship Recipient 2009
Agnes Scott College-
Multi-Cultural Faculty Award 2009
Ameriville- Commissioned
by Universes Poetry Theater ,
Inc. 2009
Leon County School
Board- Minority Educator of the Year (SHS) 2008
National Performance
Arts Convention- NPN Artist 2008
New World Theatre
Uprisings V- Hip Hop Histories Panelist 2008
Hip Hop Theatre Festival- Future Aesthetics Artist Grant
Recipient 2008
Alternate Roots- Hip
Hop Activist Fellowship Selection Panelist 2008
Alternate Roots- Hip
Hop Activist Fellowship Recipient 2008
Highlander Center-
National Cultural Worker Weekend invitee 2008
Multi-Arts Production
Fund- Dance Panelist 2007
National Performance
Network- Artists of Color Residency 2007
Sincerely, Katrina Jones- Commissioned by Cleo
Parker-Robinson Dance Company 2007
Multi-Arts Production
Fund Recipient- Uprooted:
The Katrina Project 2006
National Performance
Network Annual Meeting- “Art Burst” 2006
Association of
Performing Arts Presenters- NPN Showcase 2006
Florida State
University- “Research and Creativity Award” 2006
National Performance
Network- Gulf Coast Artist Showcase 2005
Alternate Roots- Hip
Hop Activist Fellowship Recipient 2005
Association of
Performing Arts Presenters- Dancenow/NYC Showcase 2004
Arts International Artist Exploration Fund- Recipient 2003
Dirti Rok-
Commissed
by Hubbard Street II 2003
Prague International Dance Festival- “Best Choreography” 2002
Dance Magazine Nominee- “Best Performer” 2000
Dance Training
Modern Ballet Jazz/Hip Hop Ethnic
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Suzanne Farrell Stephanie Manuel Los
Munequitos de Matanzas
Anthony Morgan Richard Sias James Frazier Richard Gonzalez
Patricia Phillips Sheila Humphreys Grace Hamiliton Carolina Garcia
Ronald K. Brown Tyron Washington Courtney Meshe Reginal Yates
Garth Fagan Anjali Austin Rennie Harris Kwame Ross
Doug Varone B-Boy
Ynot Yvonne Daniels
Mr.
Wiggles Hermanos Ayala
Capoeira Liturgical Improvisation
Amara Tabor-Smith Michelle Dorant Lynda Davis
Mestranda Edna Lima Elizabeth Delancey Gayle Fekete
Lempreia
Sabia
Research
Title Lineage
between Brazilian Martial Art Form Capoeira and Hip Hop
Location: Salvador
Bahia, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Principal
Investigator(s): Millicent Marie Johnnie
Funding Agency: Arts International Artist Exploration Fund
Date: Summer
2003
Funds Requested: $3000.00 U.S. American Dollars
Status: Funded
$2995.00 U.S. American Dollars
Title Music and
Dance forms of the Sugar Cane Plantation Experience
Location: Havana, Cuba
(Summer 2009)
Montego Bay, Jamaica, St. Elizabeth Parish,
Trelawny Parish
(Spring 2008)
New Iberia, Louisiana, Jenerette, Louisiana,
Avery Island, Louisiana, Weeks Island, Louisiana, Jefferson Island, Louisiana
(Spring 2008)
Principal Investigator(s): Millicent Marie Johnnie
Funding Agency: Independent
Date: Spring
2008
Funds Requested: $0.00 U.S. American Dollars
Status: Funded
$0.00 U.S. American Dollars
Title Hawaiian Sugar
Cane Plantation Experience
Location: Maui and Kona,
Hawaii
(Spring 2010)
Principal Investigator(s): Millicent Marie Johnnie
Funding Agency: Southern Methodist University- Creative Research Stipend
Date: (Fall
2009)
Funds Requested: $0.00 U.S. American Dollars
Status: Funded
$2,000.00 U.S. American Dollars
Title South African
Sugar Cane Plantation Experience
Location: Johannesburg,
Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town, South Africa
(Summer 2010)
Principal Investigator(s): Millicent Marie Johnnie
Funding Agency: Southern Methodist University-
Creative Research Non-Tenured Faculty Grant
Date: (May
2010)
Funds Requested: $5,000 U.S. American Dollars
Status: Funded
$5,000 U.S. American Dollars
Title Puerto Rican
Sugar Cane Plantation Experience
Location: Ponce, Loiza, San
Juan, Lares, Puerto Rico
(Fall 2010)
Principal Investigator(s): Millicent Marie Johnnie
Funding Agency: N/A
Date: (October
2010)
Funds Requested: $0.00 U.S. American Dollars
Status: Funded
$0.00 U.S. American Dollars
Title Cry You One site-specific performance
collaboration looking at Louisiana’s vanishing coastline
Location: Southwestern
Louisiana’s Wetlands
Principal Investigator(s): Mondo Bizarro, Millicent Marie Johnnie and
Louis Michot
Funding Agency: Multi- Arts Production Fund (MAP
Fund 2011)
Date: (January
2011)
Funds Requested: $50,000.00 U.S. American Dollars
Status: Funded
$20,000.00 U.S. American Dollars
Publications
Title Haile.
Berard. Navaho Chantways and
Ceremonials. American Anthropologist. Oct- Dec, 1938 Vol. 40(4): 639-652
Principal Writer(s): Millicent M. Johnnie Florida State
University (Dr. Adrienne S. Harmon)
Publishing Agency: Public Anthropology Journal Archive
Project American Anthropologist 1938
Date Summer 2002
Clarity Ranking: 4
Title Recognizing
our own scholarship within community. Universes Anthology- The Big Bang:
Plays, Poetry and Process. January 2010.
Principal Writer(s): Millicent M. Johnnie (Universes
Poetry Theater)
Publishing Agency: Theater Communications Group. TCG
Books 2010
Date Spring 2010
(Submitted- Not Yet Published)
Clarity Ranking: N/A



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