Body of Work




Millicent Marie Johnnie
Dancer/ Choreographer/ Instructor
Year of Appointment: Fall 2009
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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

Professional Experiences
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
Adjunct Professor of Dance
Dillard University (New Orleans, LA)
Fall 2003 – 2005

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
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)



Faculty and Administrative Load
Spring semester 2012
DANC 1232/34                                          Jazz I                                                               2 credit hours
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
Sincerely, Katrina Jones- Commissioned by Dallas Black Theater  II                                        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
Site:                                  www.publicanthropology.org/Archive/Aa1938
  
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
Site:                                  www.tcg.org/events/conference/2008/2008Awards.cfm


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