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ALBERTO DENIS
Alberto Denis has a BA in Theater/Dance, Rhode Island College, summa cum laude. He recently created the [QuA²D] = The Queens Academy of Arts & Dance(www.quaad.org) after leaving his position as Production Director/Producer for Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) where he created the first ever staff infrastructure for their inaugural theater on Chambers Street in lower Manhattan. Prior to his time at DNA he created the Wight Room Dance Series presented at The Movement Salon near Union Square. Mr. Denis has toured the world (Dubai, Dublin, Barcelona, Bangkok, Taipei, Mexico City, Oslo, Prague and others) as a theater technician in the roles of Stage Manager, Audio Engineer, Assistant Technical Director and Production Electrician as well as a performer for many choreographers. He has performed for Arthur Aviles' Typical Theater for five years & in projects for Doug Elkins, Risa Jaroslow, Palissimo Dance Theater, Dixie Fun Dance Theater, ann and alexx make dances, Marta Renzi, Michael Leleux, Heidi Latsky Dance, Lawrence Goldhuber, Luis Lara Malvacias, JoAnna Mendl Shaw's Equus Projects, and Mei Yin Ng's Mei-Be Whatever. He also acts as the co-Director of the Move for Breast Cancer Awareness (MBCA). His choreography has been produced at Danspace Project's Food For Thought, Dixon Place's Body Blend and Moving Men, BAAD!'s Boogie Down Dance Series and Out Like That Festival and Kinetics Dance Theater, Baltimore MD. He's created sound designs for Alexandra Beller, Richard Rivera, Nathan Trice, Arthur Aviles and Karl Anderson. Alberto has taught Arthur Aviles' Swift/Flow technique as well as Contact Improvisation, and Composition at Trinity College, Lourdes College and the Kinetics Dance Theater Summer Intensive, in Baltimore, MD. Alberto has also served on the Dance Theater Workshop Curatorial Advisory Committee, Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Awards Panel, Queens Council on the Arts artist panel, DCA & LMCC grant panels, and currently serves on the Dance/NYC Advisory Board. He currently enjoys working part time as an event coordinator and DJ for Expressway Music as well as a Specialist at Apple's SoHo location.