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2025 Dance Level 2 & 3
Type:
Webinar
Scheduled:
9/18/2023 9:00:00 AM
Name:
2025 Dance Level 2 & 3
Fiscal Year:
2025
Staff Member:
Singletary, Patricia
Chair:
Teri Abstein
Location:
Go to Meeting
Access:
Comments Closed
Public Panel Meeting Information
Materials
Agenda Files
gps-scp-rubric-2025.pdf
AgendaDance2and3.pdf
ScoregridDance2and3.pdf
Panelists (6)
Pihos, Melissa
County:
Bio:
Bio
Associate Professor of Dance at Valdosta State University (Tenured) and Artistic Director of PIHOS A Moving Biography
Previously, Adjunct Professor of Dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of North Caroline at Charlotte, Salem College, High Point University; and Dance Convention Faculty for Gear Up Dance Convention, Dance Machine Dance Convention, and Xtreme Dance Convention
Danced for Flatlands Dance Theatre, Larry Keigwin, Van Dyke Dance Group, John Gamble Dance Theatre, and Sidelong Dance Company
National Judge for Dance Machine Dance Competition, Boogie Fever, and Xtreme Dance Challenge
M.F.A., Dance/Choreography, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; B.A., Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Vinayak, Preeti
County:
Bio:
Bio
Artistic Director and Choreographer at Natyam Arts Academy; Choreographer and Director of the Margam Dance Series; Director of the Natyam Arts Carnatic Music Vocal Festival
Guest Lecturer at Texas State University and Southern Methodist University; Community News Editor for Khabar Magazine
Board Member of Raksha, Inc.
Next Century Published anthology of poems titled "Just Like That" in 2017
Author and researcher of "Biosocial aspects of domestic violence" published in the Journal of Psychoneuroendocriniology in 2000
Master of Science (Neuroendocrinology), Florida State University
Allgire, Mary
County: Leon County
Bio:
County: Leon
Bio
Retired Educator
Previously, Adult Community Education Teacher; Special Education Teacher, Leon County Schools
Organizer of Hot Pepper Steppers clogging group and Board Member of Tallahassee Community Friends of Old Time Dance
M.A., Special Education, University of South Florida and B.S., Social Work, Florida State University
Gonzalez, Irvin
County:
Bio:
Bio
•Assistant Professor of Dance at Ohio State University
•Former Assistant Professor of Dance at Florida State University
•Teaches quebradita, cumbia, and reggaeton histories and aesthetics
•Founding member of Primera Generación Dance Collective
•Board Member for Show Box Los Angeles
Phillips, Erin
County: Polk County
Bio:
County: Polk
Bio
Program Director and Associate Professor, Dance Program, Florida Southern College
Previously, Dance Education Coordinator, Kent State University; Director of the Jacksonville University Summer Dance Intensive, and instructor at several institutions including the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Winthrop University Summer Program
Co-author of “Dance and Culture” published by Great River Learning
2021-2022 Featured Academic, Florida Southern College Vertex Magazine
M.F.A., Dance Choreography, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and B.A., Dance Education, University of South Florida
Humiston, Larissa
County: Orange County
Bio:
County: Orange
Bio
Artistic Director, Emotions Dance Incorporated, Orlando, Florida
Owner of Larissa Humiston, LCSW and Founder of Therapy Uncensored
First Graduating Cohort of Empowering Good
M.S.W., Syracuse University