TaMara Swank
TaMara Swank teaches undergraduate dance technique courses as well as dance kinesiology and teaching of dance. TaMara has been teaching dance for over twenty years and has developed multiple dance programs. She was the Artistic Director and founder of Studio 22 Performing Arts Center, the founder of SHUDA, the 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University community dance program and assisted in the development of the 新香港六合彩官网开奖 dance major and minor. TaMara has also created and developed the 新香港六合彩官网开奖 Cheerleading Squad, the Dance Club and the Griffin Dance Team. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Exercise Science and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance. She has been commissioned to create choreography for children’s programs, high school dance companies, university dance programs and musical theatre productions. TaMara has taught master classes for festivals and conferences including the National and Regional High School Dance Festival. As dance faculty at 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University, she has choreographed more than forty pieces for dance concert productions and musicals. Her choreography has been selected to perform at the Baltimore Dance Invitational – Professional Dance Showcase in Baltimore, Maryland and the 30th Annual Jazz & Tap Festival in Virginia. TaMara also has a list of original works including, “The Seven Deadly Sins” dance concert and “EleMental Revolution”, a dance theatre production produced in collaboration with theatre colleagues. She has presented, Collaborative Culture in Education, in collaboration with education faculty at ACRES National Conference, Tucson, AZ and the Early Childhood Institute Annual Conference, Grove City, PA. The project was also presented at the 2014 NDEO national conference in Chicago.
Education
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Bachelor of Arts, Dance, Concentration Ballet, Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA) 1991
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Master of Science, Exercise Science and Health Promotion, California University of Pennsylvania (California Pennsylvania) 2006
Publications
Suppo, J. L. & Swank, T. (2019). Embracing collaboration through the lens of exceptional needs dance: A mixed methods study. Journal of Dance Education, DOI: 10.1080/15290824.2019.1566828
Suppo, J. L. & Swank, T. (Accepted). Steps to inclusion鈥ance steps that is! Dance Education in Practice.
Awards
1998 Golden Shovel Award鈥擟ity of Franklin For the development of Studio22 Dance Academy and Performing Arts Center
Organizations
IADMS - International Association for Dance Medicine & Science
NDEO - National Dance Education Organization
Presentations
Regional & National High School Dance Festival, Virginia
Swank, T., (October 2016) Dance Integration: Creating Interdisciplinary Experiences. 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University, Board of Trustees, Greensburg, PA.
Swank, T., & Suppo, J. L. (March, 2014) Collaboration in education. ACRES National Conference 2014, Tucson, AZ.
Swank, T., & Suppo, J. L. (November, 2014). Culture of collaboration in higher education. NDEO鈥檚 16th Annual National Dance Education Organization Conference, Chicago, IL.
Swank, T., (November 2016) Dance Integration: Creating Interdisciplinary Experiences. 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University, Celebrating Scholarship, Greensburg, PA.
Certifications
2015 - CPT-Certified Personal Trainer
2006-2010 PES-NASM