Angela Harris
Executive Artistic Director at Dance Canvas, Inc.
- Role
- Executive Artistic Director at Dance Canvas
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Angela Harris
Angela Harris is a choreographer and founding Executive Artistic Director of Dance Canvas, Inc, a career development organization for emerging professional choreographers and youth. Angela received her dance training at Dance Theater of Harlem, School of the Hartford Ballet, and The Eglevsky Ballet. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, she graduated from The Baltimore School for the Arts and attended Mercyhurst College and City College of New York, earning a BA in journalism, while on full ballet scholarship at Steps on Broadway.Angela has danced professionally with The Georgia Ballet, Columbia City Ballet, and Urban Ballet Theater. Her theatre dance credits include: Sophisticated Ladies and Degas’ Little Dancer (Marie u/s) at the Tony award winning Alliance Theatre; A Chorus Line (Kristine), Chicago (Lipschitz), Camelot and Annie Get Your Gun at the Aurora Theatre; Film: Scary Movie 5 (Principal Dancer).Angela has choreographed for professional ballet companies and schools across the country. Angela’s theater choreography credits include: The First Noel (Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theater Company), 110 in the Shade (Theatrical Outfit), Little Shop of Horrors (Actor’s Express), Bridges of Madison County (Aurora Theatre) and University productions: Ragtime (Kennesaw State University), Drowsy Chaperone (Georgia Tech).Angela was awarded a Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Observership to work on Little Dancer, a Broadway musical Lab, under the direction of Susan Stroman. She received the Emerging Artist Award in Dance from The City of Atlanta’s Office of Cultural Affairs and received a proclamation from the Atlanta City Council for her work in Atlanta. Angela was one of five Inaugural National Visiting Fellows at the School of American Ballet in NYC. Angela has been a catalyst, consultant, and resource for numerous new dance organizations and artists throughout metro Atlanta. Angela has developed youth dance programs for the City of Atlanta’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Grammy award winning recording artist Usher’s New Look Foundation, and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation. She received the 2011 American Express Emerging Leader Award from Americans for the Arts and she also served on the national Emerging Leaders Council for Americans for the Arts from 2011 – 2014.Angela is on faculty at Emory University, Dekalb School for the Arts and Academy of Ballet. She has served on the faculty of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute and has been a master class/guest instructor at colleges and universities across the country.
Experience
Executive Artistic Director
Jan 2008 — Present
Choreography Presenting company based in Atlanta. Focusing on providing opportunities and resources to emerging professional choreographers.
Education
The City College of New York
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
1998 — 2000
Mercyhurst University
Dance
1996 — 1998
Skills
- Event Management
- Modern Dance
- Singing
- Dance
- Performing Arts
- Choreography
- Community Outreach
- Ballet
- Non-Profits
- Grant Writing
- Theatre
- Event Planning
- Entertainment
- Fundraising
- Nonprofits
- Public Speaking
- Acting
- Music
- Arts Administration
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