Don't Dance In Your Head, Dance Out In The World – Dominic Moore-Dunson
Inside the Dancer's Studio
English - July 02, 2021 13:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts Society & Culture Documentary akron oh choreography creative process dance podcast nccakron Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dominic Moore-Dunson hails from Akron, OH, where he attended the University of Akron and Firestone High School (Akron School for the Arts). Recently recognized as a “New Agent” by MOCA Cleveland, Dominic has received numerous fellowships and recognitions as an emerging artist and arts leader. He was a 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellow, a 2018 Breakout Artist by the Devil Strip Magazine (Akron), a 2016 National Arts Strategies (NAS) Creative Community Fellow (DC), and an inaugural member of Leadership Akron’s Diversity on Board Program. His solo work, CAUTION, was a 2018 commission by Akron Art Museum.
Dominic completed a certificate program with the National Arts Strategies Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategies (University of Pennsylvania) to enhance his capacity in all aspects of running a thriving arts & non-profit culture organization. Moore-Dunson currently serves on the board of ArtsNow and the Akron Cultural Plan Steering Committee.
Dominic was a dancer, rehearsal coordinator, and educator with Inlet Dance Theatre (Cleveland, OH). During his time with Inlet, he developed a community-based dance theatre project called ‘Black Card’ Project that premiered in Sept 2018. The ‘Black Card’ Project is a live-action dance-theatre cartoon that examines the narrow definition of blackness and the African-American ideal of the “Black Card”.
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dommooredun.comArticle about The Black Card Projectideastream.org/news/akron-firestone-grad-dominic-moore-dunson-stages-the-black-card-project
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