Elizabeth Bernstein Resume
ELIZABETH A. BERNSTEIN TALLAHASSEE, FL BASED DANCE EDUCATOR & GRADUATE STUDENT
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Passionate and determined dance artist, writer, and educator. Conservatory educated dancer. Well versed in ballet, modern, and contemporary styles. Accustomed to professional dance and higher educational environments. Has worked under foremost dance makers and thinkers. Current Graduate student, teaching assistant, research assistant, and undergraduate professor of Dance Appreciation at the Florida State University.
EDUCATION Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. |2017-2020| MA in American Dance Studies under the direction of Anjali Austin The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. |2012- 2016| BFA in Dance Cum Laude under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield?
SKILLS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Undergraduate Professor: Dance Appreciation (DAN 2100-01), Spring 2019
Accepted Research to Present/Conference: Dolls, Democracy, and Demands: Dancing out Otherness and Citizenship in Jillian Peña’s Polly Pocket – Popular Cultural Association (April 2019, Washington D.C.)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Dr. Hannah Schwadron, Florida State University School of Dance (DAN 3144 – Cultural Perspectives on Dance, Fall 2018)
Vice President: Graduate Dance Council, Florida State University School of Dance (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)
Graduate Assistant: Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)
Rehearsal Assistant & Dancer: Rachel Hunter for Dan Wagoner’s restaging of One Thing After Another (November 2018, Tallahassee, Florida)
Research Assistant & Dancer: Jillian Peña for her commissioned American Dance Festival Footprints work (June – July 2018, Durham, North Carolina)
Research Presented/Conference: Dismantling the Mouse: The Disneyfication of Central Florida – the Popular Cultural Association (April 2018, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Choreography Presented: 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL. (Spring 2018)
Graduate Research Assistant: for Dr. Hannah Schwadron, Florida State University School of Dance (Spring 2018)
Graduate Assistant: for Dr. La Toya Davis-Craig, Florida State University School of Dance (Fall 2017)
Administrative Assistant: to Stephanie Mills, Florida State University School of Dance (Fall 2017)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Full Time:
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. (January 2019 – May 2019)
The Tallahassee Ballet, Tallahassee, FL. (August 2017 – present)
Duvall Dance Academy, Longwood, FL. (August 2016 – June 2017)
Studio 150, Winter Park, FL. (August 2016 – May 2017)
The Parke House Academy, Winter Park, FL. (August 2016 – May 2017)
All Saints Episcopal Church, Winter Park. FL. (August 2016 – December 2016)
The Center for Contemporary Dance, Winter Park, FL. (June 2015 – January 2017)
Subbing Experience:
Central Florida Ballet, Orlando, FL.
Elizabeth Parsons School of Dance, Windermere, FL.
Harwood-Watson Dance Studio, Winter Park, FL.
Teaching Practices: Modern, Contemporary, Ballet, Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Physical Theatre, Contemporary Ballet, Jazz, Dance History, Dance Appreciation, Dance Theory
PERFORMANCES Performed at The Merriam Theatre, Philly FringeArts, The American Dance Festival, 621 Gallery, The Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre at the Florida State University One Thing After Another, Dan Wagoner |Restaging, 2018| Empire, Jillian Peña |Premier, 2018| A Study on Visibility, Elizabeth Bernstein |Premier, 2018| Frame 4, Sidra Bell ? |Premier, 2016| An Extremely Quiet Party, Douglas Becker |Restaging, 2016| Cult Classic, Jillian Peña |Premier, 2015|? Liberation, Gary Jeter? |Premier,2015| 17, Jillian Peña? |Premier,2015| The Top, No Face Performance Group? |Premier, 2015| Untitled, Chelsea & Magda? |Premier,2105| Extreme Memory, Douglas Becker? |Restaging, 2015| let rivers flow, Jesse Zarrit? |Premier, 2014| it depends..., Katie Swords-Thurman? |Premier, 2014| Instantaneous Compositions 3, Douglas Becker/Anne White |Premier, 2013| Vile Parody, William Forsythe? |Restaging, 2013| In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, William Forsythe |Restaging, 2013| Panoply, Jesse Zarrit & Katie Swords-Thurman |Premier, 2013|
ELIZABETH A. BERNSTEIN TALLAHASSEE, FL BASED DANCE EDUCATOR & GRADUATE STUDENT
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Passionate and determined dance artist, writer, and educator. Conservatory educated dancer. Well versed in ballet, modern, and contemporary styles. Accustomed to professional dance and higher educational environments. Has worked under foremost dance makers and thinkers. Current Graduate student, teaching assistant, research assistant, and undergraduate professor of Dance Appreciation at the Florida State University.
EDUCATION Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. |2017-2020| MA in American Dance Studies under the direction of Anjali Austin The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. |2012- 2016| BFA in Dance Cum Laude under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield?
SKILLS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Undergraduate Professor: Dance Appreciation (DAN 2100-01), Spring 2019
Accepted Research to Present/Conference: Dolls, Democracy, and Demands: Dancing out Otherness and Citizenship in Jillian Peña’s Polly Pocket – Popular Cultural Association (April 2019, Washington D.C.)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Dr. Hannah Schwadron, Florida State University School of Dance (DAN 3144 – Cultural Perspectives on Dance, Fall 2018)
Vice President: Graduate Dance Council, Florida State University School of Dance (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)
Graduate Assistant: Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)
Rehearsal Assistant & Dancer: Rachel Hunter for Dan Wagoner’s restaging of One Thing After Another (November 2018, Tallahassee, Florida)
Research Assistant & Dancer: Jillian Peña for her commissioned American Dance Festival Footprints work (June – July 2018, Durham, North Carolina)
Research Presented/Conference: Dismantling the Mouse: The Disneyfication of Central Florida – the Popular Cultural Association (April 2018, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Choreography Presented: 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL. (Spring 2018)
Graduate Research Assistant: for Dr. Hannah Schwadron, Florida State University School of Dance (Spring 2018)
Graduate Assistant: for Dr. La Toya Davis-Craig, Florida State University School of Dance (Fall 2017)
Administrative Assistant: to Stephanie Mills, Florida State University School of Dance (Fall 2017)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Full Time:
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. (January 2019 – May 2019)
The Tallahassee Ballet, Tallahassee, FL. (August 2017 – present)
Duvall Dance Academy, Longwood, FL. (August 2016 – June 2017)
Studio 150, Winter Park, FL. (August 2016 – May 2017)
The Parke House Academy, Winter Park, FL. (August 2016 – May 2017)
All Saints Episcopal Church, Winter Park. FL. (August 2016 – December 2016)
The Center for Contemporary Dance, Winter Park, FL. (June 2015 – January 2017)
Subbing Experience:
Central Florida Ballet, Orlando, FL.
Elizabeth Parsons School of Dance, Windermere, FL.
Harwood-Watson Dance Studio, Winter Park, FL.
Teaching Practices: Modern, Contemporary, Ballet, Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Physical Theatre, Contemporary Ballet, Jazz, Dance History, Dance Appreciation, Dance Theory
PERFORMANCES Performed at The Merriam Theatre, Philly FringeArts, The American Dance Festival, 621 Gallery, The Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre at the Florida State University One Thing After Another, Dan Wagoner |Restaging, 2018| Empire, Jillian Peña |Premier, 2018| A Study on Visibility, Elizabeth Bernstein |Premier, 2018| Frame 4, Sidra Bell ? |Premier, 2016| An Extremely Quiet Party, Douglas Becker |Restaging, 2016| Cult Classic, Jillian Peña |Premier, 2015|? Liberation, Gary Jeter? |Premier,2015| 17, Jillian Peña? |Premier,2015| The Top, No Face Performance Group? |Premier, 2015| Untitled, Chelsea & Magda? |Premier,2105| Extreme Memory, Douglas Becker? |Restaging, 2015| let rivers flow, Jesse Zarrit? |Premier, 2014| it depends..., Katie Swords-Thurman? |Premier, 2014| Instantaneous Compositions 3, Douglas Becker/Anne White |Premier, 2013| Vile Parody, William Forsythe? |Restaging, 2013| In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, William Forsythe |Restaging, 2013| Panoply, Jesse Zarrit & Katie Swords-Thurman |Premier, 2013|