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She is nationally published in the text books Art: A Community Connection and Theatre: Art In Action. As an artist educator, she was featured in 'Personal Visions', at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. Jodi has been presented with the Art and Environmental Solutions Award for CHALK and The American Institute of Architects’ Spirit of Service Award given in recognition for her work in the community. Her recent collaborations have included theatre set work was with Transcendance of National City and painting commission with MotherToBab圜A at UCSD. Ardent in creative community development, Jodi continues to expand her collaborative connections in order to nurture vibrant centers of local arts and culture. With a philanthrophic desire for community building through arts education, CoTA is an extension of Jodi’s artistic philosophies. From large-scale installations and set design to international commissions and exhibitions, the true essence of Jodi’s artistry is through the connections she facilitates between artist and community. Always creating work to tell a story, she creates public participation installations like with Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company’s for Adoption Project: Triad, and Stick Fly. She works in her California garden studio and with a variety of neighborhood communities. Jodi Tucci Brisebois is an experienced collaborator, educator, and visual artist. Jodi Tucci Brisebois, Teaching Artist (BA Fine Arts, School of The Art Institute of Chicago) Amanda is also currently studying on a Movement Analysis and Somatic Practice Program. Other current work includes actor movement training and period dance on USD’s MFA Theatre Program (2013-current), and a community based expressive dance practice for adults (2013-current). She has been a speaker, facilitator and trainer for seminars, workshops and courses on three continents, and has been a teaching artist with CoTA for the last five years.

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The central role that European dance companies place on educational work began her 20+ years practice in the field of dance and movement education.Īmanda teaches in community and professional settings. With extensive training in dance performance, choreography, and teaching, she performed for 15 years with contemporary dance companies in Europe. This whole-bodied immersion provides an opportunity for physical, cognitive and social-emotional growth.”Īmanda Peñaloza-Banks’s dance pedagogy focuses on the the multi-faceted ways in which movement is beneficial to our wellbeing.

“We dance in relationship to ourselves, others and the world around us. Amanda Peñaloza-Banks, Teaching Artist (BA Honors, Contemporary Dance and Choreography, London Contemporary Dance School)

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