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KOURTNEY YADAO

91-1028 Apaa St. Ewa Beach, HI 96706

(808)-729-7230

kourtneyyadao@gmail.com

Choreography Experience

Colorado State University

verve - Choreographed Solo

the high - Choreographed Group

duality - Choreographed Group

Blank Canvas – Choreographed Group

Veins – Choreographed Group

Lane – Choreographed Group  

 

Mid-Pacific Institute 

Immunity – Choreographed Group 

 

Production Experience

Colorado State University 

BODY/SPEAK                                         Lighting Designer, Videographer

BODY/SPEAK                                         Lighting Designer     

Fall Dance Concert                               Student Director

Social Justice Thru The Arts               Lighting Designer

Fall Dance Concert                               Wardrobe

 

Featured Performing Experience

Colorado State University   

Ensemble | Faculty Concerts | Senior Concerts | Student Works

No Justice, No Peace by Sophia Cardinal, featured soloist

XUI by Chung-Fu Chang, Professor of Dance, featured soloist

Remnants by Brianna Port, featured dancer

Through/Lines by Judy Bejarano and Lisa Morgan, Instructors, featured dancer

Some Assembly Required: a dance in five parts by Andrew Wass, Guest Artist, featured dancer

 

Mid-Pacific Institute 

Faculty Concerts | Guest Artist Works | Student Works

Steadfast by Amy Schiffner; featured dancer

Free At Last by Monica Wicks; featured dancer

Something Came to Me by Gregory Dolbashian; featured dancer

Its All Soul by Alvin Chang; featured dancer

Release by Leann Alduenda; featured dancer

Dancing On My Own by Jose Silva; featured dancer

 

Education

Colorado State University 

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance   

 

Training

Colorado State University  

Ballet | Modern | Improvisation | Choreography | Pedagogy 

Judy Bejarano, Chung-Fu Chang, Grace Gallagher, Susie Garifi, Madeline Harvey, Matthew Harvey, Jane Slusarski-Harris,

Lisa Morgan, Joy Prendergast

 

Mid-Pacific Institute 

Ballet | Contemporary | Modern | Improvisation | Choreography 

Charlaine Katsuyoshi, Paul Maley, Jose Silva, Celia Chun Wright

 

Teaching Experience

Colorado State University 

Substitute Teacher at Impulse Dance and Fitness LLC

Substitute Teacher at Canyon Concert Ballet

Substitute Teacher at Studio West Dance Center

Teaching Creative Movement   

 

Mid-Pacific Institute  

Summer School Volunteered Teacher Assistant for grades 3-5  

Honors and Awards

Colorado State University 

Grace and Dwight Harris Dance Scholarship

Bachelor of Arts Dance Scholarship     

Summer Nonresident Award

Dance Discretionary Scholarship

Creative Performing Arts Scholarship

References

Judy Bejarano                             Artistic Director, IMPACT Dance Company

                                                     Instructor, School of Music, Theatre and Dance, Colorado State University

                                                     (970)-491-4243 | judy.bejarano@colostate.edu

Grace Gallagher                        Instructor of Dance, Colorado State University, Studio West Dance Center, Dance Connection,

                                                     Contemporary Dance Academy, Dance Space

                                                     (269) 317-4550 | grace.gallagher@colostate.edu

 

Madeline Jazz Harvey               Assistant Professor of Dance, Ballet, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Colorado State University

                                                     (970)-491-4244 | madeline.harvey@colostate.edu

 

Paul Maley                                  Dance Program Head, Mid-Pacific Institute

                                                     (808)-973-5047 | pmaley@midpac.edu

 

Fort Collins, CO

Spring 2021

 

 

Fall 2019

Spring 2019

Fall 2018

Honolulu, HI

Spring 2017

Fort Collins, CO

2017-2021

Fort Collins, CO

2017-Present

Honolulu, HI

2013-2017

Fort Collins, CO

Summer 2021

Fort Collins, CO

2017-Present

Honolulu, HI

2013-2017

Fort Collins, CO

2021-Present

2021-Present

2021-Present

2019

Honolulu, HI

2013-2017

Fort Collins, CO

Fall 2020-Spring 2021

Fall 2020-Spring 2021

Summer 2020

Fall 2019-Spring 2020

Spring 2019

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