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Bonnie Simoa:
Lead Faculty Dance
Music, Dance and Theatre Arts Department
Office: Building 6, room 136
541-463-5645
simoab@lanecc.edu
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Profile: Bonnie Simoa was
born and raised in California. She received her Master of Fine
Arts in Dance from Mills College. While in the Bay Area,
she studied with several respected dance figures including Ellen
Bromberg, June Watanabe, Joe Goode, Margaret Jenkins, Jeff
Slayton and Martin Kravitz. In 1990-1996, she directed the
Bonnie Simoa Dance Company, which performed nationally and in
Germany. She has performed with the Christopher Watson Dance
Company, the Ellen Webb Dance Company, the Ellen Bromberg Dance
Ensemble, and the Mills Repertory Company. In 1996, Bonnie began
her studies of Indonesian dance and traveled to Bali where she
studied the Legong and the Terunajaya, and to Java to study with
Buddhist Movement Master Suprapto Suryodarmo dancing in temples,
sacred places and Nature. Bonnie has taught in dance
programs in colleges, universities and the community since 1990.
At Lane, Bonnie teaches Modern, Ballet, Improvisation,
Choreography, Rehearsal and Performance, Yoga for Dancers, and Dancing the Fluid Body
(based on Continuum Movement). She is currently director
of the Lane Dance Program and employs a process-oriented
approach to creating new work.

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