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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

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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