Teresa Lynn Chapman
Associate Professor
tlchappy@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
California State University, Long Beach
MFA in Dance
May 2002
University of California, Santa Barbara
BFA in Dance
June 1993
CURRENT POSITIONS
Associate Professor of Dance
School of Theatre and Dance/University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Rehearsal Director
Assistant to choreographer Stephan Koplowitz for ÏNatural Acts in Artificial WaterÓ a
site-specific work to premiere May, 2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor
2005-2011
School of Theatre and Dance/University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Teach introduction to dance theory and practice, intermediate and advanced jazz dance
technique, senior projects and career management, advanced modern technique,
pedagogy, and dance composition. Choreograph for departmental productions.
Acting Head of Dance Division
Jan.- Aug. 2010
School of Theatre and Dance/University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Organized and maintained dance budget, managed adjunct dance faculty, scheduled
faculty meetings and additional external performances, mentored students, and hosted
visiting guest artists.
Company Modern Dance Instructor
2006- May 2010
Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas
Teach weekly modern dance technique for Suchu, a Houston-based professional dance
company.
Guest Instructor
Hope Stone Center, Houston, Texas
Teach weekly open level modern dance technique.
May-June, 2010
Guest Artist
January 2010
University of California at Santa Barbara
Restaged an original work for UCSB student company, taught modern dance technique
and dance composition.
Guest Artist
Taipei Physical Education College, Taiwan
One-week residency. Taught all levels of modern dance technique.
December 2009
Guest Artist
September 2008
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Choreographed a new work for student dance company; taught jazz and modern dance
technique.
Director of Dance
2004-2005
North Carolina Theatre Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, North Carolina
Taught all levels of jazz dance technique, beginning ballet and modern dance technique.
Scheduling for all dance classes. Choreography for student showcases. Director for
student showcases. Assisted with outreach projects.
Guest Artist
October 2004
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Choreographed a new work for student dance company; taught jazz dance technique.
Visiting Professor
Spring 2004
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Taught advanced modern dance technique, improvisation and beginning, non-major
modern dance technique. Choreography for student dance concert. Costume design for
student dance concert. Assistant Director for spring dance concert.
Graduate Assistant
California State University, Long Beach
Taught beginning and intermediate modern and jazz dance technique.
1999-2002
Dance Instructor
Santa Monica Dance Studio, Santa Monica California
Taught intermediate level modern dance technique.
1998-1999
Dance Instructor
1994-1996
University of California at Santa Barbara, Arts and Leisure Program, CA
Taught beginning and intermediate jazz technique.
PROFESSIONAL COMPANY WORK
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Karen Stokes Dance Houston, Texas Choreographer: Karen Stokes 2005-current
6 Degrees Houston, Texas Choreographer: Toni Valle 2010
Vault Houston, Texas Choreographer: Amy Ell 2010
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (adjunct artist) Washington, DC Choreographer:
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Liz Lerman 2003-2009
KDNY New York, New York Choreographer: Kathleen Dyer 2003
CATS The Musical, Hamburg, Germany 1997-1998
Winifred Harris Between Lines Los Angeles, California Choreographer:
Winifred R. Harris 1996
Santa Barbara Dance Theater Santa Barbara, California Choreographers: Jerry
Pearson, Christopher Pilafian, Joe Goode 1994-1996
Cheryl Chaddick & Company San Francisco, California Choreographer: Cheryl
Chaddick 1993-1994
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS OF ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY
 Rusalki Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston, Houston,
Texas January 2012
 Reach Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston, Houston, Texas
January 2012
 Reach Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2011
 Sharing Secrets with Strangers ÏLife is Living!Ó Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center
production, Emancipation Park, Houston, Texas November 2010
 A Moment to Exhale (premiere) “Navigating the HallwayÓ Contemporary Art
Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, October 2010
 Shift ÏLet’s Dance!Ó Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston, Texas April 2010
 Caught ÏLet’s Dance!Ó Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston, Texas April 2010
 Shift UCSB ÏDance Company Spring ConcertÓ Center Stage Theater, Santa
Barbara, California May 2010
 Shift ÏMove Move MoveÓ Hatlen Theatre, Santa Barbara California, April 2010
 Shift NDA Pedagogy Conference Gala Performance, Las Cruces, New Mexico
January 2010
 Access Pending Frenetic Theater, Houston TX August 2009
 The Convenient Woman (evening-length production) DiverseWorks Art Space,
Houston, Texas April 2009
 A Faint Haze of Dissonance Bucknell Dance Company Fall Showcase, Powers
Theatre, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania November 2008
 Muscle and Mortar co-choreographer for collaborative project with Liz Lerman
Dance Exchange, Washington DC July 2008
 off the pedestal Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2008
 Three Wishes Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2008
 Caught Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2008
 Again Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2008
 White Mischief HSPVA Denney Theater, Houston, Texas March 2008
 off the pedestal Cunningham Studios, New York, NY July 2007
 Shift Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2007
 Lost & Found Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas July 2006
 Upended Big Range Dance Festival Houston, Texas June, 2006
 Jellicle Ball University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska February, 2004
 Three from Two University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska February, 2004
 The Audition University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska February, 2004
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
 Blurred (choreography by Karen Stokes) Moores Opera House Houston, Texas
April 2011
 Purple (choreography by Karen Stokes) and Drowning (choreography by Toni
Valle) DiverseWorks Houston, Texas March 2011
 Red Square (choreography by Becky Valls) ÏNavigating the HallwayÓ
Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, October 2010
 Ashes to Ashes (choreography by Erin Reck) Weekend of Texas Contemporary
Dance, Houston, Texas, September 2010
 Bleu (excerpts) (choreography by Amy Ell) Weekend of Texas Contemporary
Dance, Houston, Texas, September 2010
 2 for 1 (Choreography by Karen Stokes) Abundance Dance and Choreography
Festival, Karlstad, Sweden, June 2010
 Bleu (Choreography by Amy Ell) DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas May 2010
 Baptism (Choreography by Toni Valle) DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas May 2010
 Recycle Club with Travesty Dance Group (choreography by Karen Stokes)
Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston Texas November 2009
 Access Pending (choreography by Teresa Chapman and Marlow Fleming)
Frenetic Theater, Houston, Texas August 2009
 Traffic with Travesty Dance Group (choreography by Karen Stokes) Cullen
Theatre/Wortham Center, Houston, Texas June 2009
 The Convenient Woman evening-length production (with choreography by Teresa
Chapman and Leslie Scates) DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas April 2009
 Excerpts from Drift with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, UH Wortham Theatre,
Houston, Texas March 2009
 Program, Orange, RAW Silk and Sorbet with Travesty Dance Group
(choreography by Karen Stokes), Zilkha Hall, Houston, Texas December 2008
 RAW Silk and Sorbet with Travesty Dance Group (choreography by Karen
Stokes), Plays & Players Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 2008
 Muscle and Mortar collaborative project with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange,
Washington DC, July 2008
 what others made (choreography by Michelle Flemming) Banevelder Movement
Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2008
 Green with Travesty Dance Group (choreography by Karen Stokes) Discovery
Green, Houston, TX May 2008
 Shoot from the Hip (choreography by Teresa Chapman) Moores Opera House and
UH Wortham Theater, Houston, Texas April 2008
 Framing Dance with Travesty Dance Group (choreography by Karen Stokes)
Zilkha Hall, Houston, Texas November 2007
 Green with Travesty Dance Group (choreography by Karen Stokes) Miller
Outdoor Theatre, Houston, Texas September 2007
 Green with Travesty Dance Group (choreography by Karen Stokes) Zilka Hall,
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Houston, Texas August 2007
Prelude to Three Temperaments (choreography by Karen Stokes) Barnevelder
Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2007
Green with Travesty Dance Group (choreography by Karen Stokes) at
Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas February 2007
Man/Chair Dances with University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra and Liz
Lerman Dance Exchange College Park, Maryland October & November 2006
Blood Moon Dance Salon Improvisational performance (directed by Leslie
Scates) Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas October 2006
Static (choreography by Becky Valls) Miller Outdoor Theater, Houston, Texas
September 2006
Prelude to Three Temperaments (choreography by Karen Stokes) Mitchell Center
for the Arts project with Stephen Montague, Moores Opera House and Wortham
Theater at the University of Houston, Texas April 2006
Prelude to Three Temperaments Mitchell Center for The Performing Arts project
with Stephen Montague (choreography by Karen Stokes) Moore’s Opera House
and Wortham Theater at the University of Houston, Texas April 2006
HOMETOWN with Travesty Dance Group(choreography by Karen Stokes)
Zilkha Hall, Houston, Texas March 2006
Man/Chair Dances with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and Liz Lerman Dance
Exchange, Omaha, Nebraska February 2006
Body After Body, Place After Place (A Site-Specific Dance for Corpus, an
installation by Ann Hamilton) at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary
Arts with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, North Adams, Massachusetts 2004
Gyroscope at the Hirschhorn Museum with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange,
Washington DC, October 2003
Escape in Blue #32 (choreography by Kathleen Dyer) at Wein Theater, Fairfield,
CT July 2003 and at The Independent Dance Artist Fringe Festival in Toronto
Canada, August 2003
Vent Festival at the Cunningham Studios New York, New York (choreography by
Nadia Tarr) August 2003
Back-up dancing for recording artist Sasha Lazard Maine & New York, 2003
Sony Industrial (choreography by Kenneth Hughes) Los Angeles, California 2002
Nintendo Industrial (choreography by Marles McCormick) Los Angeles,
California 1999
Platinum Jewelry Show (choreography by Toledo Diamond) Las Vegas, Nevada
1999
Only A Kingdom (original musical) role: dancer, Pasadena, California 1998
CATS the Musical role: Cassandra, Hamburg Germany, 1997-1998
Hot Stuff Vegas Review (choreography by Anita Mann) Tunica, Mississippi 1997
Dance Kaleidoscope (choreography by Robert Gilliam) Los Angeles, California
1996
Jazz Dance LA (choreography by Reggie Brown) Los Angeles, California 1996
LA Opera, The Flying Dutchman role: dancer, Los Angeles, California 1995
Choreosplash (choreography by Tonia Shimin) Santa Barbara, California 1995
 Al Sole (choreography by Janice Garrett) San Francisco, California 1994
 Summerfest (choreography by Robert Moses) San Francisco, California 1994
PRESENTATIONS OF ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY FOR UH
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Oh Alice! Wortham Theater at University of Houston, Texas April 2011
A Yearning for Completion Wortham Theater at University of Houston, Texas
April 2011
Oh Alice! Moores Opera House at University of Houston, Texas April 2011
A Yearning for Completion Moores Opera House at University of Houston, Texas
April 2011
Choreography for UH School of Theatre & Dance main stage production of Now
This! at UH Wortham Theater, April 2011
Sharing Secrets with Strangers Wortham Theater at University of Houston, Texas
April 2010
Choreography for UH School of Theatre & Dance main stage production of
Big Love (Charles Mee) UH Wortham Theater, February 2010
Sharing Secrets with Strangers and Stolen Moments Discovery Green, Houston
TX September 2009
Stolen Moments UH Wortham Theater, April 2009 and Cullen Theatre, Houston,
Texas May 2009
A Faint Haze of Dissonance ÏFresh Arts Culture Collision IIIÓ Discovery Green
Park, Houston, Texas October 2008
A Faint Haze of Dissonance UH Wortham Theater and Moores Opera House,
Houston, Texas April 2008 also Discovery Green, Houston, TX May 2008
Shoot from the Hip (Mitchell Center for the Arts project) UH Wortham Theater
and Moores Opera House, Houston, Texas April 2008
Shift Wortham Theater at University of Houston, Texas April 2007 and
Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, Houston, Texas June 2007
Just Another Day Wortham Theater University of Houston, Texas April 2007
In Stages Mitchell Center for the Arts project with Stephen Montague, Moores
Opera House and Wortham Theater at the University of Houston, Texas April
2006
AWARDS & GRANTS
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 Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure (University of Houston)
September 2011
 Grant In Aid (University of Houston) 2011
 2010 Ross M. Lence Award for Teaching Excellence (University of Houston)
April 2010
 Provost Travel Funds (University of Houston) January, 2010
 Houston Arts Alliance FY 2010 Individual Artist Grant (with Leslie Scates)
February 2010
 DiverseWorks Performing Artist Residency April, 2009
 Small Grants Program (University of Houston) 2008-2010
 Houston Arts Alliance FY 2008 Individual Artist Grant 2008
 Small Grants Program (University of Houston) 2007
 New Faculty Research Grant (University of Houston) 2006
 Graduate Dean’s List (California State University, Long Beach) 2002
 Graduate Assistant (California State University, Long Beach) 1999-2002
 National Dance Association Award, 2002
 Baker Scholarship recipient (University of California at Santa Barbara) 2000
Drama & Dance Associates Scholarship (University of California at Santa
Barbara) 1993
 American Dance Guild Scholarship (University of California at Santa Barbara)
1993