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REBECCA DAVIS
Executive Director, The Rebecca Davis Dance Company
www.rebeccadavisdance.com
EDUCATION
Fulbright Specialist in Choreography/Contemporary Ballet & Jazz
CRIMEAN UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE, ARTS AND TOURISM
Masters in International Relations, Concentration in Peacekeeping
AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, GPA: 3.92
Fulbright Scholar, Russia
THE SAINT PETERSBURG CONSERVATORY, Department of Choreography
Honors Bachelor of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, summa cum laude
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fox School of Business & Management Program, GPA: 4.0
September 2012
August 2011
2004 -2005
May 2004
DANCE EXPERIENCE
Executive Director, Rebecca Davis Dance Company (RDDC)
June 2005-Present
THE REBECCA DAVIS DANCE COMPANY, USA
www.rebeccadavisdance.com
 Choreographer of six original full-length contemporary ballets (premieres: Philadelphia with touring
in GA, NJ, NY, PA and in Rwanda, Africa)
 Dance instructor for pre-professional training program in Philadelphia (2005-2010)
 Responsible for working with Board of Trustees & Advisors to manage a non-profit business
 Oversees and administers all functional aspects of the business: budgeting, marketing, strategic
planning, PR, programming and grant writing
Manager, RDDC’s International Dance Projects
June 2010 – Present
THE REBECCA DAVIS DANCE COMPANY, Guinea, Rwanda, Bosnia-Herzegovina
www.rwandayouth.com
 Manager and coordinator of overseas youth dance projects focused on ethnic reconciliation and
education in Africa and Eastern Europe
 Trainer of other dance instructors to carry-out field teaching working with marginalized populations
in post-conflict and developing countries
 Facilitator for selecting street children who demonstrate outstanding talent in dance and developing
international training opportunities for them
Selected RECENT PERFORMANCES of The Rebecca Davis Dance Company:
East African Nights of Tolerance Festival, Excerpts from DARFUR, November 7, 2012
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Excerpts from DARFUR, April 5, 2011
Suzanne Roberts Theater, Philadelphia, Braving the New World, May 2 & 3, 2010
Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, Van Gogh, April 15-16, 2009
Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, Greed: The Tale of Enron, January 30-31, 2009
Arden Theater, Philadelphia, DARFUR, April 23-24, 2008
Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan, November 2-3, 2007
Welcome America, Philadelphia, Tarantino Medley, July 2, 2007
Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, Russian Mosaic Festival, September 9, 2006
The Kimmel Center for The Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Antigone, March 16 & 17, 2006
The Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Russia, excerpts from Antigone, June 2005
International Young Choreographers’ Competition, Russia, Temptation, April 2005
Selected Touring: NuDance at Riverside Theatre (NYC, 2009), Marywood University (2008), West Chester
University (2009), Princeton University (2009), Allegheny College (2009)
www.rebeccadavisdance.com – www.rwandayouth.com – www.youtube.com/rebeccadavisdance
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Public School Outreach Program: The Helen Keller Project 2007
School District of Philadelphia: Philadelphia Girls’ High School, The Creative & Performing Arts High
School, Shaw Middle School, Thurgood Marshall School, Franklin Learning Center
Selected DANCE & RECONCILIATION WORK IN POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES
Bosnia-Herzegovina: RDDC & RINGO: Dance Programs at Egipatsko Selo (present), Cross-Cultural Youth Dance
Exchange Program, Nas Svijet – 2009 & 2010
Rwanda: Rwanda Youth: Street Children at FIDESCO (present), Youth Dance Program in Rugerero Survivor
Village (2010), Cross-Training Program for American and Rwandan Professional Dancers (2010), Commissioned
work “Differences” for Amizero Dance Kompagnie (2009), Creator of Dance Program for Child-Headed
Households (2008)
Guinea: RDDC & Association Benka-Fissa (present), Cross-Training Program with Ballet de Matam (2010),
Instructor in UNICEF-sponsored Street Children’s Dance Program (2010)
PRESS:
Cover Story – Arts & Leisure – Metro Phiadelphia American Dreamer (January 29, 2009)
Cover Story: City Paper’s Spring Arts Preview (January 19, 2006)
Cover Story: Philadelphia Business Journal
“Within Dancer’s Steps, Backers See Possibility for Economic Growth” (August 27, 2004)
Television: Channel 6 ABC News
Opening Scholarship Ceremony at The Rebecca Davis Dance Company (June 11, 2006)
South Philly Review, “The Edge to a Neighborhood Beat” (November 16, 2006)
Innovation Philadelphia LINKS
“Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown at City’s New Dance School” (June 14, 2006)
Philadelphia Weekly: Spring Arts Guide (March 22, 2006)
Temple University Alumni Review Magazine, “Rebecca Davis: The Business of Dance” (Winter 2005)
PUBLICATIONS:
Broad Street Review: The Dancing Orphans of Rwanda (July 20, 2008)
Dance Spirit Magazine, “An American in Russia” (January 2006)
The Russian Fulbright Newsletter, “The Russian Ballet World” (2005)
American Chamber of Commerce, Moscow, “Business and The Arts” (January/February 2005)
SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: Schedule 2005-2009
November 7, 2009: Pledge2Protect Conference, Arts & The Issue of Genocide, Washington, DC
October 29, 2009: Fulbright Alumni Conference, Arts Task Force Projects, Washington, DC
October 19, 2009: University of The Arts, The Business of Dance, Philadelphia
October 12, 2009: Next Up Education, Innovative Education Techniques, Philadelphia
March 1, 2007: Princeton University, Women Leaders & Young Entrepreneurs
December 8, 2006: Villanova University, Entrepreneurship Panel
October 6, 2005: Sixth Annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference, Entrepreneurship Panel
DANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY TRAINING
RUSSIA
The Mussorgsky Ballet, Saint Petesrburg Conservatory, Saint Petersburg Academic Ballet Theater, Free
Ballet of Valery Tereshkin, Moscow Ballet Academy of Tatiana Petrovna
CANADA
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School of Canada, Danzemode, HZ Ballet Classique, York University
USA
Temple University, various studios
CONTACT INFORMATION
Rebecca Davis
davis@rebeccadavisdance.com
Tel: 215 840 3890 - Skype: rebecca7644
www.rebeccadavisdance.com – www.rwandayouth.com – www.youtube.com/rebeccadavisdance