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REBECCA DAVIS
Founder & Artistic Director, The Rebecca Davis Dance Company www.rebeccadavisdance.com
EDUCATION
Honors Bachelor of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, summa cum laude
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fox School of Business & Management Program, GPA: 4.0
Fulbright Scholar, Russia
Post-Graduate Studies in Choreography
May 2004
2004 -2005
THE SAINT PETERSBURG CONSERVATORY, Department of Choreography
Masters in International Relations, Concentration in Peacekeeping
AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, GPA: 3.92
August 2011
RECOGNITION & AWARDS
Genocide Intervention Network, Carl Wilkens 2010 Fellow , USA
Forum for Executive Women, Selected Mentee
Next Generation of Women Leaders,
, Philadelphia
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown,
2010
2009
Philadelphia 2006
Women Inventing Next, Fellow, Philadelphia
Temple University’s Annual Business Plan Competition, 1
2005-2006 st Prize , Philadelphia 2004
Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, Garfield Weston Merit Scholar , Canada 2000-2002 1998 – 2000
EXPERIENCE
Assistant Program Coordinator, Democracy Program August 2010 – March 2011
THE CARTER CENTER, Atlanta, USA & Conakry, Guinea
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Coordinating International Election Observation Mission to Guinea, West Africa
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Responsible for logistics of team of 45 observers in Conakry, Guinea
Founder & Artistic Director, Dance Company June 2005-Present
THE REBECCA DAVIS DANCE COMPANY , USA, Rwanda, Bosnia-Herzegovina, & Guinea
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Choreographer and Artistic Director of original dance productions based on social issues
Coordinator of overseas youth dance projects focused on reconciliation in Africa and Eastern Europe
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Responsible for working with Board of Trustees & Advisors to manage a non-profit business
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Oversees and administers all functional aspects of the business: budgeting, marketing, strategic planning, PR, programming and grant writing
International Coordinator, International Relations December 2003– June 2004
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION, New York City, USA
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Contacted ambassadors/cultural departments at UNESCO, the UN, & embassies in 78 countries
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Marketed the international ballet competition to various international organizations
Marketing Intern, Marketing Department June 2003 – August 2003
LINCOLN CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC, New York City, USA
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Created ethnic target marketing campaigns for Russian, Brazilian, and Irish events
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Developed citywide distribution strategies to market three different summer festivals
International Sales and Marketing Intern, Marketing Department June 2002 – August 2002
LINK & NORD-OST, Moscow, Russia
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Created international commercial proposal for international ticket sales of a Russian stage musical
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Analyzed current state of tourism in Moscow and made recommendations to CMO
Management Consultant, Arts Management Summer 2001
SIBERIAN AEROSPACE ACADEMY, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Collected and analyzed primary and secondary data on the status of arts management in the city of
Krasnoyarsk for university of 5,000 students
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Presented recommendations to the directors of the university in written and oral formats
3430 Brentwood Court, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 - Tel: 215 840 3890 davis@rebeccadavisdance.com - www.rebeccadavisdance.com

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DANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY TRAINING
The Mussorgsky Ballet, Saint Petesrburg Conservatory, Saint Petersburg Academic Ballet Theater, Free
Ballet of Valery Tereshkin, Moscow Ballet Academy of Tatiana Petrovna, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School of
Canada, Third Street Dance, Broadway Dance Center, Steps NYC, Temple University, York University
LANGUAGES: English, conversational Russian
DANCE & RECONCILIATION WORK IN POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES
Bosnia-Herzegovina : Cross-Cultural Youth Dance Exchange Program, Nas Svijet – 2009 & 2010
Rwanda : 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: Cross-Training Program with Ballet de Matam (2010), Instructor in UNICEF-sponsored Street
Children’s Dance Program (2010)
Selected RECENT PERFORMANCES of The Rebecca Davis Dance Company:
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
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 Touring : NuDance at Riverside Theatre (NYC, 2009), Marywood University (2008), West
Chester University (2009), Princeton University (2009), Allegheny College (2009)
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)
3430 Brentwood Court, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 - Tel: 215 840 3890 davis@rebeccadavisdance.com - www.rebeccadavisdance.com

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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
3430 Brentwood Court, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 - Tel: 215 840 3890 davis@rebeccadavisdance.com - www.rebeccadavisdance.com