Elise Adele Logan

Email:  eal2205@barnard.edu

 Barnard College of Columbia University| New York, New York | BA Dance June 2021 Second Major: Interdisciplinary Race and Ethnicity Studies | Dean’s List (Spring 2018; Fall 2019; Spring 2019; Fall 2020; Spring 2021; Summer 2021)

Written Thesis: Street vs Stage: The Racialization of Dancing Bodies, Movement Innovation, and Brilliance Within Dance in New York City

Creative Thesis: The Portal

Independent Study: Embodied Movement Knowledge and Memory in New York City Street Dancers

Dance in Paris Study Abroad, University of South Florida| Paris, France; Berlin, Germany Completed semester of intensive and immersive dance, choreography, language arts, and history courses

Spring 2020

ADMINISTRATION

Blue Leaf International Arts| New York, NY | Gallery Assistant

▪ Perform cataloging and art inventory duties

Light Bringer Project | Los Angeles County, CA | Intern

▪ Conduct and present research on the creative economy

▪ Research, initiate and maintain partnerships with local authors, artists and organizations

▪ Perform database entry and management

▪ Develop and facilitate inclusive and engaging arts and writing-based classroom workshops

▪ Perform curriculum development and review

Office of Student Life, Barnard College | New York, NY | Community Assistant

▪ Develop and facilitate engaging and inclusive virtual programming for a diverse student body across the academic year

▪ Collaborate with colleagues in a 3-member team to create programming ideas and advertisement materials

BC Voices| New York, NY | Intern Jun 2020 – Sept 2020

▪ Research gender-based data and scholarship pertinent to healthcare, pay equity, and economic & political activism

▪ Write and curate inclusive, educational and engaging social media content (FB, IG, Twitter, Youtube)

▪ Start up and oversee all 4 new social media accounts and teach colleagues social media and communications practices

▪ Create social media and outreach strategy to build new platforms and increase outreach among college alumni

Office of Development, Barnard College| New York, NY | Intern May 2020 – Jul 2020

▪ Manage communications and donor relations with alumni donors (group of 25) to increase donor participation

▪ Conduct Prospect Research on donor alumni constituents

▪ Research alumni programming to create and brainstorm virtual programming to engage Barnard alumni

▪ Participate in professional development workshops and seminars to learn networking and job preparation skills

▪ Create and send personalized thank you letters to alumni donors

Department of Dance, Barnard College| New York, NY | Archives & Media Office Assistant Sept 2019 – Dec 2019

▪ Digitize and archive dance material for departmental curriculum use

▪ Create & distribute promotional materials; identify & respond to office priorities (e.g. prep for showcases, panels, etc.)

Office of Student Life, Barnard College| New York, NY | Social Media Office Assistant Sept 2017 – Dec 2019

▪ Wrote and curated inclusive and engaging social media content (FB, IG) for >1k followers

▪ Took pictures and created posts to inform student body on Student Life events and important dates/deadlines

▪ Identified and responded to office priorities on 5-member team (e.g. inventory; preparation for events)

 March 2022 October 2021 - February 2022

Sept 2020 - May 2021

 DANCE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

 Independent Study|Consortium of Critical Interdisciplinary Studies Summer 2021 Advisor: Prof. Kaiama L. Glover; Department Sponsor: Prof. Yvette Christiansë; Digital Humanities Center Advisor: Dr. Alicia Peaker

▪ Create and conduct an original digital humanities and social science research project over the course of the Summer semester

▪ Conduct oral history and movement-based interviews with recruited local Black women street dancers in New York City

▪ Perform fieldwork by collecting ethnography, fieldnotes, and footage at a local in-person performance event

▪ Develop a multimedia digital book platform on Scalar to present compiled research materials

▪ Read and create comprehensive annotations based on grounding texts and archival information

Movement Lab, Milstein Center of Barnard College| New York, NY | Student Artist-in-Residence; Fellow Spring 2021

▪ Choreograph, direct, perform, and develop a collaborative multimodal dance project over the course of the Spring

semester

▪ Utilize the equipment and technological resources of Movement Lab to hone interdisciplinary skills

▪ Create and facilitate engaging and inclusive digital movement and choreographic presentations and workshops

Blue Leaf International Arts Foundation| New York, NY | Intern/Dance Instructor Summer 2020

▪ Develop virtual curriculum & choreography to explore alignment, strength, & musicality for beg./int. dancers

▪ Film, edit & teach virtual class video curriculum

▪ Research and practice productive virtual teaching practices for class efficacy

Dance Project of Washington Heights| New York, NY | Intern/Dance Instructor May 2019 – Jan 2020

▪ Organize, create, and oversee student/community workshop series in partnership with faculty and student volunteers

▪ Create communications material in Spanish and English; input, assess, and organize donor data Prospect research for

grant funding, partnerships, and sponsorships for programming

▪ Create Human Anatomy and Nutritional educational programming and curriculum

▪ Managed program logistics including music, rehearsals, costumes, volunteers, staff, & dancers at United Palace Theater

▪ Teach and assist children’s ballet classes (groups of 20)

Movement Exchange| New York & Panamá City | Co-President/Programming Director/Mentor Sept 2017 – Dec. 2019

▪ Led program committee of student-teachers through curriculum development and class implementation processes

▪ Create and organize dance education events, workshops, and classes with local schools and organizations

▪ Fundraised $1k and contributed to grant application to secure additional $1k from Columbia Alternative Break Program

to offset costs of travel to Panamá

▪ Research, initiate, develop, and maintain sustainable partnerships between organizations & Barnard student volunteers

▪ Promoted dance workshops and events in print and social media advertising campaigns across Barnard/CU campuses

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Pasadena Black Equity Project (PBEP)| Pasadena, CA |Co-Founder; Organizer May 2020 - Present ▪ Organize and manage ongoing community mutual aid fund and fundraising events/initiatives

▪ Fundraise and distribute community funds via various financial platforms

▪ Initiate and create partnerships with community organizations, artists, and authors for in-person and online fundraising

▪ Create ideological and communications materials for GoFundMe, FB, IG, and stipend applications managed by PBEP ▪ Research fundraising and grant prospects; create submissions for grant applications

Columbia Spectator | New York, NY | Staff Writer Sept 2017 – Dec 2018

▪ Wrote 500-750-word articles for the News section of Columbia University campus-wide student newspaper

▪ Conducted reporting on Student Life issues involving race, identity, representation, and support on campus

 Movement Exchange Panamá | Panamá City, Panamá | Instructor

▪ Developed dance and community-building curriculum for middle school & University of Panamá students

▪ Taught and lead community dance workshops utilizing bilingual teaching practices

▪ Collaborated with local instructors to create sustainable and equitable pedagogical practices

May 2018

 TECHNICAL SKILLS & LANGUAGES

 Technical: MS Office; Google Suite; Zoom; Social: FB, IG, Twitter; PremierePro; iMovie; cinematography; Canva; Scalar Languages: Intermediate Spanish (writing, reading, and speaking), Elementary French

Training: Prospect Research, Oral History at Columbia (OHAC) Self Study, CITI for Institutional Review Board: Human Research Human Subjects Protection SBR, Scalar; Reh. & Performance - Tech

SELECTED DANCE TRAINING & PERFORMANCE

Sidra Bell Dance NY, Module | New York, NY January 2022

Trained in: 42+ hours of laboratory work, movement research, anatomy/somatic work, and dialogues

Barnard College, Department of Dance Senior Creative Thesis| New York, NY Spring 2020 Performance: The Portal; Performer; Choreographer; Director; Producer: Elise Logan; Cinematography: Guy de Lancey; Choreographic Mentor: Sidra Bell; Editing: Deja Cobb; Lighting: Tricia Toliver

Barnard College, Department of Dance| New York, NY Fall 2017-Spring 2020 Trained in: Ballet 3-5; Modern 3-6; Advanced Jazz; Tap 3; Composition; Screendance; Instructors: David Dorfman and Dancers; Colleen Thomas, Gabri Chirsta, Andrea Weber and Cunningham Trust; Antonio Carmena; Ashley Tuttle; Caroline Fermin; Marjorie Folkman; Kathryn Sullivan

 Barnard/Columbia Rehearsal + Performance | New York, NY Performance: New Day Choreographer: Jennifer Archibald

Barnard/Columbia Rehearsal +Performance Workshop | New York, NY

Trained in: Continuous Replay by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Instructor/Restaged by: Colleen Thomas

Spring 2020

Fall 2020

Columbia Ballet Collaborative Choreography Mentorship Program | New York, NY Christa

Martha Graham Summer Intensive | New York, NY Summer 2020 Trained in: Beginning Graham; Instructors: Amélie Bénard; Jessie Factor; Marzia Memoli

Dance in Paris Study Abroad | Paris, France; Berlin, Germany Spring 2020 Trained in: Ballet 3; Modern Dance 3; Choreography 4; Yoga; Instructors: Anna Chirescu; Aurélia Lefaucheux; Julien Desplantez; Wanjiru Kamuyu; Michelle Jacobi; Michael Foley

Fall 2020 Trained in: Choreography; Director: Sidra Bell; Visiting Instructors: Francesca Harper; Kevin Pajarillaga; Emily Coates; Gabri

Barnard Screendance | New York, NY

Performance: The Light Moved Us; Choreographer, Camera, Director, Editing, Production: Elise Logan

Barnard/Columbia Dances at New York Live Arts | New York, NY Performance: Walk Good Lady; Choreographer: Davalois Fearon

Ballet Hispánico Summer Intensive | New York, NY

Trained in: Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Salsa, Flamenco, West African; Ballet Hispánico repertoire;

Fall 2019

Fall 2019

Summer 2019

Martha Graham Summer Intensive | New York, NY Amélie Bénard; Jessie Factor

Barnard College, Department of Dance Composition & Collaboration Showing| New York, NY The Black Motherhood Project Documentary| New York, NY

Bold Beautiful Black @ Barnard “Redefining the Center” Exhibit | New York, NY

Performance: Forgive Me My Sins; Choreographers: Elise Logan and Carla Melaco

Yvonne Rainer Dance and Choreography Workshop | New York, NY Trained in: Movement Composition and Performance; Instructor: Yvonne Rainer

Alvin Ailey Dance School | New York, NY

Trained in: Professional Open Classes: Ballet 3A; Graham 1A; Instructors: Briones; Predmore

Summer 2019 Trained in: Graham Technique 1, Beg/Int Ballet; Beg/Int Contemporary; Beg/Int Repertory; Beg/Int Composition; Instructor:

Spring 2019 Spring 2019 Spring 2019

Spring 2019 Spring 2019

 Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer Intensive| New York, NY Summer 2018 Trained in: Ballet & pointe; West African Dance; Hip Hop; Dance Theatre of Harlem repertoire; Performed: Choreo-poems and 1 perf. in each style; Instructors: Danielle Thomas, Lacey Thomas, Alexis Andrews, Tyrone Brooks (dir. Robert Garland)

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