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Updated 3/6/2023

Alexis Kamitses

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    VT

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Alexis Kamitses is a dance and movement educator and performer living in Burlington Vermont. Alexis has a BA in Biology, Environmental Studies, and Dance, from Oberlin College, a Masters in Teaching from The University of Vermont and an MFA in Dance from MSU. She holds teaching licenses in Science and Dance for Secondary Education and has taught dance in the public sector for the past twenty years.

Alexis teaches dance technique in modern, jazz, hip hop, West African, and Latin dance forms as well as skills in improvisation and choreography.  Her teaching incorporates yoga, pilates, and other mindfulness and somatic practices. Alexis uses dance and movement to promote body awareness and health, self-esteem, and collaboration. Alexis has worked with students of all ages and abilities from K-12 as well as adults. Alexis has trained in arts integration and dance technology.

As an educator, she has a passion for integrating movement learning strategies to support student achievement in areas such as math, science, literature, and social studies and helped design a teacher training program to help classroom teachers integrate movement and dance into their curriculum.  Alexis has a passion for working with dance and multicultural themes and has traveled and studied dance around the world including Spain, France, Senegal, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. As a lifelong learner herself she believes that dance can be a gateway to expanding learning throughout one's lifetime, no matter what the learning challenges of the individual.  Dance can be a gateway to integrating segregated communities, building awareness, cooperation, and collaborative practices, and bringing joy into exercise. 

Find Me

Alexis Kamitses (she/her)
Job Title: Dance/Movement Educator/Performer
Phone: 802-522-8134
Address:
108 Lopes Ave.
Burlington, VT 05408

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Humanities - Science

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts and Health
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Residency - Production / Development
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Wedding / Parties / Private Gatherings
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 12

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Immigrant Populations
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk

Geographic Reach:

  • State
  • National
  • International

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • National Dance Education Organization

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • National Dance Education Organization

Awards

Awards:

  • Teacher Fellowship to Bates Dance Festival

Education

Education:

  • MFA Dance, MA in Teaching, BA in Dance, Biology, and Environmental Studies, TEFL Certificate, K-12 Teaching Licenses

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • School / University
  • Virtual / Remote
  • Private Studio
  • Community Site / Center

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - English as a Second Language
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Dance

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • School / University
  • Virtual / Remote
  • Private Studio
  • Community Site / Center

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - English as a Second Language
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Dance

State Arts Agency Roster Artist

  • Vermont Teaching Artist Roster