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Updated 8/1/2024

Lonnie Anela O'kalani

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Lonnie Anela O’ Kalani Neff Stanton is a proud native Hawaiian raised in rural Northern California and based in Boston. She has been committed to dance education with a strong somatic focus as well as a professional contemporary performance career since graduating from the Boston Conservatory (2009). She has completed her 200 hour yoga certification through Yogaworks (2011). For 10 years she worked with Prometheus Dance performing and teaching with the company. Lonnie is a freelance dancer currently performing with Jean Appolon Expressions, Peter DiMuro/ Public Displays of Motion, Lynn Modell, and Continuum Dance. During her time dancing in NYC, she worked with Kinesis Project Dance Theater focusing solely on site specific performance. Lonnie is passionate about sharing dance in unconventional, often outdoor spaces where a broad audience can be reached. She was thrilled to choreograph auditory movement maps for the American Repertory Theater’s: Arboretum Experience (2021) and be rewarded the Live Arts Boston Grant (2022)  for her collaborative AR project: Emotive Land.  Lonnie is an artist in residence at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery (24’-25’). They are on faculty at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and The Harvard Dance Center. Bringing dance education into public schools through Notes in Motion, New York City Ballet, and Boston Ballet has been especially rewarding to Lonnie. 

 

 

 

 

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Lonnie Stanton (she/they)
Job Title: dancer/ arts educator/ maker
Phone: 530 228 6566
Address:
177 West 5th Street
Apt. 1
Boston, MA 02127

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2014

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2014

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Dance - Ballet
  • Dance - Ethnic
  • Dance - Folk
  • Literary Arts - Poetry
  • Dance - Traditional

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Community Arts
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Virtual Events
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Cultural Education
  • Curriculum Development
  • Residency - In School
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 4

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Native American Tribes
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • Artists
  • Nonprofits

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility

Media Gallery

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Assistant Professor
  • Harvard Dance Center -Instructor
  • Jean Appolon Expressions - Dancer/ Dance Captain
  • Peter DiMuro/ Public Displays of Motion - Dance Collaborator
  • Continuum Dance- Dancer
  • Lynn Modell- Dancer
  • Kinesis Project- Former Dancer
  • Prometheus Dance- Former Dancer

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Assistant Professor
  • Harvard Dance Center -Instructor
  • Jean Appolon Expressions - Dancer/ Dance Captain
  • Peter DiMuro/ Public Displays of Motion - Dance Collaborator
  • Continuum Dance- Dancer
  • Lynn Modell- Dancer
  • Kinesis Project- Former Dancer
  • Prometheus Dance- Former Dancer

Awards

Awards:

  • Elizabeth Ferrell Performing Arts Scholarship (2006)
  • Jan Veen Scholarship and Boston Conservatory Dance Department Merit Scholarship (2007–2009)

Education

Education:

  • The Boston Conservatory BFA Magna Cum Laude

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Dance
  • Arts Integration - English as a Second Language

Certifications and Training:

  • YogaWorks 200 Hour Certification [2011]
  • Adaptive Dance Teacher Training [Boston Ballet] [2020]

Fee range:

$80 - $150

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Dance
  • Arts Integration - English as a Second Language

Certifications and Training:

  • YogaWorks 200 Hour Certification [2011]
  • Adaptive Dance Teacher Training [Boston Ballet] [2020]

Fee range:

$80 - $150