2004 Bauen Camp Faculty Biographies -
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Published on: 11/5/2004
Last Visited: 11/5/2004
ANDREA ASSAF
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Session Co-Director Andrea Assaf is currently an Animating Democracy Project Associate for Americans for the Arts.She is a performer, writer, educator, and activist with an MA in Performance Studies and a BFA in Acting, both from NYU.With a training background in theater, she is currently a solo artist creating original multi-disciplinary work.She has taught Meisner Technique, creative writing, ESL and facilitates text and movement workshops forpeople of all ages.
Her community arts experience ranges from a year of intergenerational work as an apprentice with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, to creating original collaborative performances with the Filipino/a/American community in NYC, to street theater with youth in East Harlem, to performance-based conservation education with young adults in Tanzania, East Africa.Her theory interests include post-colonial studies, critical pedagogy, and cross-cultural performance.Andrea's most recent project, Globalicities, was featured at the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival.Andrea was also featured as a spoken word artist in the 2003 People's Poetry Gathering, NYC.She speaks Kiswahili and is learning Spanish.
Andrea is 30.