Karen Daniels

Karen Daniels Head Teacher, Dance Karendaniels@k12.dc.us zoomba@aol.com

Karen Daniels

Karen Daniels Head Teacher, Dance Karendaniels@k12.dc.us zoomba@aol.com
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Karen Daniels - African dance, Fillmore West & East ... more
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Karen Daniels, a native of Washington, D.C., is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Workshops for Careers in the Arts.She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Adelphi University, and a Masters in Arts Management from American University.She has the honor of having been awarded 2 Fulbright scholarships.

Her performing experience includes: Everyman Street Theatre Company, Adelphi Dance Theatre, Memory of African Culture, KanKouran Dance Company, Chuck Davis Dance Company in Nigeria, and with members of the National Ballet Diolliba of Guinea, West Africa.Ms. Daniels is co-founder and program director of Cosan Arts Institute, a non-profit arts organization providing services in video production, photography, and artstraining for youth.She has been a dance instructor at Fillmore since 1989, and she taught movement in the Theatre Department at Duke Ellington School of the Arts for fifteen years.

Karen Daniels and friend dance in Ghana
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Fillmore dance teacher and arts educator, Karen Daniels, traveled to Ghana, West Africa this past summer through an Innovative Teaching Award from the Murdock-Thompson Center For Teachers for her "Ghana Project."Ms. Daniels continued her research on Ghanaian arts (dance, music, theater, visual arts) and culture.She studied at the University of Ghana/Legon with master artists of the Ghana Dance Ensemble, and master dancers in the regions of Kumasi, and Denu.She also collected instruments, books, and artifacts to use in the classroom for the ongoing development and implementation of the"Ghana Project" to Fillmore students.
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Karen Daniels - choreographer and dance educator
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Karen Daniels - Dance, Admin.
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Fillmore dance teachers: Bonita Cacho, Karen Daniels, Maggie Meenehan, Cathy Tasiter and Melissa St. Amour have been working together to implement a more

Karen Daniels, dancer and head Fillmore teacher, traveled to Ghana, West Africa, this summer for the second time on a Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad scholarship.The project was sponsored by the African Studies Outreach Programat Yale University's Center for International and Area Studies.

One of 13 teachers selected for the project, Karen is currently working with other teachers to develop curricula integrating West African dance with drama, music,and the visual arts.

Karen Daniels,
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Ms. Daniels is co-founder andprogram director of