Kilpatrick also volunteers for Dance for PD, Dance/NYC, NY Dance Parade, Choreoquest, and Prospect Park Alliance. Mathematical Movement classes are offered at Brooklyn Music School and through NIA-Community Service Network. Her research has been presented at Troy University's Math Conference, BSC Honors Day, BSC Board of Directors Annual Luncheon, and LIU-BK Dept. She sees the method as a tool for retaining and understanding principles of math and science in a physical, applicable, and fun environment. As an educator, Kilpatrick is currently developing Mathematical Movement an educational arts program for kinesthetic and visual learners. Her artistic focus is musically and scientifically inspired dance that challenges the role of audiences with respect to the Elements of Earth and Human Experiences consisting of Physical Explorations of Spiral Dynamics, Political and Social Dialogs, and Ultra-Contemporary Motifs. Her own choreography has been presented at WestFest 2014, Nachmo! 2014, Choreoquest 2013, and NY Dance Parade 2012. She has collaborated on many improve structures with artists such as Germaul Barnes, Maria Gillepsie, Amanda Selwyne, and The Rogue Dancers. Jones, Mark Morris, Vaslav Nijinski, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Jerome Robins. Kilpatrick's performance history includes original works by Callie Hatchett, Tumi Vil-Nkomo, Germaul Barnes, Giada Ferrone, Winthrop Corey, Elie Lazar, and Teri Weksler as well as restaged works by Robert Battle, August Bournonville, Bob Fosse, George Joffrey, Bill T. Leslie Ann Kilpatrick Dancer Leslie Ann Kilpatrick, an Alabama native, relocated to Brooklyn after graduating from Birmingham-Southern College with a Bachelor’s in Dance and Mathematics. Nyane Khosi’s movement vocabulary is grounded in the principles of African Dance, while utilizing the versatility of dance styles found around the African Continent and in Diaspora communities around the world. In 2012 she founded Nyane Khosi Dance Theatre in New York City. Her most recent choreographic work included lead choreographer for the Mantsho x H&M Campaign. Her work as an artist has sent her to various parts of the world including Mauritius, Japan and Australia. She has also trained with the Garth Fagan Dance Company. Her repertory experience has included African, Modern, Contemporary, Hip Hop, as well as an array of historical, cultural and social dances. Her on-camera work has aired nationally and internationally. She has been dancing professionally since 2005, both on-camera and onstage. Tumi graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor’s degree majoring in African dance and minoring in Contemporary dance, during which she had the opportunity to work with Maxwell Xolani Rani training in Ntsika Technique. Her family moved back to help rebuild their home country of South Africa at the end of Apartheid. Tumi Nkomo (Choreographer/Founder/Artistic Director: Nyane Khosi Dance Theatre) was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Tumi Nkomo Artistic Director/Founder/ Choreographer Tumi Nkomo’s work is inspired by her life experiences around the world, as well as the socio-political and economic circumstances that she has encountered in her life.
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