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Rashana Smith
is one of the few dancers/choreographers who is also a Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). After receiving her Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree at the University of Texas at Austin, she moved to
Seattle to continue dancing and ended up adding a technical
certification and career as well. Currently, Rashana teaches
at Morning Glory Yoga Studio in
Nacogdoches, freelances as a choreographer and performer, is the
Artistic Director
of Motor Dance and is also the Network and Web Administrator at an
East Texas K-12 school.
She has performed the works of
Susan Marshall, Heywood "Woody" McGriff, Llory Wilson, Kathy
Dunn Hamrick, Megan Lyle, A.C. Peterson and Krisen Day. She was
a founding member of Tom Truss Dance Company as well as a member
of Dixie Fun Dance Theatre in Seattle. In Austin, she performed
with Tongue and Groove Theater directed by David Yeakle and
enjoyed being a part of the successful ongoing musical revue,
Rockin' Christmas Party, under the direction of ZachScott
Theatre's Dave Steakley.
Focusing on offering diverse dance works, Rashana's choreography
and teaching spans modern dance, improvisation, ballet and jazz
for children, musical theater and dance for camera projects.
She has performed and presented original choreography nationwide
in festivals such as Big Range Austin Dance Festival, Brazos
Contemporary Dance Festival, Bumbershoot, Islewilde Festival,
The No-Name Film Festival and the National College Dance
Festival at the KennedyCenter.
Rashana also keeps a blog of her projects:
http://rashanaworks.blogspot.com
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