1. Chris DC Ramos
150 Nassau Street, Apt 11d
New York, NY 10038
cdcramos@aol.com
RESUME
EDUCATION
University of Hawaii-Manoa, BFA (Dance), 1989
Kapiolani Community College (Hawaii), AAS (Accounting), 1987
Farrington High School (Hawaii), 1983
DANCE TRAINING
Dance Space (New York), 1999 - Present
Zvi Gotheimer (Ballet Teacher, New York), 1997 – Present
Soundance Studio (New York), 1992 – 1997
Lezly Dance School (New York), 1989 – 1992
Steps (New York), 1989 – 1991
Broadway Dance Center (New York), 1989 - 1991
Peridance Studio (New York), 1989 – 1990
School of Hartford Ballet (Connecticut), 1989
Gus Giordano Dance Chicago (Illinois), 1988
University of Hawaii-Manoa (Hawaii), 1986 - 1989
McCuen Ballet School (Hawaii), 1983 – 1987
DANCE SHOWCASES/CONCERTS/WORKSHOPS PRESENTATIONS
Love Cycles: Dances of Intimate Affairs, Presented at Joyce SoHo, New York (NY),
produced by Ramos Dance (5th
Annual Dance Season), April 5 – 7, 2002.
Lost, Three Rooms In One, Fore Sum, Presented at Community Theater, Morristown
(NJ), sponsored by Dance New Jersey, October 7, 2001.
Three Rooms In One, Presented at John Jay College, sponsored by Dance Now, Inc.,
September 9, 2001.
20th
Annual Downtown Dance Festival, Presented at Battery Park, New York (NY),
sponsored by Battery Dance Company, August 30, 2001.
Shhh…, Presented at Cunningham Studio, produced by Ramos Dance (4th
Annual
Dance Season), April 5 – 8, 2001.
2. Arts-in-education workshop for Grade 3 – 5 Level, Presented at Johnson Park
School, Princeton (NJ), sponsored by New Jersey State Arts Council on the Arts, April
16 – May 18, 2001 (Met with the kids twice a week).
Gravity’s Players, Offering to J.S. Bach, Dance Workshops, Presented and
sponsored by the University of Hawaii-Manoa Dance Dept., Honolulu (Hawaii), March 3
– 11, 2001.
Silent/Listen (Excerpt), Presented at DanSpace Project at St. Mark’s Church, New
York (NY), sponsored by Dancers Responding to AIDS, December 1, 2000.
Fore Sum, Presented at Claudia Boettcher Theater, Hastings-on-Hudson (New York),
sponsored by Rivertowns Arts Council on the Arts, November 18, 2000.
Incierto Conexion, Presented at Carmine Center, New York (NY), sponsored by Dance
Now, Inc., September 18, 2000.
Dancing at the Union Square Park, Presented at Union Square Park, New York (NY),
sponsored by Department of Cultural Affairs, July 19, 2000.
NJPAC Arts-in-Education Workshop for Teachers, Presented at NJ Performing Arts
Center, Newark (NJ), sponsored by NJ State Council on the Arts, May 5, 2000.
Heads Up, Dance Workshop, Presented at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva
(NY), sponsored by Hobart & William Colleges, April 26 - 29, 2000.
An Evening of Musical Enchantment – Gala Concert, Presented at Florence Gould
Hall, New York (NY), sponsored by The Philippine Independence Day Committee 2000,
April 7, 2000.
Heads Up Plus Other Dances, Presented at Cunningham Studio, New York (NY),
produced by Ramos Dance (3rd
Annual Dance Season), March 3 – March 5, 2000.
Dancing for Life, Presented at PBS Channel 13, tri-state area (CT, NJ, NY), produced
by In the Life TV Organization, Month Aired: February 2000.
Arts-in-education workshop for Grade 5 – 6 Level, Presented at Woodrow Wilson
School, Weehawken (NJ), sponsored by New Jersey State Arts Council on the Arts,
January – February 2000. (Met with the kids twice a week for 10 weeks).
Do I, Presented at DanSpace Project at St. Mark’s Church, New York (NY), sponsored
by Dancers Responding to AIDS, December 4, 1999.
Incierto Conexion, Presented at Claudia Bottcher Theatre, Hastings-on-Hudson (NY),
produced by Rivertowns Arts Council, November 20, 1999.
Silent/Listen (First Annual New York On New York Dance Series), Presented at
Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, New York (NY), produced and commissioned
3. by Puffin Foundation in conjunction with Danspace project at St. Mark’s Church,
October 2 & October 10, 1999.
Barber’s Violin Concerto, Presented at Joyce SoHo, New York (NY), produced by
Dance Now, Inc., September 9, 1999.
Huntington Summer Arts Festival, Presented at Heckscher Park, Huntington (NY),
produced by Huntington Arts Council, July 9, 1999.
Circle of Dance Guest Artist, Presented at Cunningham Studio, New York (NY),
produced by Circle of Dance Repertory, April 23 – 24, 1999.
First Friday @ Five, Presented at Soundance Studio, New York (NY), produced by
Soundance, Inc., April 5, 1999.
Offering to J.S. Bach, Presented at Soundance Valentine Benefit Concert, New York
(NY), produced by Soundance, Inc., February 13, 1999.
Drew Hemenger’s Live Music Recital, Presented at Manhattan School of Music, New
York (NY), produced by Drew Hemenger, February 21, 1999.
Barber’s Violin Concerto, Presented at DanSpace Project at St. Mark’s Church, New
York (NY), sponsored by Dancers Responding to AIDS, December 5, 1998.
Twisted Elegance, Presented at Joyce SoHo, New York (NY), produced by Ramos
Dance (2nd
Annual Dance Season), November 19 – 22, 1998.
Food For Thought, Presented at Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, New York
(NY), sponsored by Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, November 6, 1998.
Offering to J.S. Bach, Presented at Joyce SoHo, New York (NY), sponsored by
Balcos/Rebudal Project, October 9, 1998.
Lost, Presented at Carmine Center, New York (NY), sponsored by Dance Now, Inc.,
September 12, 1998.
Offering to J.S. Bach, Presented at Pier 63, New York (NY), sponsored by Chelsea
Pier 63 July 4th
Celebration, July 4, 1998.
Lost, Presented at Battery Park, New York (NY), sponsored by Battery Dance
Company, September 1, 1998.
Leaps of Desire, Presented at Joyce SoHo, New York (NY), produced by Ramos
Dance (1st
Annual Dance Season), December 18, 1997.
Down Under Eventually Together, Presented at FreeRange “Home Cooking”, New
York (NY), sponsored by FreeRange, Inc. November 19, 1997.
Three Rooms In One, Presented at DanSpace Project at St. Mark’s Church, New York
(NY), sponsored by Dancer’s Responding to AIDS, December 6, 1997.
Lost, Presented at Claudia Bottcher Theatre, Hastings-on-Hudson (NY), produced by
Rivertowns Arts Council, November 20, 1997.
4. Lost, Presented at Florence Gould Hall, New York (NY), produced by Ballet Builders,
April 26 – 27, 1997.
Lost, Gravity’s Players, Presented at Dance Theater Workshop, New York (NY),
sponsored by Soundance Repertory Company, May 28 – 31, 1997.
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps, Presented at World Trade Center Plaza, New York (NY),
sponsored by Battery Dance Company, September 3, 1996.
Lost, Presented at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, New York (NY), sponsored by Lincoln
Center, August 28, 1996.
Hidden Voices, Presented at Joyce SoHo, New York (NY), sponsored by SoHo Dance
Festival, June 1996.
Hidden Voices, Presented at Free Range Arts, New York (NY), sponsored by Free
Range Arts, June 29, 1995.
Hidden Voices, Presented at Dance Theater Workshop, New York (NY), sponsored by
Soundance Repertory Company, June 1 – 4, 1995.
Hidden Voices, Presented at Gowanus Arts Exchange, Brooklyn (NY), sponsored by
Soundance Repertory Company, April 8, 1995.
Hidden Voices, Presented PS 122, New York (NY), sponsored by Soundance
Repertory Company, April 2, 1995.
Near Awakening, Presented at Soundance 5th
Annual Choreographers’ Showcase,
New York (NY), sponsored by Soundance, Inc., February 5 – 7, 1993.
Hang Loose, Presented at Soundance 4th
Annual Choreographers’ Showcase, New
York (NY), sponsored by Soundance, Inc., January 10 – 11, 1992.
Near Awakening, Presented at Music and Dance Festival in St. Barthelemey, French
West Indies, January 1991.
Hang Loose, Presented at Evolving Arts 7th
Choreographers’ Showcase, New York
(NY), sponsored by Dance Space, September 1989.
Hang Loose, Presented at Dances We Dance, Inc. Showcase, Honolulu (HI),
sponsored by Dances We Dance, June 6, 1989.
UH-Manoa BFA Concert, Presented at University of Hawaii Lab Theatre, Honolulu
(HI), sponsored by UH Manoa Dance Department, March 3 – 5, 1989.
Rising, Presented at 1989 Hawaii State Dance Council Choreographic Award Concert,
Honolulu (HI), sponsored by Hawaii State Dance Council, January 1989.
ARTS-IN-EDUCATION “SWING & THINGS” SHOWCASES
5. Dr. Ronald McNair School, September 20, 2002, Jersey City (NJ)
Piscataway High School, May 18, 2002, Piscataway (NJ)
“Jazz It Up” Workshop, Millburn Middle School, May 13 – May 17, 2002, Millburn (NJ)
Milllburn Middle School, May 10, 2002, Millburn (NJ)
PS 372, April 18, 2002, Brooklyn (NY)
Millburn Middle School, April 9, 2002, Millburn (NJ)
Calvin Coolidge School, March 21, 2002, Wyckoff (NJ)
Raritan Valley, March 15, 2002, Somerville (NJ)
Benjamin Franklin Middle School, February 13, 2002, Teaneck (NJ)
Thomas Jefferson Middle School, February 13, 2002, Teaneck (NJ)
Pohatcong Twp, January 31, 2002, Phillipsburg (NJ)
Our Lady of Academy, January 29, 2002, South Orange (NJ)
Cranbury School, January 18, 2002, Cranbury (NJ)
Grant Elementary School, November 26, 2001, Trenton (NJ)
Dwight Morrow High School, October 15, 2002, Englewood (NJ)
Wyoming Elementary, September 24, 2001, Millburn (NJ)
John Brainerd School, September 21, 2001, Mount Holly (NJ)
New Providence School, June 18, 2001, New Providence (NJ)
West Brook Middle School, May 9, 2001, Paramus (NJ)
Thomas Jefferson School, April 2, 2001, Edison (NJ)
Wayside Elementary School, March 15, 2001, Wayside (NJ)
News 12 New Jersey, February 20, 2001, Edison (NJ)
Delaware Township School, February 1, 2001, Sergeantsville (NJ)
Parker Elementary School, January 12, 2001, Trenton (NJ)
Renaissance School, December 8, 2000, Montclair (NJ)
Pingry School, November 3, 2000, Short Hills (NJ)
Gilmore Fisher Junior School, October 13, 2000, Ewing (NJ)
Woodrow Wilson School, April 13, 2000, Weehawken (NJ)
DANCE WORKS
Love Cycles: Dances of Intimate Affairs
Year Created: 2002
Length: 65 minutes
Shhh…
Year Created: 2001
Length: 45 minutes
Commissioned by Dr. Daniel M. Baugher
Swing & Things
Year Created: 2000
Length: 45 minutes
An arts-in-education assembly program. Now touring throughout New Jersey and New
York and being sponsored by Young Audiences of NJ and Arts Horizon.
Heads Up
Year Created: 2000
Length: 17 minutes
Commissioned by Dr. Martha Moore-Russell
6. Silent/Listen
Year Created: 1999
Length: 17 minutes
Commissioned by Puffin Foundation, Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church
Do I…
Year Created: 1999
Length: 10 minutes
High Five
Year Created: 1998
Length: 16 minutes
Incierto Conexion
Year Created: 1998
Length: 10 minutes
Offering to J.S. Bach
Year Created: 1998
Length: 8 minutes
Twisted Elegance
Year Created: 1998
Length: 9 minutes
Night Passing
Year Created: 1997
Length: 8 minutes
Leaps of Desire
Year Created: 1997
Length: 45 minutes
Gravity’s Players
Year Created: 1997
Length: 10 minutes
Sting Suite: The Blues
Year Created: 1996
Length: 12 minutes
Lost
Year Created: 1996
Length: 8 minutes
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Year Created: 1995
Length: 3 minutes
Hidden Voice
Year Created: 1995
7. Length: 12 minutes
Near Awakening
Year Created: 1992
Length: 12 minutes
Echoing Moods
Year Created: 1992
Length: 9 minutes
One-Self I Sing
Year Created: 1992
Length: 15 minutes
Hang Loose
Year Created: 1989
Length: 4 minutes
Rising
Year Created: 1989
Length: 15 minutes
One Out of Two
Year Created: 1988
Length: 7 minutes
Almost… Together
Year Created: 1987
Length: 8 minutes
DANCE COMPANIES
Ramos Dance, Artistic Director, based in New Jersey, formed in 1997
Soundance Repertory Company, Dancer, based in New York, company member from
1993 – 1997
Mimi Garrard Dance Theater, Dancer, based in New York, company member from
1995 – 1997
Sean Curran Dance Company, Dancer, based in New York, company member in 1995
The Kevin Wynn Collection, Dancer, based in New York, company member in 1996
Nicholas Rodriquez DanceCompass, Dancer, based in New Jersey, company member
From 1992 – 1993
Carol Rioux Dance Ensemble, Dancer/Choreographer, based in New Jersey & New
York, company member from 1991 – 1992
American Dance Ensemble, Dancer, based in Kentucky & New York, company member
from 1990 – 1991
Dances We Dance, Dancer, based in Hawaii, company member in 1989
Hawaii Ballet Theatre, Dancer, based in Hawaii, company member in 1985 – 1989
Hawaii Opera, Dancer, based in Hawaii, company member in 1988
Kaimuki Dance Theatre, Dancer, based in Hawaii, company member in 1987
8. Ballet Hawaii, Dancer, Dancer, based in Hawaii, company member from 1985 – 1987
McCuen Ballet Theatre, Dancer, based in Hawaii, company member from 1983 – 1987
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS
Young Audiences of New Jersey Artist in residence and sponsors Ramos Dance’s
“Swing and Things” arts-in-education assembly program
Artist in residence roster’s list of New Jersey State Council on the Arts from 2000 thru
2003
Recipient of Meet the Composer Award with composer Dawn Buckholz, 2001
Commissioned work from Puffin Foundation and Danspace Project at St. Mark’s
Church, 1999
Outstanding Achievement as a national Scholarship Recipient, American College Dance
Festival Association, May 22, 1990.
Recipient of 1989 Hawaii State Dance Council Choreographic Award, February 1989.
Yasuki Sasa Award for Excellence in Ballet, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Department of
Drama and Theatre, May 4, 1989.
Department Award for Academic Excellence, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Department
of Drama and Theatre, May 4, 1989.
Golden Key National Honor Society at University of Hawaii-Manoa, April 1989.
Dean’s List at Kapiolani Community College from 1984 – 1987.
Phi Theta Kappa, National Honor Fraternity of the American Two Year College, October
16, 1987
DANCE AFFILIATION/TEACHERS/COLLEAGUES
Jonathan Hollander, Artistic Director of Battery Dance Company (New York)
Sandi-Stratton Gonzales, Dance Teacher at PS 372 & Former Artistic Director of
Soundance Repertory Company (New York)
Lonne Moretton, Ballet Teacher at Ballet Arts School (New York)
Heidi Latsky, Modern Dance Choreographer (New York)
Sean Curran, Modern Dance Choreographer (New York)
Kevin Wynn, Artistic Director of The Kevin Wynn Collections (New York)
Carol Rioux, Ballet Teacher (New Jersey)
Kim Abel, Ballet Teacher (New York)
Michael Vernon, Ballet Teacher at Steps (New York)
Elaine Haubert, Ballet Teacher and former member of American Ballet
Theater (New York)
9. Tandy Beal, Artistic Director of Tandy Beal Dance Company (San Francisco)
Gregg Lizenberry, Chair of Dance Dept. at University of Hawaii-Manoa (Hawaii)
Marcia Sakamoto Wong, Modern Dance Teacher (Hawaii)
James McCuen, Artistic Director of McCuen Ballet Theater (Hawaii)
10. Tandy Beal, Artistic Director of Tandy Beal Dance Company (San Francisco)
Gregg Lizenberry, Chair of Dance Dept. at University of Hawaii-Manoa (Hawaii)
Marcia Sakamoto Wong, Modern Dance Teacher (Hawaii)
James McCuen, Artistic Director of McCuen Ballet Theater (Hawaii)
