Marina Celander teaching resume:

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Work Experience 

BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL                   2017-PRESENT

Teaching artist in Creative Dance and Visual Arts & Crafts/Mixed Media and Hula Dance throughout public elementary schools in Brooklyn grades K-5.

ARTS CONNECTION       2018-PRESENT

Teaching Artist in Creative Dance and Hula Dance for elementary schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan, grades PreK-2. 

PS10 AFTERSCHOOL, BROOKLYN                    2011-present 

Teaching artist for elementary school children, ranging from grades K-5 in the art of  creative dance, and puppetmaking, as well as in Hula dance, chanting, and Hawaiian culture.

SHADOW BOX THEATRE                   2016-PRESENT

Teaching Artist in public elementary schools,  PreK-3, in various boroughs in NYC. Marina conducts movement and puppet making workshops, and parent involvement workshops.

SPORTS AND ARTS IN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (SASF)                    2015-2016 

Dance specialist, teaching modern dance and creative dance for a middle schoolin Long Island City, Queens. There she mixed different dance forms to let students’ minds expand beyond the borders and visit other continents through movement. 

HULA DANCE INSTRUCTOR, PAN ASIAN REP THEATRE                   2014-2015

For two seasons Marina taught an adult class supported by the famous Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, the first theatre company on the East coast dedicated to telling stories of APIs (Asian/Pacific Islanders) in America. 

Professional Development Workshops 

·      DANCE EDUCATION LABORATORY (DEL) at 92 Street Y/Harkness Dance Center 2017-present

·      Dance for students on the Autism Spectrum (DEL workshop)                   Feb 2018

·      Urban Bush Women (DEL workshop) – entering and exiting community                  March 2018

·      Early & Elementary Arts (Community-Word Project/Wingspan Arts)              March 2018

·      Developing Children’s Creativity through Dance (Community-Word Project/NDI)   March 2018

Education

·      London Contemporary Dance School, England — 3 yr professional training, 1991 

·      Gene Frankel Theatre Workshop, NYC - 1997-1999 

·      Lund University, Lund, Sweden — sociology, social anthropology, literature 

·      Swedish Institute of Massage and Allied Sciences, NYC — NY State accredited, 1995 

·      Hālau Hula Pau Aliʻi ʻIlima o Nuioka 2010-2014 & Hawaiʻi Cultural Foundation 2000-2009