cocoloupedance

BIO / CV

bio: the short version:

CoCo Loupe holds a BFA & MFA in Dance/Choreography. In the past 20 years she has been an ADF freak-a-zoid, and indie dance group dreamer, pick-up performer and a university educator. Her work has been performed all over the place but not everywhere. She lives in Columbus, OH and likes it. She works on websites everyday and makes dances when she can. She also blogs at From One Foot To The Other and is the editor/curator of The Make Something Campaign Online Journal & Gallery. She works to promote the work of independent dance artists in Columbus via Dance in Columbus on the web, the stage, the ground, everywhere. She is also a member of CAW: creative arts of women, OhioDance, THEY MIGHT BE DANCERS and helps run a new dance/arts space in Columbus, OH called FEVERHEAD.

bio: the really long version:

CoCo Loupe, a native of Baton Rouge, LA, holds a BFA in Dance from The University of Southern Mississippi and an MFA in Choreography from The Ohio State University.

In the past 20 years, she has performed in works by Janet Prieur, Patty Amacker, Jose Limon, Helen Tamiris, Ron Brown, David Dorfman, Deborah Hay, Joe Alegado, David Appel, Susan Hadley, Victoria Uris, Colleen Leonardi, Noelle Chun, Kristina Isabelle, Aaron Kint & BacKspace and a host of independent dance artists across the United States.

She has studied technique, performance and/or choreography with Susan Rethorst, BeBe Miller, Donald McKayle, Mark Dendy, Betty Jones, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Simone Forti, Jeff Slayton, Chuck Davis, J Hammons, Miguel Guitierrez, Karl Rogers, Meghan Durham and many other incredible dance artists.

As an independent dance artist, CoCo has directed and contributed works to several pick-up dance companies in Mississippi, Texas and New York. She has also served on the dance faculties of Brookhaven Community College (Dallas, TX), The Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA), The University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) and The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH). In 2006, her work In The Clear was chosen by the ACDFA to be performed on their national concert at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

CoCo currently lives in Columbus, OH where she works as a web designer, and teaches and makes/performs dances as often as she can.

She is a member of and a community coordinator for Dance Artists in Columbus (DAC) and manages the Columbus Dance Calendar (columbusdancecalendar.com), The Dance in Columbus Website and its companion Online Community & Forum. Additionally, she is the editor and curator of the online journal/gallery, The Make Something Campaign.

CoCo also collaborates with local dance artists and art collectives and is a member of CAW: creative arts of women, OhioDance , THEY MIGHT BE DANCERS and helps run a new dance/arts space in Columbus, OH called FEVERHEAD.

More about CoCo's creative and professional endeavors and experiences can be found on her website, blog and online journal/gallery.