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Teaching Artists
Adia Edmondson (she/her) is an East Coast native of Jamaican and African American descent. Adia has had diverse training opportunities working with choreographers/companies such as Jon Lehrer Dance Company, Omar Román de Jesús, PMT House of Dance, Tiffanie Carson, Soul Dance Company, Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, and Jorge “Pop Master Fabel” Pabon. She has participated in international movement programming with JUNTOS Collective (Guatemala), WADE Dance (Barcelona), and Moulin/Belle (France). Adia has worked as an arts administrator, arts educator, and community engagement leader, and continues to be an advocate for inclusive, equitable, and transformative programming that supports communities in need. Adia's journey with Groove With Me began during the 2021-2022 school year while she was completing full-time service with CityYear in East Harlem.
Adia Edmondson has a BA in Dance & Theatre with a concentration in Dance Therapy and a minor in Studio Art and Psychology from Manhattanville University, as well as a MS in Arts Administration and Museum Leadership with a concentration in Arts Administration and a minor in Arts in Public Health from Drexel University.
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Fatou Diouf is a dynamic artist with a strong passion for and expertise in the performing arts. Raised in the Bronx with Senegalese roots, her work is centered around social justice, empowerment, and celebrating her West African heritage through artistic expression. Fatou graduated Summa Cum Laude from Purchase College, where she earned a double degree in Arts Management and Theater & Performance. She is the founder and artistic director of Creative Flow Dance Theatre and performs as a professional dancer with CarNYval Dancers. Fatou is also a community facilitator and teaching artist with Camille A. Brown’s EveryBody Move and serves as the Performing Arts Program Manager at New York Edge.
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Liz Gerring Radke was born in San Francisco in 1965 . She grew up in the Los Angeles area and began studying dance when she was thirteen. In high school she studied at the Cornish Institute in Seattle. In 1987, she was awarded a BFA from the Juilliard School. With Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown having an ever-evolving and profound influence on her own frank aesthetic, she formed the Liz Gerring Dance Company in 1998. Liz was awarded the Jacob’s Pillow Prize in June 2015, and a Joyce Theater Residency and Creation award in the same year. In collaboration with composer Michael Schumacher , Liz has been commissioned for three works at Peak Performances @ the Kasser Theater in Montclair, New Jersey. In 2016/17 she was awarded a New York City Center Choreographic Fellowship. In 2019 Ms Gerring was one of five artists to receive the Cage-Cunningham Fellowship from the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Liz lives in New York City and upstate New York with her husband Kirk Radke, their three children, two dogs and a cat.