Oronde
S. Sharif is Artistic Director of the African Dance and Drum Ensemble
and a part-time dance instructor for Africana Studies.
Degrees: Universitiy of Pittsburgh, Master of Public Administration, April
2000; University of Pittsburgh, Master of Social Work, 1997; University of Pittsburgh,
BA -- 1995, Major in African Studies.
Awards: Tri-State Expressions of Excellence Award, 1982.
Employment History: Executive Director, Oakland School of Performing Arts;
University of Pittsburgh, Africana Studies, 1998 to present: Instruct courses
in dance with an historical-theoretical and practical approach.
Courses Taught: African American Dance, the Dunham Workshop, Comparative
Dance Expression, West African Dance and African American Health Issues. Artistic
Director: The African Dance and Drum Ensemble features master dance and drumming
classes, lecture demonstration, participatory performances and theatrical productions,
such as, "Osei Tutu", "African Fables" and "Black Nativity".
Grant Projects: CRATE (Cultural Residency and Awareness Exhibition) 1992-93, refunded 1994-95. A collaborative project with the Carnegie Library branches of Pittsburgh. It was presented in two segments. Part 1: consisted of lecture series of "African Civilization Before Slavery", Ports, Slavery and the African Diaspora", "Evolution of African American Dance on the Plantation", and "The Underground Railroad". Part 2: is the creative production of "Swing Low, Sweet In the Mornin'" performed by the African Drum and Dance Ensemble.
Current Research Interest: To design models for teaching dance, the arts
and healthy lifestyles skills from an African centered theoretical perspective
within an Eurocentric environment.
: senegal1@pitt.edu
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