Ep 131. Aubre Hill: Transnational Dance Fusion

Aubre Hill has been a professional dance artist for over twenty years including touring and assistant-directing large ensembles across the United States, Europe, China, Taiwan, and Japan. She has been on faculty at California State University, Los Angeles teaching credited courses in pilates, fitness, and dance for over 10 years. She owned and directed Movement Art Space, a dance and fitness studio in Los Angeles offering education for all ages and levels for three successful years. She can be seen as a featured artist in numerous films and videos as well as was on the bellydance hit sensation of FitTV with her “All Stars Workouts”.

Aubre has choreographed full dance theatrical productions including “The Nutcracker: a bellydance tale,” “Sketches of Arabia,” “Nights of Arabe,” and more. She is the artistic director and choreographer for the Lumina Dance Company (now in its 13th year), the Qabila Folkdance Company (a company focused solely on Arabic folk dance and celebrating its 7th year), and the Beyajja Dance Theatre (a Raqs Sharqi dance company with a focus on developing individual artistic expression). 

In this episode you will learn about:

• Natural evolution and expansion of interests throughout your dance journey

• The importance of learning folklore, even if you are not planing to perform it anywhere

• Responsibility of artists, maturity of the audience, and attention to the content of performances and social media videos

• Challenges of exploring and teaching very different dance styles

• Transnational dance fusion

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