About Me & CV
Dance educator with 15 years of experience, capable of teaching anatomically aware contemporary/modern, and jazz dance technique classes, partnering, and choreographic skills in higher education or private studio settings. Can also lecture on the use of technology in intermedial dance works, methods of dance critique, and the administration and marketing of arts organizations.
Contact at: benny.simon@gmail.com
I am an artist, dancer, choreographer, educator, researcher, and arts administrator.I most recently served two years as faculty and Director of Arts Administration at Le Moyne College, and before that spent three years as Assistant Professor at Ohio University. I hold an MA in Dance Education from New York University, and this spring I will complete a Ph.D. in Dance Studies at The Ohio State University. My doctoral research engages with posthumanist theory, interdisciplinary arts practices, and critical digital pedagogy that activates sustainable intersections of art and technology. Informing this work is a decades-long career in arts administration, development, community-building, marketing, education, performance, choreography, and digital technologies in higher education and the corporate and non-profit sectors. The collective impact of these experiences has led to my life’s work of making the arts and arts education accessible across all disciplines and inclusive of all communities.