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DANCE COMPANY
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EMPOWHERMENT
Debra
Floyd, Artistic Director
Debra
K. Floyd believes that “Dance, creative movement—whatever one wants to
name it—is an integral part of our everyday life.” Spanning over 30
years, Debra’s career as a dance artist has presented her with
opportunities to perform, choreograph, and teach all over the United
States as well as internationally. She has worked in Washington, D.C.,
New York, Chicago, Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco; her
experience abroad covers Paris, France; Martinique, Caribbean; and
Havana, Cuba.
Debra began her dance
training at an early age in Chicago, Illinois,
and continued her artistic journey as a part of a double major in Dance
and Physical Education and a minor in Classical Music. After receiving
her undergraduate degree from Grand Valley State University in
Allendale, Michigan, she went on to obtain a Master of Arts in Culture
and Creation Spirituality with an emphasis on Women’s Spirituality and
Movement from Holy Names College in Oakland, California. Harold
Nicholas, Bill T. Jones, Fred Benjamin, Yvonne Johnson, and N. Delores
Cayou are among the many instructors from whom she has received
professional training.
She has worked with
several acclaimed choreographers including Talley
Beatty, Donald McKayle, Diane McIntyre, Leon Jackson, and Tyrone
Murray. While living in the California Bay area, Debra was a
founding member of CitiCentre Dance Theatre and the Artistic Director
of both Jazzy Feet Dance Studio and Middle Ground Dance Company, an all
women’s dance ensemble. Since moving to the DC area in the mid ‘90s,
her choreography has been presented at numerous venues to include Jack
Guidone Theater, Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, F. Scott
Fitzgerald Theatre, Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater, and Joe’s
Movement Emporium. Trained in American Sign Language, Debra has often
incorporated this communication form into her choreography. In 2000,
she founded FloydProject Dance Company, thereby continuing her mission
to use dance as a vehicle for supporting women. The company of diverse
women is emerging in the DC community and strives to build positive
images, raise audience awareness of broad issues and empower people to
uphold women and their aspirations.
Debra is presently
teaching Jazz Dance Fusion at DC Dance Collective,
Technique at DanceMakers Dance Studio, Jazz at Gallaudet University,
Creative Movement, Tap, and Cardio/Weights at Georgetown Law School,
and senior workouts at several DC locations. In addition to running her
Internet-based business, RDF Marketing, she also conducts workshops and
master classes, coaches other dance companies and dance professionals,
and provides technique development training for child, teen, and adult
students.
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