Ann Cowlin, M.A., C.S.M.
Box 3083 Stony Creek, CT 06405
1-800 442-9034
e-mail: ann.cowlin@yale.edu
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PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
- 1994 - present: Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Health Division, Yale School of Nursing
- 1981 - present: Dance and Movement Specialist, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Department of Athletics, School of Nursing, Theater Studies
- Teach all levels of modern dance technique, improvisation and repetory
- Teach all levels of classical ballet, including pointe and variations
- Choreograph for and advise student performing groups, Advise individual students.
- Lecture on selected topics: dance aesthetics and history, ideokinesiology, sensorimotor function
- Teach and administer programs in prenatal health and fitness for adult mothers, and createive movement for adolescent mothers. Advise nursing graduate students.
- 1980 - present: Founder/Director, Dancing Thru Pregnancy, Inc., Stony Creek CT
- 1991 - present: Perinatal Fitness Specialist, Perinatal Education Program, Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT
- 1979 - 1981: Dancer-in -Residence, Monongalia Arts Center, Morgantown, WV
- 1972 - 1979: Director of Dance, The Image Guild Intefrated Arts Company, Phoenix AZ
- 1973 - 1976 Summer Lecturer in Dance, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- Summer lecturer in dance pedagogy
- 1974 - 1975 Lecturer in Dance, Arizona State University, Temp, AZ
- Teach all levels of modern technique, improvisation and composition
- Choreograph for department productions. Supervise productions. Advise students
- Performance Experience
- Westchester Ballet Co. (NYC, touring, and television), Pasdena Ballet Co., Mesa Civic Ballet, Yhe Image Guild Integrated Arts Co, (multi-media), Arizona State University Dance Theater, Monongalia Arts Center Dance Co., and freelance work in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Copenhagen, New York, Phoenix and New Haven, including works by Douglas Dunn and Bill Ecans.
EDUCATION
- Degrees
- 1976 M. A. Dance, University of California at Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)
- 1968 B. A. Theater, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
- Postgraduate Certification
- 1983 Sports Medicine, Phoenix General Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
- 1996 Certified Childbirth Educator, ACBE, Olathe, KS
- Ballet Training
- Iris Merrick, Evelyn LeMone, Ruth Ambrose, Mia Slevenska
- Modern Dance Training
- Alwin Nicolais, Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Douglas Dunn, Bill Evans
- Ideokinesis Training
- Pamela Mall, Andre Bernard, Valentina Litvinoff
GRANTS and HONORS
- 1990 - Fellow, Trumbull College, Yale University
- 1990 - 1991 City of New HAven new works program (funded by NEA)
- 1989 - 1991 City Spirit Artists grant (CCA and city of New Haven)
- 1989 Artspace performance grant
- 1983 Arts Award, Arts Council of Greater New Haven
- 1970 - 1971 Teaching Assistantship, UCLA
- 1964 -1968 United Presbyterian College Scholarship
- 1963 National Council of Teachers of English Award, First Place
CHOREOGRAPHY
- Premiere Year / Title / Music or Notes / Location
- 1994 - Moving Target / multi-media with test / Artspace, New Haven, CT
- 1991 - New Haven Women: Movement Thru Time / dance-video / Artspace, New Haven, CT
- 1990 - Out of Time / multi-media / Artspace, New Haven, CT
- 1989 - Planting, or The Dragon / Deborah Teason / Real Arts Ways, Hartford, CT
- 1988 - Aural Ellipse / Willie Nelson, Robert Schumann / Artspace, New Haven, CT
- 1986 - Aerobic Foreigner / Foreigner / Uptown Arts Festival, New Haven, CT
- 1983 - The Vacancy / Sakura, Browne, Baez; text / Yale University
- 1982 - Armamentos / Tape Collage; pregnant women, new mothers and infants / New Haven, CT
- 1981 - Boat People Suite / Sakura / WV Dance Festival, WV Cultural Center, Charleston, WV
- 1979 - Dance: Art and Science / multi-media / WVU Performing Arts Center, Morgantown WV
- -------- Havasu Falls / percussion / Performing Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
- 1978 - Flame of Jerusalem / The Image Guild (multi-media) / Scottsdale Center for the Arts, AZ
- 1977 - David's Kite / The Image Guild / Phoenix Center for the Arts, AZ
- 1976 - Solo / Joan Baez / Community Center, St. Johns, AZ
- ---------Slowing in Fall Motion / Grover Washington / St. Johns, AZ
- ---------Gebkyan / Roger Kellaway / Concert Studio / Arizona State University
- 1975 - Deathfeargame / Handel / Grady Gammage Auditorium, ASU
- 1975 - Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be / The Image Guild / Theater One, Phoenix, AZ
- 1972 - HJ: Still Life in Seven Parts plus Intermezzo / The Image Guild / Montlure, Greer, AZ
- 1971 - I Am Becoming Leon Russell / George Harrison / UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
MASTER TEACHING and MAJOR LECTURES
- 1998 - Yale Conference on Women's Health & Fitness, New Haven, CT
- 1998 - National Organization for Adolescent Pregnancy Parenting & Prevention, Denver, CO
- 1997 - American Heart Association, Boston, MA
- 1996 - Reebok Fitness Convention, Phoenix, AZ
- 1994 - Connecticut Youth Services, Norwich, CT
- 1994 - Midwifery Today Conference, New York, NY
- 1993 - West Virginia State Health Educators Conference, Davis, WV
- 1993 - Ross Laboratories' Childbirth Educators Conference, Newport, RI
- 1992 - The Perinatal Health and Fitness Network, Hartford, CT
- 1991 - Yale School of Medicine, OB/Gyn grand rounds, New Haven, CT
- 1989 - International Dance Exercise Association, Nashville, TN
- 1989 - The Perinatal Health and Fitness Network, Baltimore, MD
- 1988 - The Perinatal Health and Fitness Network, Syracuse, NY
- 1987 - Governor's Conference on Women's Fitness, Hartford, Ct
- 1985 - American Imagery Association, Los Angeles, CA
- 1984 - Yale Summer Dance Program, New Haven, CT
- 1983 - Brewer Foundation for Perinatal Education, New York, NY
- 1982 - Good Samaritan Hospital conference on prenatal exercise, Phoenix, AZ
- 1981 - Women in Medicine speaker series, Yale, New Haven, CT
- 1981 - Connecticut College Dance Dept., guest artist, New Haven, CT
- 1980 - Yale School of Medicine, OB/Gyn grand rounds, New Haven, CT
- 1979 - WVU Medical Center, OB/Gyn grand rounds, Morgantown, WV
TEACHING RESULTS (companies for whom my former students have danced)
- Alvin Ailey Ensemble
- Ballet West
- Matthew Diamond Dance Co.
- Bill Evans Dance Co.
- Lenore Lattimore and Dancers
- Metropolitan Ballet
- Milwaukee Ballet
- New England Dinosaur
- Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co.
- Utah Repetory Dance Theater
PUBLICATIONS, COURSES AUTHORED
- 1996 - "Women and Exercise", in Varney's Midwifery, 3rd ed., Jones and Bartlett
- 1993 - "Brain and Birth" section of Olkin's Positive Pregnancy Fitness, 3rd ed., Avery Pub.
- 1993 - Movement and Mind, undergraduate seminar, Theater Studies Program, Yale University
- 1992 - Perinatal Fitness Instructor's Study Guide and Certification Exam, Perinatal Health and fitness Network national certification program
- 1992 - Exercise Tips for Pregnant Women, CT Dept. of Health Services
- 1991 - Dancing Thru Pregnancy/After Dance Instructor's Training Manual, DTP., Inc.
- 1991 - "Exercise After Childbirth", Shape Magazine, Feb 1991
- 1983 - "The Role of Dance in the Community", New Haven Arts, Arts Council of Greater New Haven
- 1987 - Developing a Humanist Aesthetic of Dance, unpub. M.A. thesis, used by UCLA as a text for the graduate course in dance aesthetics
WORKS IN PROGRESS
- US Army Pregnancy Fitness Program
- Women's Health & Fitness Programming, Human Kinetics, TBA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
- International Association for Dance Medicine and Science
- American College of Sports Medicine, NE
- National Strength & Conditioning Association
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Ann Cowlin / ann.cowlin@yale.edu
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