Teaching Artist Review
To say she was wonderful would be short changing Ronne! She begins by explaining the origins of West African dance to the children, including key words and native tongue phrases that the students will respond to throughout her workshop. Then comes a dance warm-up followed by dance moves sequenced so that every child can learn and succeed. -Nancy Schmitt, Art Teacher
About the Artist
Ronne is a Florida native with a background in dance spanning over 29 years. Her earliest exposure to African dance was at the Orlando School of Cultural Dance. She was a company member of Kuumba in Tampa, Florida and Adefua Dance Company in Seattle, Washington. She has traveled extensively to study West African dance under the instruction of countless masters in this field. Ronne has taught several classes for Indiana University and was a lead instructor for the African American Dance workshops at Indiana University in Bloomington for 2 years. Ronne obtained a Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in 2010.
She has worked as an instructor and choreographer with the Urban Arts Consortium, Kenyette Dance Company, Assante Children's Theater, Jewel Christian Academy, Ben Davis Dance team, Central Indiana Dance Academy, Indy Dance Academy, Circle City Dance Productions and Kids Dance Outreach. Under the direction of visiting International Artist Micheal Williams, she was the lead choreographer for Butler Universities' production of "The Water Carriers" in 2014. She also performed in and was the lead choreographer for the Phoenix Theater production of "Dontrell who kissed the Sea" in 2015.
Her passion for children flourished when she choreographed Orchard Middle school's production of the Lion King in 2017. Her exposure teaching children over the past 21 years through the Iibada Dance Company has allowed her to develop her own children's programming for preschool to high school. For the past 8 years she been a teaching artist with Arts For Learning. She taught dance as an elective for k-6th grade at Ingnite Achievement Academy 2017-2019. Currently, she is the Director and Choreographer of Epiphany Dance Collective, an Adjunct Professor at Butler University, and teaches Fine Art at Tindley Genesis Academy.
She has worked as an instructor and choreographer with the Urban Arts Consortium, Kenyette Dance Company, Assante Children's Theater, Jewel Christian Academy, Ben Davis Dance team, Central Indiana Dance Academy, Indy Dance Academy, Circle City Dance Productions and Kids Dance Outreach. Under the direction of visiting International Artist Micheal Williams, she was the lead choreographer for Butler Universities' production of "The Water Carriers" in 2014. She also performed in and was the lead choreographer for the Phoenix Theater production of "Dontrell who kissed the Sea" in 2015.
Her passion for children flourished when she choreographed Orchard Middle school's production of the Lion King in 2017. Her exposure teaching children over the past 21 years through the Iibada Dance Company has allowed her to develop her own children's programming for preschool to high school. For the past 8 years she been a teaching artist with Arts For Learning. She taught dance as an elective for k-6th grade at Ingnite Achievement Academy 2017-2019. Currently, she is the Director and Choreographer of Epiphany Dance Collective, an Adjunct Professor at Butler University, and teaches Fine Art at Tindley Genesis Academy.
