Rebecca Arends

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She also attended The Ailey School (Oprah Winfrey Foundation Fellowship) under the direction of Denise Jefferson. For nine seasons, she toured with the Seán Curran Company. Serving as cultural ambassadors of the U.S. State Department, SCCo toured throughout Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan). Additional credits include Seán Curran Company & Ustatshakirt Plus (Dream’d In a Dream), Seán Curran Company + The King’s Singers (Travel Songs), Anybodys (El Paso Opera’s West Side Story), The Kiss (Tino Sehgal, Guggenheim Museum), Trainor Dance and Rosario. She was Dance Captain in Washington National Opera’s production of Terence Blanchard’s ​Champion​ at The Kennedy Center and was in the original cast of both ​Champion​ and Mr. Blanchard’s newest opera, ​Fire Shut Up in My Bones​ , at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Rebecca was an Adjunct Professor and Assistant Director of the Drexel Dance Ensemble at Drexel University (2016-2019) and resident jazz/contemporary instructor for Sparks Dance Company at The University of Pennsylvania. Rebecca is on faculty at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, where she teaches Modern Technique & Improvisation, Ballet, and Variations. She is the founder of RAREdancework, and her work has been presented at Dixon Place, Greenspace, Constellation Chicago, Drexel University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Barnes Foundation and Carnegie Hall. Rebecca is the director, choreographer and co-creator of ​The Unwritten Law​ with Drama Desk Award winner, Chesney Snow.