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Tara Shepard MyersTeaching Specialist 115 Rich Building 404-727-7266 |
Tara Shepard Myers earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Florida State University. Myers’ extensive performance career has taken her to Lyon, France and Poland, where she danced and choreographed for Danz Studie Tanka. Domestic performance credits include works by Shapiro and Smith, Doris Humphrey, and a five-year tenure with Sankofa Dance Theater. As a choreographer, her work has been produced by Sankofa Dance Theater, was selected for the Pan African Dance Festival, and has been performed in New York. Myers has served as artist in residence at Agnes Scott College, Coker College, and Spelman College. She performs with Duende Dance Theater, IndieMove, Emily Christianson, and George Staib. At Emory, she teaches modern and all levels of jazz. She is also faculty coordinator for the multicultural dance organization, AHANA, and faculty liaison for several independent dance ensembles within the college.