Resume

• 2012

  Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

  ● Organized

  planned and produced a series of performances by undergraduate and graduate students\n● Responsible for technical and logistical planning

  including sound

  lighting and props\n● Coordinated and managed scheduling of labs and studios\n● Production coordinator for live events\n\n

  Choreography and Performance

  Program Coordinator and Studio Coordinator

  Mills College

• 2011

  East Bay Dance Center

  San Jose City College

  Mathis Reed Dance Comapny

  Cabrillo College

  San Rafael

  ●\tIntermediate and advanced jazz and hip-hop instructor\n●\tChoreograph and teach competition group\n

  Dance Instructor

  Just Dance Academy

  San Bruno California

  ●\tInstructor

  DANCE 150.1 Hip-Hop I\n●\tCreate curriculum for beginning/intermediate hip-hop\n●\tIncorporate historical knowledge of related dance forms into course examinations\n●\tAligned syllabus and student learning outcomes to revised course content\n

  Dance Instructor (Adjunct Faculty)

  Skyline College

  Aptos

  California

  Instructor of Contemporary Modern Dance II\n\nInstructor of Adv. Dance Technique & Performance Skills\n\nCreate curriculum for intermediate/advance contemporary modern technique \n\nCreate curriculum for beginning/intermediate hip-hop\n \nDevelop knowledge of music composition and performance quality through exploration of meter

  temp and phrasing. \n\nIncorporate historical knowledge of related dance forms into course examinations\n\nAlign syllabus and student learning outcomes to revised course content\n

  Dance Instructor (Adjunct Faculty)

  Cabrillo College

  Pleasant Hill California

  Ballet Fundamentals:\n\nDevelop a better understanding of ballet philosophy\n\nExplore the fundamentals of the ballet technique using verbal and physical examples\n\nDeepen the understanding of \"body mechanics\" and proper alignment in order to use the body as a creative tool.\n\nHip-hop and urban funk:\n\nThis Dance course focuses on beginning and intermediate hip-hop and funk dance techniques.\n\nThe Impact of hip-hop and funk on popular dance

  ethnic influences

  historical events

  and how these dance styles have come to reflect the diversity of America. \n\n

  Dance Instructor (Adjunct Faculty)

  Diablo Valley College

  San Jose

  Hip hop technique class and hip- hop rehearsal \n\nCreate curriculum for beginning/intermediate hip hop\n\nAlign syllabus and student learning outcomes to revised course content

  Dance Instructor (Adjunct Faculty)

  San Jose City College

  Pleasant Hill California

  ●\tTaught modern and hip-hop \n●\tCreated original choreography for each class section\n●\tPlanned and coordinated year-end performances

  choreography for major performance pieces\n

  Dance Instructor

  Studio A

  Bay Area Oakland/San Francisco

  Mathis Reed Dance Company defies labels

  expectations

  and pre-conceived ideas of movement. Born of innovation and the fusion of traditional and more recent styles

  this company is an embodiment of dance in the present.

  Owner

  Mathis Reed Dance Comapny

  Oakland California

  ●\tHip-hop

  jazz

  and ballet instructor \n●\tPlanned and coordinated Summer Camp performances\n●\tConducted fitness workshops (Cardio hip-hop

  modern and alignment)\n

  Dance Instructor

  East Bay Dance Center

• 2010

  English

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  ●\tAssisted theater and dance course instructor with delivery of classroom instruction \n●\tContributed to in-class assignments and student critique\n●\tDeveloped choreography and lesson plans\n

  Theater/Dance

  Instructional Assistant

  California State University-East Bay

• Joslynn Mathis Reed hails from Detroit Michigan. Her lifelong passion for dance has taken her on a journey that includes performing with Aretha Franklin as a teenager

  studying West African dance in Ghana as an undergraduate

  and continuing to teach dance to a wide range of students over the past 15 years.

  Who I am

  Dance

  Musical Theatre

  Modern Dance

  Dance Instruction

  Theatre

  Contemporary Dance

  Choreography and Performance

  Choreography

  Hip-Hop Dance

  Performing Arts

  Improvisation

  Dance Education

  Jazz Dance

  Creative Movement

  Stage

  THE JIT: EXPLORING THE LINEAGE OF AMERICAN-AMERICA DANCE THROUGH AN EXAMINATION OF A UNIQUELY AMERICAN STYLE OF MOVEMENT

  THE JIT: EXPLORING THE LINEAGE OF AMERICAN-AMERICA DANCE THROUGH AN EXAMINATION OF A UNIQUELY AMERICAN STYLE OF MOVEMENT

  Joslynn Mathis Reed hails from Detroit Michigan. Her lifelong passion for dance has taken her on a journey that includes performing with Aretha Franklin as a teenager

  studying West African dance in Ghana as an undergraduate

  and continuing to teach dance to a wide range of students over the past 15 years. Joslynn’s unique style of movement and choreography is driven by a high-energy fusion of hip-hop

  modern and ballet forms

  resulting in her own unique style. Joslynn holds a B.A. in Dance/Theater Arts from California State University

  East Bay and an MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from Mills College in Oakland

  CA where she currently lives and works. Joslynn has trained in Dunham

  Ailey and Graham Techniques.

  Joslynn

  Mathis Reed

  Just Dance Academy

  Studio A

  Skyline College

  Diablo Valley College