Soma resume

SHARI AZAR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SOMA Studio of the Moving Arts, Asheville, North Carolina (2003-present):
Private Professional Practice offering Somatic Experiencing, Therapeutic Massage, Movement
Education including Yoga, Authentic Movement and Contact Improvisation.
Somatic Arts Collective, Asheville, North Carolina (2012): Co-Founder/Member. Collaborative
of somatic educators and movement artists exploring the body as a source of healing and creative
process.
Professional Choreographer and Dancer (1990 to present): Solo Performance Artist and
Director for Shari Azar and Dancers. Company member for Judy Dworin Performance
Ensemble (Hartford, CT), Helen Walkley, Holly Bright (Vancouver, BC), Jennifer Cooper (New
York, NY), Mary Street Dance Theatre, Ballet Randolph (Miami, FL).
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute (2010-present): Faculty assistant and sessions provider
for professional training in Somatic Experiencing.
BASE (Bodywork and Somatic Education) Training (2012-2013). Coordinator.
Center for Massage and Natural Health (2010-2012): Faculty. Anatomy, Physiology and
Pathology. Musculoskeletal Pathology. (2003-2006) Private Yoga instruction, Massage Therapist.
Rainbow Mountain Children's School, Asheville, North Carolina (2010): Artist in Residence,
Movement classes and Choreography/Performance (Grade 2), Movement Workshop (Grades
4-6).
University of North Carolina-Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina (2008): Guest Faculty, Guest
Choreographer.
Independent Study/Home School Educator, Asheville, North Carolina (2006-2007): Taught
Anatomy/Physiology, Kinesiology, Yoga, Authentic Movement to independently schooled
teenager.
Hartford Conservatory, Hartford, Connecticut (2000-2003): Faculty for Pre-Professional Dance
Program. Teaching Somatics, Dance Improvisation, Dance Composition, Anatomy, Kinesiology
and Yoga.
Parkville Community Schools, Hartford, Connecticut (2002-2003):Teaching movement with
integration of classroom curriculum, grades 3 and 5. Performances evolving from ancestral and
personal stories.
Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Connecticut (2001-2003):
Guest Faculty, Guest Choreographer. Taught Improvisation and Pilates conditioning.
Farmington High School, Farmington, Connecticut (2002):Guest Faculty, Guest Choreographer.
EDUCATION
Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience (2011-2012) with Diane Poole Heller, Ph. D.
Advanced Trauma Therapy (2011). with Raja Selvam, Ph. D.
Touch Training for Trauma 1 (2009) with Dave Berger.
Sensory Processing Disorder (2009) with Ana do Valle and Robert Scaer.
Somatic Experiencing Training Program (2006-2008) with Raja Selvam and Ariel Giarretto.
Awarded Somatic Experiencing Practitioner 2009.
Additional Continuing Education in Orthobionomy, Thai Massage, Therapeutic Touch, Ethics,
Advanced Pathology and Stephen's Method (Deep Tissue).
NOMAD Yoga Teacher Training (2002), Manchester, Connecticut.
Humanities Center School of Massage Therapy, Pinellas Park, Florida (1998). Nationally
Certified, North Carolina Licensed Massage Therapist. Training in Esalen Massage, Swedish
massage, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy and Positional Release.
Shiatsu Massage Institute (1998), Clearwater, Florida.
New World School of the Arts, Miami, Florida, (1990-1993). Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine
Arts in Dance, Magna Cum Laude.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, (1986-1990). Awarded Associate of Arts, (1989).
AWARDS AND HONORS
Humanities Center, Academic Excellence, (1999).
Bates Dance Festival, Emerging Choreographer Award, (1994).
Len and Marcia Simon Kaplan Tuition/Expense Scholarship to Jacob’s Pillow, (1992).
Jacob’s Pillow Partial Scholarship, (1991).
Patricia Olalde Memorial Full Tuition Scholarship to the New World School of the Arts,
(1992-1993).
University of Florida, Partial Tuition Scholarship for outstanding achievement in dance/theatre,
(1990).
Member of Alpha Psi Omega, National Theatre Honor Society
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute Assistant and Sessions Provider for Somatic
Experiencing Training Programs
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute Registry
Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals, Professional Member
Nationally Certified and North Carolina Licensed Massage Therapist #3954
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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