Educator

With 20 years of experience, Ethel brings her passion for movement to others through dance and fitness instruction.

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“Your knowledge and expertise in West African and Caribbean dance styles was immensely valuable to our students and our program. In fact, they are still sending me messages commending your pedagogical and choreographic prowess.”

— Director, Cornell College Summer Dance Intensive

Dance Instructor

Holding degrees from Lincoln University and New York University, Ethel has over 20 years of performance and dance instruction, from the community level to the New York stage, Ethel choreographs and teaches the full range of dance styles from West African Dance to liturgical dance. Regularly lending her instructional talents to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Experience

2006-present: Alvin Ailey Art-In-education
2019-present: Teaching Artist, Camille A. Brown & Dancers
2019-present: Metropolitan Montessori School
2017-2019: Cornell College Summer Intensive
2017-2018: Borough Manhattan Community College
2016-2019: Fieldston Outdoors Summer Program
2011-2013: Director, Alvin Ailey Camp Miami
2020: Teaching Artist, Camille A. Brown & Dancers

Fitness Instructor

A certified Personal Trainer with the American Council of Exercise, Ethel is also a fitness professional who customizes client routines for populations from the young to the aged, from the infirmed to the empowered, promoting wellness and fitness through motion. Ethel serves as a movement therapist and counselor to the health care community delivering rehabilitation remedies that restore, rejuvenate and renew.