DIANE AVARNITES
I encourage you to know yourself, venture into unknown territory both externally and internally. We find joy in the discovery of movement potential, kinesthetic clarity, authenticity, and the creative process.
Diane Arvanites teaches core curriculum; composition, modern partnering and somatic techniques. She is an associate professor at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee on faculty since 1994. She is a body activist, a movement educator, and a creative artist. Honored as a Distinguished Alumni of the Conservatory in 2002, Ms. Arvanites has had an extensive history as a choreographer, educator, and the co-Artistic Director of Prometheus Dance. As a movement educator,
she applies somatic teaching methods to core curriculum classes with the aim of expanding the ideas of space, transition, micro movement, and kinesthetic awareness. Her choreography and cocreated work has been performed internationally in Europe and South America, and in the US by Lincoln Center Out of Doors (1994), Dance Umbrella (1993, 1995, 1997), Celebrity Series (1998, 1999), Emerson Stage (1998), the International Festival of Arts'Ideas (2001, 2002), the Joyce Theater (2003, 2008), Opera Boston (2004, 2005, 2007), Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (2004, 2008), World Music/CRASHarts (2001, 2009, 2013, 2019), Outside the Box festivals (2014, 2015), Boston Conservatory Theater (2002, 2004, 2006, 2011,2016), and Bates Dance Festival (2014). The work has earned support from several foundations and attracted numerous awards, including a creativity grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (2002), six artist fellowships for choreography (1994, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2014), a Gold Star Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (2005), and a Citation for Outstanding Artistic Achievement from the city of Boston(2009). Ms. Arvanites received her BFA from the Boston Conservatory in 1980. She studied dance in New York City and in Caracas Venezuela where she was rehearsal director for Coreoarte and founding member/choreographer of Accion Colectiva.