frankie
fernandes.
resume.
Performance Experience
Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.In.Motion
"When the Wolves Came In" (work-in-progress excerpts)
Second Avenue Dance Company, Fifth Floor Theater, NYC
“Continuous Relation” by Kyle Abraham
“Five Objects (in Isolation and Solitude)” by Alex Ketley
Various student works
Carol Mendes & Artists
La Mama First Floor Theater
LANOTTE + VERSO (world premier)
NYC10, Dixon Place
“Abyss”
“Piece #4”
Comedy in Dance Festival, Triskelion Arts
“Qu’est Ce Que la Fait Rire?”
Gowanus Arts & Production First Look Series, The Green Building
"LANOTTE Part I” (premier)
Legros Cultural Arts Women in Dance Series, Ailey Citigroup Theater
"LANOTTE Part II" (premier)
WestFest 2014, Martha Graham Studio Theater
"LANOTTE Part III" (premier)
All Over Westbeth 2104, Historical Westbeth Artsist Housing Complex
"Ring Around the Rosie" (site-specific)
Tisch School of the Arts, Fifth Floor Theater, NYC
“Caprice” and “French Suite” by James Sutton
Various student works
Ensemble Dance, WAXworks festival, Triskelion Arts
“Untitled” by Pilar Castro-Kiltz
4th Annual Collaborations in Dance Festival, Triskelion Arts
“Dead Denim” by Lindsey Mandolini
Dance on Film
The Youth Movement Collective
“Cellular Disposition”
Mary John Frank
"Contemporary Swing"
Training
Kyle Abraham/ Abraham. In. Motion
Apprentice/ Understudy
NYU Tisch School of the Arts BFA 2013
Cherylyn Lavagnino, James Martin, James Sutton, Giada Ferrone,
Rashaun Mitchell, Pamela Pietro, Sean Curran, Deborah Jowitt,
Gus Solomons Jr., Kay Cummings
Other skills: Contact Improvisation, Choreographic experience, HipHop/Jazz Funk training, Certified and Insured Dance/Yoga Instructor, Social Media & Marketing experience, Arts Administration experience, Tap dancing, Bicycling, Licensed driver
bio.
"I am interested in movement in all forms and I explore this interest through the dance, yoga, and health/fitness communities. As a true product of the arts world, I have come to wear many different hats as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and administrator. I work to synthesize these roles into one cohesive artistic exploration of relationships."
-Frankie
Frankie Fernandes, a Memphis native, began her dance training at a young age, eventually training at The New Ballet Ensemble and School under Katie Smythe and Kevin Trent Thomas of Collage Dance Collective. She has gone on to receive her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Frankie is also certified through the Mind Body Dancer® 200 Yoga Teacher Training with TaraMarie Perri. Through this comprehensive yoga teacher training, she was certified at the 200-hour level to teach alignment-based, breath-focused, mindful Vinyasa. She was also licensed as a yoga teacher with Mind Body Dancer®, a teaching community dedicated to education and research in the arts and mind-body studies.
Frankie worked with Kyle Abraham’s Abraham/ In/ Motion directly out of college and went on to become a dancer and associate director of Carol Mendes & Artists for several years. Currently, she is exploring new choreographic pursuits with her artistic soulmate, Erika Wuhrer.
