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Angela Gallo, Professor of Dance -Coker College, Artistic Director of Sapphire Moon Dance Company. Performance highlights: White Wave Dance Festival, Dancenow Downtown Festival, Dance Theatre Workshop in NYC, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists in Canada, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Alabama Dance Festival, Charlotte Dance Festival, Dimensions Dance Festival, and others. She danced with AmDAT: Dance Art Technology (NY), Eisenhower Dance Ensemble (MI), the Power Company (SC) and worked with Ballet Preljocaj (France) and Anou Skan (France). Guest choreographer for Columbia Classical Ballet, Vibrations Dance Company, Power Company.
Angela is often a sought-after guest artist. Instructor at Joffrey Ballet Summer Program, Peridance Center, Hartford Ballet School and guest instructor at Spelman College.
Angela was awarded the SC Dance Associations Advocacy and Honor Awards, grants from the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, South Arts, Kyle Foundation, Black Creek Arts Council and was runner up for the SC Arts Commission’s Fellowship in Dance in 2007.
Angela received MFA in Dance from University of Michigan and BFA from Central Connecticut State University.
Angela is interested in the intersection of life and art- how can we bring cultural change and awareness through our artistic vision.