Suzi Myers Tipa
Teaching Artist Experience
Suzi has extensive experience in arts integration, having participated in arts integration workshops developed by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and having 20 years of experience as a teaching artist. Her recent residencies include international dance instruction for K-8 at schools in New York City, New Jersey, and throughout Westchester. Residencies are used to augment the curriculum, such as instruction in dances from Spanish speaking countries to support Spanish language classes, and dances from countries in the eastern hemisphere to complement social studies. Suzi also has worked extensively with children and adults with special needs, having conducted movement and music workshops throughout New York. In 2008, she participated in the Special Education Artist Academy with Arts Horizons, a program that brings music and dance to children with autistic spectrum disorder in New York City schools. Suzi also teaches acting and improvisation to students of all ages. She has been on the staff of the Purchase College Summer Youth Theatre program as improv instructor, dance instructor, and stage manager since 2001. Suzi is also a licensed fitness instructor, teaching dance-fitness programs throughout Westchester.
Recent ArtsWestchester teaching artist residency schools that Suzi has taught in include Saunders Trades & Technical High School, Schools 16 and 23 in Yonkers, and Rebecca Turner, Grimes, Edward Williams, and Graham Elementary Schools in Mt. Vernon.
Suzi has extensive experience in arts integration, having participated in arts integration workshops developed by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and having 20 years of experience as a teaching artist. Her recent residencies include international dance instruction for K-8 at schools in New York City, New Jersey, and throughout Westchester. Residencies are used to augment the curriculum, such as instruction in dances from Spanish speaking countries to support Spanish language classes, and dances from countries in the eastern hemisphere to complement social studies. Suzi also has worked extensively with children and adults with special needs, having conducted movement and music workshops throughout New York. In 2008, she participated in the Special Education Artist Academy with Arts Horizons, a program that brings music and dance to children with autistic spectrum disorder in New York City schools. Suzi also teaches acting and improvisation to students of all ages. She has been on the staff of the Purchase College Summer Youth Theatre program as improv instructor, dance instructor, and stage manager since 2001. Suzi is also a licensed fitness instructor, teaching dance-fitness programs throughout Westchester.
Recent ArtsWestchester teaching artist residency schools that Suzi has taught in include Saunders Trades & Technical High School, Schools 16 and 23 in Yonkers, and Rebecca Turner, Grimes, Edward Williams, and Graham Elementary Schools in Mt. Vernon.