RONALD BURTON

e-Mail Address: Ronald@ronaldburtonentertainment.com

Education

Bachelor of Arts – Dance/ World Arts & Cultures - University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Business Management Major - Bernard M. Baruch College, New York, NY

Liberal Arts Program - Queensborough Community College, New York, NY

Bale Folklorico do Bahia – Salvador Bahia, Brazil – Intensive Study

Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, New York, NY (Scholarship Student)

Clark Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY (Scholarship Student)

Experience

Mickey D and Friends (Swing)

Passing the Torch - Museum of Natural History – New York, NY

York College – New York, NY

Soul Motion – NAACP Gala – Stamford, CT

Tap Extravaganza - F.I.T – New York, NY

Charles Moore Dance Theater (Contemporary/African)

Ancestral Images - Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater – New York, NY

Symphony Space – New York, NY

Prospect Park Golf House – Brooklyn, NY

Viver Brasil (Brazilian)

J. Paul Getty Museum - Los Angeles, CA

Chico University Festival of the Arts – Chico, CA

Artist in residency - Salvador Bahia, Brazil

 Liberata Dance Theater Company (Caribbean)

DC1199 New York ‘07

HAI New York ‘06

Swing Brasil (Brazilian)

Dance Spectrum Los Angeles #9 (nominated for 2002 Lester Horton Award)

Coachella Festival – Palm Springs / Jubilee 2000 tour w/Perry Farrell

House of Blues – Hollywood, CA

Silver Lining Project Fundraiser –Los Angeles, CA

Sacred Music Festival of the Americas/Honoring the Sea –Santa Monica Beach, CA

Rangoli Dance Company (South Indian)

Patanjali - Main Stage, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA

Love Lyrics and Ankle Bells & Painted Faces - Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, CA

Patanjali – Barnsdall Gallery Theater – Los Angeles, CA

Planting A Sequoia – John Anson Ford Amphitheatre – Hollywood, CA 

Ankle Bells and Painted Faces - Madrid Theater – Canoga Park, CA

J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles, CA

John Anson Ford Amphitheatre – Hollywood, CA

Scherr Theatre – Thousand Oaks, CA

100 Arts Open House-Crossroads Academy

California Plaza Summer Series – Los Angeles, CA

Rod Rodgers Dance Company (Modern)

Universal Temple of the Arts – Staten Island, NY

Masters of African American Choreographers – Washington, DC

4^th Annual International Black Dance Company Conference - Dayton, OH

CSU Summer Arts Residency – Humboldt State University – Arcata, CA

Middle Collegiate Church – New York, NY

Artist in Residency University of Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

LaMama E.T.C.- New York, NY

Blue Mercury Dance Company (Modern)

 Lincoln Center Out of Doors - Lincoln Center, New York, NY

Capoeiras of Bahia (Brazilian)

 Dance Explosion - Avery Fischer Hall, New York, NY

 Dance Africa - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY

Loremil Machado Afro-Brazilian Dance Company (Brazilian)

Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Residency – Beckett, MA

Lincoln Center Out of Doors Damrosch Bandshell – New York, NY

Djoniba Mouflett Dancers and Drummers (Senegalese)

World Financial Center noontime series, New York, NY

Central Park Summerstage series, New York, NY

Forces of Nature (Contemporary)

Caribbean Cultural Center- Aaron Davis Hall, New York, NY

Serge St. Juste Dance Company – (Haitian)

Dance Africa- Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Musical Theater

Patanjali – Rangoli Dance Company – Barnsdall Gallery Theater, Hollywood, CA

Ramayana – Rangoli Dance Company - Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA

The Dark Star From Harlem: A Tribute to Josephine Baker - LaMama E.T.C. New York, NY

The Warrior Ant – Next Wave Festival - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY   

Choreography

Wesleyan University – Faculty Dance Concert, Worlds of Dance Concert series

Dance Spectrum Los Angeles #9 collaboration “Tour de Guiya” (nominated - 2002 Lester Horton Award)

100 Arts Open House- “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”

“Useless” – Kym Mazelle, Capitol Records

“Is It Love” – Ultra Nate, Warner Brothers Records

Community Outreach

Bronx Arts Ensemble – Dance Instructor New York Public School System

The Children’s Life Saving Foundation – Summer Enrichment Camp – Malibu, CA

Foshay Learning Center – Black History Arts Presentation – Los Angeles, CA

Manchester Avenue Elementary – Arts Presentation – Carnival – Los Angeles, CA

Lecture / Demonstration series with most dance companies listed