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DANCE
top media music theater visual	African Diaspora Forms Adia Whitaker (Afro/Modern Fusion) Andrea Markus (West African) Amparo Chigui Santiago (Afro-Caribbean) Baraka de Soleil (Afro-Caribbean) Chevon Stewart (Afro/Modern Fusion) Imani Faye (African) Latoya Wigfall (West African) M'bewe Escobar (African) Patricia Gibson (Jazz Dance) Shireen Dickson (Roots of African American Dance) Yvette Martinez (Afro-Carribean) Other Culturally Specific Dance Alda Reuter (Mexican) Chinese Folk Dance Company Louis Mofsie (American Indian) Solomon Adaf (Capoeira) Yloy Ybarra (Mexican) Early Childhood Alicia White Chevon Stewart Dionne Kamara Kate Hamilton-Caillet Margot Faught Martita Goshen Modern Dance Jessica Nicoll Kim Grier Creative Movement Alicia White Cary McWilliam Dionne Kamara Jessie Phillips-Fein Kate Hamilton-Caillet Margot Faught Martita Goshen Dance Performance Groups Andrea Del Conte Danza Espana Ballet Fiesta Mexicana Chinese Folk Dance Company Foot & Fiddle Dance Company Japanese Folk Dance Institute ¡Retumba!
MEDIA ARTS AND WRITING
	Media Arts Rubén Gonzaléz Writing Candido Tirado Carmen Rivera
MUSIC
top dance media music theater visual	Vocal/Choral Aziza Miller (Jazz) Branice McKenzie (Jazz) Michael Eisenberg Rubén Gonzaléz Culturally Specific Music Dassi Rosencrantz (Afro-Carribean) David Hertzberg (Jazz) Kevin Hylton (African - Mbira) Linda Austin (Afro-Carribean) Phyllis Bethel (World Music) Rubén Gonzaléz (World Music) Recorder David Hertzberg Evan Alboum Marco Granados Classical David Burnett (violin/viola) David Gotay (cello/bass) Michael Eisenberg (piano) Percussion Ann Hairston Kevin Hylton Linda Austin Phyllis Bethel Music Performance Groups Ethos Percussion Group La 21 Division Los Pleneros de la 21 Manhattan Ceili Spirit Ensemble Taikoza West Village Quartet
THEATER
top dance media music visual	Improvisation Freestyle Repertory Theater Storytelling Alison Fleminger Bob Reiser Caitlin Barton Crystal Mayo Felix Pitre Joy Smith Maxine Maxwell Robin Bady Tammy Hall Acting Candido Tirado Carmen Rivera Ellen Melamed Jojo Gonzalez Victor Maog Puppetry/Mask Making Erin Orr Lake Simons Theresa Linnihan Tony Fuemmeler Playwriting Candido Tirado Carmen Rivera Theater Performances Robin Bady Freestyle Repertory Theater Tammy Hall Crystal Mayo Felix Pitre
VISUAL ARTS
top dance media music theater	Murals/Painting Benjamin Rios Carol Heft Donna Maria deCreeft Janet Braun-Reinitz Judy Hoffman Noah Jemisin Rochelle Shicoff Various Media (masks, jewelry, books, clay, calligraphy, frescoes, quilts, papermaking and fabric Alfred Cervantes Benjamin Rios Carol Heft Chinese Folk Dance Company Diana Robinson Donna Maria deCreeft Janet Braun-Reinitz Judy Hoffman Noah Jemisin Randy Brozen Rochelle Shicoff Stacey Cushman