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==Reena Almoneda-Chang== {{#widget:YouTube|id=4v9KkfMpQ0o}} Reena Almoneda-Chang is a Montreal-based dancer, choreographer, and movement educator of Chinese and Filipino descent from Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1989 she moved to Montreal to complete a B.A. in Political Science after which she went on to undertake studies in body-based psychotherapy, Chinese massage/bodywork, and dance. In dance and movement she focused primarily on African and afro-contemporary dance, flamenco, yoga, and tai chi. In 1996 she became a member of the Cie Danse Nyata Nyata which began a period of concentration on African dance. From 1997-1999 she traveled to Burkina Faso, CĂŽte dâIvoire and Ghana to pursue further training in African dances after which she began to perform with various African music groups in Montreal, Quebec, and Rwanda. In 2004 she completed a Masterâs in Dance at UQAM, and since then has focused on teaching and performing African dance, her own style of fusion-based afro-contemporary dance, and creative process. For over 10 years she has also been involved in the development and facilitation of community art projects centered on the body, movement, dance, and artistic process as a way of cultivating personal, social and political awareness and transformation. She has worked with immigrant women, marginalized women and youth, women in prison, and with families at-risk with young children. Currently, she is working on Sanctuary, an inter-disciplinary art project (dance, theatre, visual art, and video) in collaboration with the Native Womenâs Shelter of Montreal, while completing training as a dance movement therapist with the National Centre for Dance Therapy at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Reena Almoneda Chang est danseuse, chorĂ©graphe et Ă©ducatrice en mouvement dâorigine sino-philippine basĂ© Ă MontrĂ©al. Ex-membre de la Cie de Danse Nyata Nyata, elle a entreprit plusieurs voyages en Afrique (Burkina Faso, CĂŽte dâIvoire et Ghana) pour approfondir sa connaissance des danses africaines. Ensuite, elle sâest produite en spectacle avec plusieurs groupes de musique africaine Ă MontrĂ©al, Ă QuĂ©bec, en Ontario et au Rwanda, se prĂ©sentant dans les festivals Vues dâAfrique, Nuits dâAfrique, Francofollies, les Maisons de la Culture et au Festival dâĂtĂ© au QuĂ©bec. DĂ©tenue dâune maĂźtrise en danse de lâUniversitĂ© du QuĂ©bec Ă MontrĂ©al, elle a dĂ©veloppĂ© son propre style de fusion contemporaine basĂ© sur le mĂ©lange de plusieurs formes de danse tels que la danse africaine, le flamenco, le tai chi et le capoeira. Dans ses crĂ©ations elle sâintĂ©resse aux thĂšmes de conflits interculturels et socio-politique, lâidentitĂ© et la dĂ©construction des stĂ©rĂ©otypes culturels. Depuis dix ans elle sâengage dans des projets dâart communautaire, travaillant avec des femmes immigrantes et en difficultĂ©, des femmes incarcĂ©rĂ©es, des jeunes et des familles marginalisĂ©es avec des enfants 0-5 ans. PrĂ©sentement, elle fait de la collaboration artistique dans le projet Sanctuaire, un projet de co-crĂ©ation interdisciplinaire (danse, art visuel, thĂ©Ăątre et vidĂ©o) avec le Foyer pour femmes autochtones de MontrĂ©al, pendant quâelle complĂšte une formation en danse-thĂ©rapie avec le Centre de danse-thĂ©rapie aux Grands Ballets Canadiens. Sa vision artistique est Ă©galement informĂ©e par des Ă©tudes en sciences politiques (BA de McGill), en psychothĂ©rapie corporelle et en massage chinois traditionnel.
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