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Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, I moved to Colorado in 1999 training as a solo figure skating competitor for the Olympics. Performing my whole life, I have always known that my passion was to be an artist. I received my Bachelors degree in Performance & Directing, graduating with honors. I was awarded with a research grant that funded the artistic research, development & materials for a Sculptformance project that demonstrated a workshop series with a group of multi-disciplinary collaborators. Since then, I have continued to teach, perform artist residencies, produce original work, & train with well-known professionals in the performing arts across the country and internationally. I direct original and devised work and traditional theatre, have produced several solo performance pieces, manage and participate in the Movement Improv Lab in Boulder, publish The Artist Chronicle, & am the cofounder of an innovative art and social practice space, Denver Performance Research. I have been invited by world renowned La MaMa Umbria International and Offucina Eclectic Arts to create a new work in collaboration with international colleagues as an artist in residence in Umbria, Italy.
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Pathways III, A Sculptformance

Pathways III, A Sculptformance
Teaching
Directing
Postmodern Choreography

Residency
Commission

Technical Design: Lighting, Set, Properties, Costume
Stage Management

Charter's interdisciplinary method reveals pathways for more structural freedom in the creative, business and social practice. Her workshops offer techniques for living a better life through artistry and awareness and are offered through a variety of possible frameworks. Please ask to see a resume or full CV. ameliaaya@gmail.com

Selected professional experience listed at the bottom of the page.

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Workshop Vessel 2009

AREAS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING

  • Creative Process BeBe Miller, 2011
  • Body Mind Centering K.J. Holmes, 2011
  • Release Sara Shelton Mann, 2011
  • Life Art Process and Movement Ritual Anna Halprin, The Tamalpa Institute 2011
  • Floor Barre as taught by Jean Hamilton Mary Overlie, 2010
  • Body and Voice Preparation for Civil Rights Performance Mothers Acting Up and Philanthropeice Guest Artist Workshop with Beth Osnes, 2008
  • Physical Theatre John Flax Workshop of Theatre Grottesco, 2009
  • Margolis Method Kari Margolis Workshop, 2009
  • Experimental Chinese Theatre Meng Jinghui, La MaMa Director's Symposium, 2008
  • The Core Joel Zwick, La MaMa Director's Symposium, 2008
  • The Six Viewpoints Mary Overlie, La MaMa Director's Symposium, 2008
  • Impulse and Original Work Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver of Split Britches, La MaMa Director's Symposium, 2008
  • Puppets in Performance Federico Restrepo of LOCO7, La MaMa Director's Symposium, 2008
  • Moment Work Leigh Fondakowski of Tectonic Theatre Project, La MaMa Director's Symposium, 2008
  • West African Dance Patrick Acogny, La MaMa Director's Symposium, 2008
  • Sound and Movement Naum Panovski, La MaMa Director's Symposium, 2008
  • Writing as Visual Art Writing Guest Artist Workshop with Marge Kahn, 2007
  • Digital Media Technology with Improvisational Performance Exploding the Space Guest Artist Workshop with Richard Malcolm, 2007
  • Voice The Art of Vocal Training with Vivian Majkowski, 2006
  • Viewpoints and Suzuki Method, SITI Company Workshop, UCCS, 2006
  • Improvisation and Comedy Sketch Writing The Second City Chicago Summer Intensive, 2006
  • Hatha Vinyasa Yoga 200 hour Certified Teacher with Corepower Yoga, 2006
  • Competitive Figure Skating for Singles; Artistic, Short Program and Freestyle World Arena Olympic Training Center, 1994-2002
  • Improvisation, Modern, Ballet, Point, Tap, Jazz and familiar with Laban 1989-present

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Featured Senior Fort Lewis College Senior Showcase, 2009, click here for link to site
  • National Honors Society, Summa Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts Degree from Fort Lewis College, 2009
  • Greatest Theatrical Acheivement, Fort Lewis College, 2009
  • Scholarly Research Grant, The SSTEMS Process Project, Fort Lewis College, 2009
  • Speaker, Community Based Learning and Research Showcase, 2008
  • Erteszek Foundation Scholarship for Highest Theatrical Acheivement, Fort Lewis College, 2008
  • Betty Haskel Theatre Scholarship, Fort Lewis College, 2008

PERFORMING ARTS COLLABORATIONS

  • The Residue Phase V A Sculptformance Series in collaboration with Keli Sequoia and William Burns, Denver Performance Research, 2011
  • The Residue Phase IV A Sculptformance Series in collaboration with Keli Sequoia and William Burns, Denver Performance Research, 2011
  • The Residue Phase III A Sculptformance Series in collaboration with Keli Sequoia, Denver Performance Research, 2011
  • The Residue Phase II A Sculptformance Series in collaboration with Keli Sequoia, Denver Performance Research, 2011
  • The Residue Phase I A Sculptformance Series in collaboration with Keli Sequoia, Denver Performance Research, 2011
  • Solo Show, Reinventing The Infinite , A Sculptformance, Denver Performance Research, a Play Crawl participation with And Toto Too Theatre Company, 2011
  • Solo Show, Unknow Protest (UP) Series , UP 1- improvisation, UP 2 - improvised Sculptformance, UP 3 - improvised installation, Denver Performance Research, 2011
  • Installation Artist, Set Designer, Co-Lighting Design, Sculptformer, When We Were Beautiful and All That Came After , a movement theatre peice with Control Group Productions, The Bindery | Space, Denver 2011
  • Solo Show, Pathways III , A Sculpformance, Packing House Center for the Arts, Denver 2010
  • Solo Show, Pathways II , A Sculpformance, Packing House Center for the Arts, Denver 2010
  • Solo Show, Pathways I , A Sculpformance, Fort Lewis College Gallery, 2010
  • Sculpformance, A Collaboration with Keli Sequoia, Watch Where You Sit , Multi-Arts Festival, Packing House Center for the Arts, 2010
  • Installation, A Process: Sculpture and Performance , Fort Lewis College Lobby, 2009
  • Solo Performer, Humble Body, Fort Lewis College Mainstage, 2008
  • Performer, Essence Live Art, Durango Fashion Week Kick Off at the Satrlight Lounge, Artistic Director-Shannon Iris of P.O.I. Power Of Image, 2008
  • Performer, White I'd Rather Be Dreaming, Pellucid Escapades Theatre Company, 2008
  • Performer, The Bridge Between China and Tibet, Performed with Matthew Mount at Fort Lewis College Campus, 2008
  • Solo Performer, Performing the Process, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Contemporary Gallery of Art, 2007
  • Solo Performer, Autobiographical Light, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 2007

TEACHING

  • Empowering Our Youth with Body Awareness, Vocal Training, and Tools for Creating Original Work, Grandveiw High School Denver, CO
  • Performance and Sculpture Workshop Series The Packing House Center for the Arts
  • The SSTEMS Process Project, Fort Lewis College Gallery and Old Fort Library, 2009
  • Yoga, Yoga Durango, 2008-2009
  • San Juan Mountain Theatre Children's Creative Dramatics, Smiley Building, 2008

DIRECTING

  • Sex, Drugs, and My Roommate's Wacky Boyfriend , A Peer Theatre Project at Fort Lewis College, Co-Directed with Dr. Kathryn Moller, 2010
  • Samurai Mothers, Short Fiction Film Screened at The Abbey Theatre, 2009
  • Raised In Captivity, Assistant Director, Fort Lewis College Gallery, 2008
  • A Streetcar Named Desire, Fort Lewis College Gallery, 2007
  • Un-Sung Aung San Suu Kyi, Fort Lewis College Gallery, 2007

ACTING

  • Big Love, Directed by Colleen Mylott: Bride, Bindery Space, Denver, CO
  • Conference of the Birds, Directed by Kathryn Moller; Hoopoe, Fort Lewis College Gallery, 2009
  • Alice in America-Land, Directed by Alison Wiest; Alice, Fort Lewis College Gallery, 2008
  • Dante's Inferno, Directed by Kathryn Moller and Desiree Henderson; Beatrice, Nona, Valerie, Julie, Medusa, Caroline, Fort Lewis College Mainstage, 2008
  • Speak Truth To Power, Directed by Felicia Meyer; Marina Pisklakova, Juliana Dogbadzi, Anonymous, Helen Prejean, Fort Lewis College Mainstage and Rocky Mountain Theatre Association, 2007 and 2008
  • Caucasian Chalk Circle, Directed by Laura Tesman; Ensemble Member, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, 2007
  • Metamorphoses, Directed by Laura Tesman; Aphrodite, Persephone, Ensemble Member, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, 2006

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"The Biggest thing that I came away from La MaMa Umbria's Director's Symposium was a very clear sense of the artist's role in the world. I began to see the honest importance in the artist's contribution to their community and how great of an impact that individual or collective can make on how we as a people perceive life with the power of performance. "

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