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Beverly Bautista

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Pictured is Beverly Bautista. Photo | Randall Coleman

Education

  • M.F.A., Dance, University of California, Irvine
  • B.S, Dance, Ball State University

Courses Taught

  • Jazz
  • Dance Composition

Background

Beverly Bautista is a dance artist, university educator, choreographer and Dance Education Equity Association co-owner. She received a Bachelor of Science in Dance from Ball State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of California, Irvine.

Drawing from her more than 13 years of experience in Los Angeles's entertainment hub, Bautista has also had the privilege of working on projects with Disney, Pepsi, the Billboard Music Awards, Lip Sync Battle, iHeart Radio and Good Morning America, to name a few. She is a proud Monsters Dance alumni.

With her dance education and industry experience, she aims to foster the connection between dance academia students and the entertainment industry. Continuously driven by her dedication to the dance community, Bautista remains an ardent advocate for fellow choreographers, striving to cultivate a sense of unity and collaboration within the collective dance continuum.

Curriculum Vitae


Professional Affiliations

  • Dance Education Equity Association, co-business owner and director of education
  • Department of Theatre and Dance, Ball State University, alumni ambassador
  • Choreographers Guild, advisory board member
  • SAG-AFTRA, member

Selected Artistic Works

Choreography

  • Footloose, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, 2024
  • The Prom, Ball State University, 2023  
  • Memphis, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, 2022 
  • Being the Ricardo's Premier Party, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2021 
  • With Love, a short documentary dance film, University of California, Irvine, 2021
  • Elev8, New Slate Online, 2020
  • Qualitative Dispute, Graduate Choreography Concert, 2019 

Performance Experience

  • Dancer, "Creature," "Nightmare," "Vaccine for Sympathy," and "Hero" music videos, Gaustad 2021 
  • Dancer, Rise of the Nation 0817, Anthony Thomas, 2018 
  • Dancer, Zayn Malik, iHeart Radio Music Awards, 2018
  • Dancer, Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour, Pink Friday Tour, Till the World Ends Tour, 2011-12
  • Dancer, Pepsi national commercial, 2012
  • Dancer, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, 2011
  • Dancer, Billboard Music Awards, 2011
  • Dancer, Shake It Up, Disney 2010 

Research Interests

  • Commercial dance 
  • Film and television 
  • Pop culture
  • Diversity, equity, inclusion, access and belonging (DEIAB)

Awards and Honors

  • Beth L. Koehler Dance Scholarship Recipient, UCI-Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dance Department 
  • Certificate in Remote Instruction, Recognition of Evidence-Based Pedagogy, UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation 
  • Graduate Research Award, Research and Travel Committee of the School of the Arts
  • Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Department of Theatre and Dance, Ball State University 

Publications

  • "From a Black Cinderella to a Filipino Prince," Dance in US Popular Culture, 2023.
  • "Diving Forward — or is it Going Backwards to Pursue a Graduate Degree in Dance?," Dance Major Journal, 2019.

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