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ROBIN HARRIS is director of the NC State Dance Program, where she also serves as artistic director of the NCSU Dance Company, mentors student choreographers, and teaches dance composition.
A choreographer of over thirty major works, Robin is a recipient of two NC Arts Council Choreographers Fellowships, the Raleigh Medal of Arts, an Indy Award, and the 2010 NCAAHPERD University Dance Educator Award. Her work has also been recognized by the American Dance Festival and has been presented five times in National Galas of the American College Dance Festival Association, including performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Full evenings of Robin’s work have been presented by NCSU Center Stage and the Southeast Women’s Studies Conference. Additionally, her work has toured four seasons with the North Carolina Dance Festival and has been a featured subject on National Public Radio’s Studio 360.
Robin has served as a guest artist at Washington & Lee University, James Madison University, University of Maryland, Hollins University, and Meredith College. She has also choreographed for Burning Coal Theatre Company in Raleigh, including HAIR in 2009, ENRON in 2011, and will choreograph BRIGADOON for Burning Coal in Fall 2012. Robin choreographed RENT for University Theatre at NC State in 2012.
Robin holds a B.A. in French and an M.A. in dance from The Ohio State University and has received certification from the Dance Notation Bureau as a Labanotation teacher.
TARA ZAFFUTO MULLINS, Assistant Director of Dance and Artistic Director of Panoramic Dance Project, has a B.A. in Dance from James Madison University and an M.F.A. in Dance from Arizona State University. While at ASU, she received many awards and grants for her research, teaching and choreography, including the Faculty Women's Association Distinguished Masters Degree Candidate for her work developing arts programs for homeless youth and the First Herberger College of Fine Arts Fellowship. Tara has taught at the Henrico Center for the Arts, ASU, Mesa Community College, St. Catherine's School, UVA and most recently was on the faculty of the Academy of Arts and Minds in Miami, FL. She has been a guest artist for Radford, UVA, JMU, East Central University (OK) among other institutions. Additionally, Tara has choreographed for the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, Dance Arizona Repertory Theatre and Paradigm Players. Through the years, Tara has performed professionally for Doug Hamby Dance, Starr Forster Dance Project and the Latin Ballet of Virginia. After serving as the Educational Programs Director for the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Tara developed her own education and service based Z Mullins Dance Company and continues to run such programs as the Virginia Dance Symposium and the Big Gig in Miami.