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Recent Publications

• • A.E. Woods Valdés and Dr. Joan Francisco Valdés Santos.
  • (2011).
  • Saturday at the Rumba: A Photo Essay.
  • Attitude: The Dancer's Magazine
  • Bernadine Jennings (Eds.),
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  Publication Description

  Photos of student folkloric dance presentation conducted by National Folklore Ballet of Cuba, accompanied by Poem, "Between Water and Fire" by Joan Francisco Valdés Santos

• • A.E. Woods Valdés.
  • (Winter, 2010).
  • Nanigi on the Horizon: Garifuna Settlement Day in Dangriga Belize.
  • Attitude: The Dancer's Magazine
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  Publication Description

  The 2008 Garifuna Settlement Day, held in Dangriga, Belize, is highlighted with a focus on a presentation at the Zion Adventist School. Woods Valdés highlights how song, music, and dance is an important aspect of Garifuna culture, and shares her experiences at the school, where she tried traditional foods and watched performances of music and dances such as the punta and the jankunu.

• • A.E. Woods Valdés.
  • (Summer, 2010).
  • The Presence of the Past: Reveling the Eloquence of Dancer Matt Turney.
  • Attitude: The Dancer's Magazine
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  • 93 Montigue St, Suite 303:
  • Dance Giant Steps.
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  A tribute is presented to dancer Matt Turney, who died on December 29, 2009, at the age of 84. Turney danced with the Martha Graham Dance Company. Valdés discusses Turney's performance in "Appalachian Spring," where Turney's height is impressive, and when she does dance center stage the other characters gaze at her with a sense of comfort and awe. Turney provided an emotional and spiritual delicacy and eloquence that added dimension, added range to what a Martha Graham dancer could be. In comparison to some of the more fiery and physically dynamic dancers, Turney's willowy lyricism was at times criticized by the press. Despite an artistic relationship fraught with tension and conflict, Turney considered Graham a genius and mentor. Turney seemed to be a graceful and generous soul but not without humor, self-determination and great passion.

• • A.E. Woods Valdés.
  • (November, 2009).
  • A Step Is a Statement: Katherine Dunham and The Power of Culture to Transform the Heart.
  • Attitude: The Dancers Magazine
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  • 93 Montigue St, Suite 303:
  • Dance Giant Steps.
  • (Brooklyn, Ny 11201)

  Publication Description

  Through the lens of arts and spirituality, this article looks at the life and achievements of legendary Choreographer/Director, Katherine Dunham. Woods includes personal anecdotes and biographical information.

• • A.E. Woods Valdés.
  • (January, 2004).
  • The Heart of Editing: Dance for the Camera Workshop with Girish Bhargava.
  • Dance For The Camera Journal
  • Deidre Towers (Eds.),
  • Dance Films Association.
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  Publication Description

  For four days in January Emmy award winning editor, Girish Bhargava, conducted an dance editing intensive in his office on 45th Street in Manhattan. The original group of four selected artist included, Carmella Vassor-Johnson, Nel Shelby, Paul Emerson and Andrea E. Woods. In sharing his life experience and current projects Girish offered examples how a project takes shape from start to finish and how involved the editing process is.