Interconnecting Indigenous Communities from South & North of America
Coopdanza,Inc.
WHO WE ARE
We are a non-profit organization, created in 2012 in the USA and in 2019 in Colombia, dedicated to collaborative interdisciplinary art creations, combining ancestral indigenous values with digital storytelling and dance: traditional and contemporary. We promote the environmental protection in the American Continent.
Art work by Luis Garay from his book "Popol Vuj"
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS USA
Cristina Cortés
Board Title: Executive Director, Artistic Director, (Chair)
Year appointed: 2011
Profession: Artivist, Director of Digital Storytelling, Projects and Choreographer.
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Maria E Martin
Board title: Community Liaison
Year appointed: 2023
Profession: Psychologist, Educator, Environmental Activist.
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Howard Seligman
Board Title: Treasurer
Year appointed: 2023
Profession: B.A in Performing Arts. M.B.A in Finance.
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Carolina Cortés Porras
Board Title: Head of Audiovisual Projects, Graphic Design, Editor, Animator.
Year appointed: 2021
Profession: Film and Television Director and Producer. Editor: Bachelors Degree in Film and Television. M.A in Photography.
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Carolina Forero
Board Title: Secretary. Strategic Planning, Development Team
Year appointed: 2022
Profession: MBA (International Business); M.A. in Public & International Affairs and M.A and B.A in Economics.
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Patricia Tovar Ph.D.
Board title: Advisory Board, Research Projects
Year appointed: 2020
Profession: Author, Researcher: Ph.D. Anthropology, M.A. in Applied Anthropology. (CUNY).
Yvonne Wakim Dennis (Syrian - Cherokee)
Board Title: Advisory Board and former Co-Chair
Year appointed: 2015
Profession: Author, Educator and Community Liaison, Activist.
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BOARD
OF DIRECTORS COLOMBIA
Maria Cristina Cortés
Board Title: Legal Representative
Year appointed: 2019
Profession: Artivist, Director and Choreographer.
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Esteban Rugeles
Board title: Educator Advisor, Director of Production
Year appointed: 2020
Profession: Professional in Contemporary Dance, emphasis in communitarian dance.
Martha Pinilla
Board Title: Deputy Legal Representative
Year appointed: 2019
Profession: Civil Engineer, Specialist in Urban Development.
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Luis Fernando Acalo Higon
-Kunay- (Nasa - Yanacona)
Board title: Indigenous Advisor, Program Coordinator
Year appointed: 2019
Profession: Indigenous communicator and Arts Educator, Dancer Choreographer.
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Carolina Forero
Board Title: Secretary. Strategic Planning, Development Team
Year appointed: 2022
Profession: MBA (International Business); M.A. in Public & International Affairs and M.A and B.A in Economics.
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STAFF
Daniela Santana
Website Manager, Promotional Marketing, Interim Administrator.
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Carolina Cortés Porras
Graphic Design, Head of Audiovisual Projects: editor, animator.
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Laura Cristina Cortés
Graphic Design, Video Editor.
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Orisha Franklyn
Technical Audiovisual, Adviser in USA.