"Eve Complex"
Candy Jimenez
Dulce Dance Company
Photo by Brian Eakins
Whitney studied Chemistry in college and also earned two minor degrees in Biology and Dance. While she was in college, her desire to dance became stronger then ever. She was as involved as she could be in the dance program at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, TN. At one pivotal moment in her junior year, she realized that dance was too important to give up. With medical school in her immediate future, she made the most difficult and fulfilling decision of her life. Dance was not just something she did; it was inside her heart and soul. She was going to pursue dance, not just as a performer, technician, and choreographer, but also as a healer.
She scraped money together and jumped on a plane to Phoenix, AZ to interview as a master candidate in Fine Arts-Dance at Arizona State University. With her acceptance letter, came an overwhelming flood of emotions. She was really going after her dream…it was real. Throughout her three years in graduate school, she taught dance at the university level, performed in multiple dance concerts, and choreographed at least one piece per semester. While at ASU, she also became a member of a professional modern dance company, Dulce Dance Company. She performed with Dulce for two and a half years. She earned her MFA in dance from ASU in May 2012.
In her dance career, Whitney has worked with so many talented and beautiful dancers, choreographers, and educators. She feels blessed to have been given the opportunity to expand her understanding and grow as a person and dancer from impeccable artists in the dance world. She has learned from and performed in works by many artists, both national and international, throughout her career, including: Gabriel Masson, Kim Neal Nofsinger, Marsha Barsky, Elaine Husted, Ivan Pulinkala, Mari Jo Irbe, Michelle Ikle, Zelma Badu-Younge, Erika Wilson Perkins, Chung Fu Chang, Gerri Houlihan, Michael Foley, Jennifer Mizenko, Teena Custer, Ursula Payne, Travis D. Gatling, Stacie Flood-Pop, Elizabeth Johnson, Nora Chipaumire, Ashleigh Leite, Dean Moss, Elizabeth Streb, Cristian Duarte, Eileen Standley, Tim O’Donnell, Candy Jimenez, Liliana Gomez, Chris Harris, Angie Simmons, Patrick Mueller, Maedee Dupres, Mary Fitzgerald, Karen Schupp, Rob Kaplan, John Mitchell, and Stefanie Batten Bland.
"I've Read the Right Book to Interpret your Look"
Stefanie Batten Bland
Middle Tennessee State University
Photo by Martin O'Connor
Performing has always been fun, exciting, and challenging for Whitney. There was a piece of her, however, that had been left unfulfilled. After graduation, she realized something was missing. Her love for sharing experience through dance (in choreography, education, and as a holistic approach to healing the mind, body, and spirit) was the next step. Now based in Denver, CO, it is her ultimate dream to become a dance artist who engages the audience by touching the spirit, provoking the mind, and pushing the physical boundaries in her choreography; a thoughtful, progressive educator who uses the knowledge gathered over the past thirteen years to develop her own style and purpose behind teaching dance; and a healer who uses movement, touch, and energy work to help people create their best life full of wholeness, health, and happiness.
"Render in Reverse"
Whitney Waugh
Arizona State University
Photo by Tim Trumble