Renate Herberger M.A.L.S., C.C.E.
11120 Rosborough Road
Sidney, B.C. CANADA V8L 5M3
Tel 001-250-656-1312
renate_herberger@yahoo.com
Personal
o Renate Herberger is a dancer, dance therapist, dance teacher, musician and mother, with over 40 years music training and practice, and 25 years active dance work in many cultures.
o Renate is multi-lingual and multi-cultural. She has lived and worked in Germany, Canada, Mexico and the U.S.A., and has spent extensive study periods in Africa, Haiti and Brazil.
o Renate has taught 5 languages, drama, dance and music to children and adults since 1976. She has a wealth of experience and qualifications.
University Education
o University of Victoria, Victoria BC. 2004 - 2005 Spanish 251 and Spanish 351
o University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC. 2004 Nursing Studies
o Wesleyan University, Middletown CT. 1979-1983 Master of Arts & Liberal Studies in Movement Studies. Master's Thesis: Getting to the Heart of Haitian Dance: A Personal Approach. Supervised by Lavinia Williams
o York University, 1975-1979. B.F.A. with Honours, specializing in creative dance and dance therapy. Teachers included Carol Anderson, Director of Dancemakers, Toronto
o University of Toronto, 1979. Special student in Ethnomusicology: Performance (Bulgarian Gajda and Folkloric dances and songs) and theory, with Kostadin Varimezov, soloist with the Bulgarian State Orchestra and National Folkloric Ensemble
o University of Victoria, 1974-1975 pre-medical studies
o University of Victoria Extension Program, 1974-75 Creative Dance with Moira Morningstar
o Werdenfels Gymnasium 1972 - 1974 "Abitur" graduation in Classical Studies
Other Certificates & Studies
o 2004 Standard First Aid
o 2002 CASARA Air Search and Rescue, Navigator and Spotter
o 2001 SAR Coastal Search and Rescue
o 1999 TESOL Teacher of English to Speakers of other Languages
o 1999 White Sail II
o 1998 Wilderness First Aid and CPR
o 1998 Maritime Radio Telephone Operator’s Certificate
o 1998 Hoffman Quadrinity Process
o 1998 Ecotourism at Camosun College
o 1997 Ski Patroller Mt. Washington, BC
o 1995 River Rafting Guide Licence
o 1991 Jane Middleton-Moz "Children of Trauma" workshop for therapists
o 1990 Certified Childbirth Educator through Informed Birth and Parenting IH/IBP
o 1985 Touch for Health Level I Certificate
o 1983 Middletown, CT. Rape Crisis Centre Counselor Training Program
o 1982 KOFUTU Touch Healer's Certificate
o 1979 O.F.D.T.A. Ontario Folk Dance Teacher's Certificate
Other Teachers
o Lavinia Williams, Haitian Dance, Dunham Technique 1979 - 1983
o Loremil Machado, Afro-Brazilian Dance, between 1980 and 1993
o John Bradshaw, Healing for Recovery, Vancouver 1990
o Jean-Leon Destiné, Afro-Haitian Dance, between 1979 and 1989
o Babatunde Olatunji, African Dance, 1988
o Abraham Adzeniah and Freeman Donkor, Ghanaian Drums and Dance, 1979 to 1984
o Menakka Thakkar, Bharatanatyam Dance, 1977-78
o Georges Rodriquez, Haitian Drums and Dance, 1977-79
o Ghana Dance Ensemble, 1984 and Ocheami, between 1986 and 1993
o Ballet National du Senegal, with Astou Koumbe and Djonkounda N'diaye, 1984
o John Higgins, Karnatak Singing, 1975-1978
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Related Teaching Experience
· Professor of Environmental Education, Universidad Michoacana , Mexico, 2006
· Professor of Modern Languages, Universidad Latina de America, Mexico, 2006
· Instituto Michoacano de la Mujer, workshops in “cuerpo y autoestima”, 2004
o Classes in Dance Therapy / Creative Dance / Afro-Caribbean Dance / Music:
o University of Victoria, Athletics and Recreation, 1987-current
o Prague, Czech Republic, “Bridge to the Future”, 1999
o Saanich Commonwealth Place, Creative and Afro-Caribbean Dance, 1995-1996
o Cuernavaca, Mexico, “Curacon a travez de la Danza”, 1995
o Pazquaro, Mexico, “Curacon a travez de la Danza”, 1995
o Yaounde, Cameroon, Troupe Nationale Folklorique du Cameroun, 1995
o The Playhouse, Deep Cove, Sidney, B.C., various children's classes from 1987 to 1991
o YM/YWCA, Victoria, 1990-91
o Meridian Holistic Health Centre, Victoria, 1991
o Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions, Victoria, 1990
o Healing Exchange, Victoria, 1987 through 1989
o University of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1988
o Canadian Holistic Healing Association, 1987
o Harrison Festival of the Arts, Harrison, B.C., 1987
o Creative Contemplative Society, Lund, B.C., 1987
o University of Victoria, 1987
o Lincoln Arts Center and Langston Hughes Cultural Centre, Seattle, WA., 1985-87
o Chinook Healing Center, Whidbey Is., WA, co-teacher with Sam Keen 1985
o Dance New England, 1980- 85, Founding member of thriving African Dance Program
o University of Legon, Accra, Ghana, 1984
o Troupe Nationale Folklorique du Togo, West Africa, 1984
o Wesleyan University, Teaching Assistant 1981-82
o Troupe Nationale Folklorique du Haiti, Haiti, 1979
o Toronto Music Conservatory, 1976-78 - private children's instruction in piano
Private Practice - Dance Therapy and Kofutu Touch Healing:
o Whidbey Island, WA., 1985-87
o Deep Cove, Sidney, B.C., 1987- present
Current Teaching:
* Private tutoring in English, German, French and Spanish
o Prenatal Education, Deep Cove, B.C., 1990 - present
o Women's Spirituality - an integration of dance therapy, ritual and anthropology / religious history, with dance, song, trance and breath work.
o Nature Meditation
Music
o 30+ years piano; as student and teacher
o voice training, international forms of singing and chanting (Sufi, Karnatak, Classical)
o Vina and Mrdangam (East Indian Classical string and percussion instruments)
o Afro-Caribbean and African drumming
References
Available on request, from former teachers, students and colleagues.