Cat Willis

<font style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);" class="size12 TrebuchetMS12" face="'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">Cat Willis is the founder and director of the Tannery World Dance &amp; Cultural Center. She&nbsp;has lived in Santa Cruz for 11 years.&nbsp;She is originally from Rochester, N.Y., where she began her dance education with Garth Fagan Dance,&nbsp;with whom she studied&nbsp;extensively for six years. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Dance from SUNY Brockport. Her passion for cross cultural understanding, dance arts research, study, and performance&nbsp;has led her to Central America, the Caribbean, and West Africa. She has taught dance throughout Santa Cruz, including two&nbsp;years with Mountain Elementary School as&nbsp;resident choreographer. Cat has served&nbsp;on the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz Grants Advisory Commitee, the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz grants panel, and was the 418 Project's&nbsp;2009 Artist in Residence and the&nbsp;Theatre Bay Area's CA$H grant recipient in Dance. Her work through&nbsp;her dance company,&nbsp;</font><font style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);" class="size12 TrebuchetMS12" face="'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF"><i>DIASPORA</i></font><font style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);" class="size12 TrebuchetMS12" face="'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">, has been shown throughout Santa Cruz and the&nbsp;San Francisco Bay Area. </font><font style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);" class="size12 TrebuchetMS12" face="'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF"></font><font class="size12 TrebuchetMS12" face="'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF"><br></font>

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