Donna Mejia is a choreographer, lecturer, teacher, administrator, and performer specializing in contemporary dance, traditions of the African Diaspora, and new fusion traditions in world electronica. Donna is amongst a handful of artists authorized to instruct the Brazilian Silvestre Modern Dance Technique (an esoteric, codified system of contemporary dance technique).
She taught at Colorado College for 10 years and was Director of the Colorado College International Summer Dance Festival for the last half of her term. For twelve years she served as managing director of the award-winning Harambee African Dance Ensemble of CU-Boulder.
She continues to teach, choreograph and perform Modern dance, Improvisiation, Hip Hop, Jazz, Arab-American Tribal Fusion and traditional dances of the African Diaspora for colleges, private organizations and dance festivals internationally.
Beginning September 2006, Donna will be in Massachusetts as Guest Artist in Residence with the Smith College Dance Department and the Five College Dance Department.
Donna shares her life with husband, Shatta (educator and musician); and daughter, Ajah (born 2001).
