Mila Thigpen is a graduate of Kenyon College (BA), Harvard Graduate School of Education (EdM), and The Boston Conservatory (MFA) where she is also a faculty member. A “lively dancer” according to the Boston Globe, Thigpen has performed for choreographers Seán Curran, Germaul Barnes, Arthur Aviles, and Aszure Barton. A doctoral candidate in dance at Texas Woman’s University, Thigpen’s research emphasizes salsa at the intersection of Latinidad, Critical Race Theory, and mixed methodologies.
Bio
Projects
Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference | Duke University | 2020
Presenter: Ebonies In The Ivory Tower
Pass Over | Speakeasy Stage Company | 2019
Movement Coach
Running River | Parsonfield | 2019
Choreographer|Dancer
Dance Studies Association| Northwestern University | 2019
Presenter: "Settling Ourselves”-Ecokinetic Approaches to Teaching Dance through Racialized Bodies
Summer Leadership Institute | Urban Bush Women | 2019
Participant
Quinto Mayor | Yamuleé Ladies Boston | 2019
Assistant Director|Dancer
Dance Studies Association| University of Malta | 2018
Presenter: Salsa Comes From The Streets
Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference | Duke University | 2018
Presenter
Aprende | Yamuleé Project Boston | 2018
Dancer