Beatriz Restrepo

Beatriz Helena Restrepo was born in Bogotá, Colombia, where she obtained her degree in Arts and Music and received a professional formation in the School of National Dance and in various private academies. With her own dance-theater group MOVING OUT, she left Bogotá in 1995 and undertook a trans-cultural expedition touring Central America, Mexico and the United States. In 1996, Beatriz settled in San Francisco where she founded and thereafter directed the Colombian Ethnic Dance Ensemble, a professional dance ensemble, integrating ethnic and contemporary dance and performing throughout the greater Bay Area. Her ongoing teaching activities include: master classes in Colombian ethnic dance, Latin American dances and Latin Jazz at San Francisco City College and San Francisco Dance Center. Since 1998, she has also been teaching extensively in public schools of San Francisco and Marin County through programs of LEAP, Young Imaginations, Youth in Arts and other agencies. Her choreography won first price in Caribbean style for the 2005 San Francisco Carnival Parade. 


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