| |
|

UPAA Director
-
Ballet
- Jazz
- Pointe
- Scarlets
|
|
Karla
Gómez is a University of Florida graduate
with a BFA in Dance. Her passion in the arts has
drawn her into different branches not only in dance
but also in theater. She was born in the Dominican
Republic and quickly showed her love for the arts.
She migrated at the young age of ten and quickly
engaged in ballet classes at Ballet Concerto with
Marta del Pino. She became part of several dance
teams and companies such as The Caravan Dancers,
Higher Ground, UM’s Hurricanettes, UF’s
Floridance and DANZA, among others. In 1998, she
performed in The Super Bowl with the Hurricanettes.
She founded, choreographed for, and directed UF’s
first diverse dance company, DANZA. She also worked
as assistant manager of UF’s proffesional
modern dance company The Florida MOD Project. As
her Senior Project, Karla created a very unique
modern dance piece, Secret Contempt, which
was chosen by the faculty to be performed in the
American College Dance Festival in Texas as well
as the Florida Dance Festival in Miami 2002.
UF has blessed her with many prestigious awards
and honors such as the Multicultural Scholarship
Award, and The Judy Manson Award. She has made her
way to teach in different settings and schools such
as Miami Sunset Senior High, South Miami Senior
High, The Vision Academy, Dancing in XS and Cristi’s
Dance studio. Today she opens her own academy to
share her extensive and diverse knowledge with today’s
youth.
|
 |
|
|
 |
 |
|
|

Angel Forte Jr., the founder, musical director and
president of Angel Voices, has been a music teacher
in the Miami-Dade County School System since 1991.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education
from Florida International University and a Master's
from Nova Southeastern University. He is also a
National Board Certification candidate. Mr. Forte
has directed and produced various original musical
productions such as “A Stroll Down Broadway”,
There’s No Business Like Show Business”,
"Give My Regards to Broadway", "Making
It, Broadway Y La Musica Nuestra, “The Crazy
Night Before Christmas” to name a few. He
has guided students through the audition and selection
process for the Actor's Playhouse, Star Search,
Regional and National Competitions and the Regional
Arts Magnet Schools. He coordinated, directed and
co-wrote "Freedom Stands," a relief-effort
concert benefiting the victims of September 11th's
terrorists attacks. Mr. Forte has been featured
as a soloist in various local television programs,
has performed in various groups throughout the South
Florida area and has been an accompanist for local
artists and ensembles. His highest honor as a musician
has been performing at the White House. Mr. Forte
is an accomplished musician, composer and arranger
who is equally at home performing on stage or directing
behind the scenes.
|
 |
| |
 |
 |
-
Painting
-
Drawing
- Art
- Self-Improvement
|
|

Dominican
by birth but a US resident and citizen since childhood,
Fabiola Duarte Gómez has a BA in Psychology
from the University of Puerto Rico. She has developed
as a self-taught artist in Puerto Rico and the Dominican
Republic. She has produced four individual expositions
and participated in 25 collectives with other well-known
artists in different cities and countries. Teaching
art classes to children and adults in the Dominican
Republic and in Miami has been part of her history
as a painter and artist for many years. International
Awards and Merits in Classic Painting have been
some fruits of her talent and dedication through
her career as an artist. She received her first
award at the age 15 in Puerto Rico in Classic Painting,
the First Place in International Classic
Painting for the ACCA in 1992 as well as
an Honor Mention in 1993.
Fabiola Duarte has also always been a profound seeker
of the depth of the human psyche and spirit. Since
1996 has established herself as a Clinical Hypnotherapist
and a Reiki Master Teacher. She is the President
and founder of El Centro Integral de Hipnoterapia,
Corp. since 1999. Part of her work is private therapies
and sessions, self-growth groups, courses and seminars.
She
received two nominations by the United Nations UNESCO
to receive the Prize for Internacional Educational
Excellence 2004 and 2005 and to receive
the Doctor Honoris Causa in Tertiary
Complementary Education of the Organización
Mundial de la Salud Pública in the same
years.
You
can find more information of her trajectory and
work at cih.fabioladuarte.com. |
 |
| |
 |
 |

|

Inicia sus estudios de Danza en 1988 en la Escuela
de Baile Tatiana Reyna, reconocida escuela de baile
flamenco en Caracas-Venezuela, de la cual llega
a ser Directora Artística, Coreógrafa
principal y maestra.
Bailarina de la Compañía de Siudy
Garrido, con la cual tiene múltiples presentaciones
entre las cuales se destaca: Mas 35 presentaciones
en el Hotel Windham en la Isla de Aruba 2004, Participación
como bailarina en el Miss Venezuela 2004, Bailarina
en el Video Clip Gipsy Heart de Siudy Garrido 2005
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A0sM7xBgH0, Participación
Show Case DDO Agency, Miami Fl, 2007
Forma parte como bailarina de el 1er Gran Musical
de Venezuela, Venezuela Viva, con el cual gira por
mas de 35 Ciudades en Holanda, 2006. También
en La Organización de Estados Americanos
(OEA, con motivo de la conmemoración de el
5 de Julio Día de Independencia de Venezuela,
Washington D.C, 2007 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5vQ7owinmY&feature=related
Ha tomado clases en Madrid, Málaga, Sevilla,
la Haban Cuba con destacados profesores entre los
cuales se encuentran: Tatiana Reyna, Daniela Tugues,
, Helena Pachon, Rafael Campallo, Belén Maya,
Carlos Rodríguez, Ángel Rojas Rocío
Molina, Mario Maya, Isabel Bayon, Ángel Atienza,
Juan Ogalla, La Truco, Manuel Betanzos, entre otros
|
 |
 |
 |
|