Tanze Performing Arts and Dance Studio,modern dance,contemporary dance, ballet, jazz, Hip Hop, tap, body sculpting, ballroom dancing, fitness, sports conditioning, movement for stage actors,creative movement, cardio jam, Classes for young children, dance for children, dance classes for teenagers, classes for adult men and women, Susan Moser,owner and artistic director,choreographer, composer, director, dancer, actor,directors without companies, Aronoff Center Cincinnati, located in Fairfield Ohio, Symmes Road, 45014, 513-844-1900,MVBT, Miami Vally Ballet Threatre

Susan Moser
Owner and Artistic Director of Tanze Performing Arts.
Susan received her dance education from Ohio State University. Following college, she spent three years with the Valois Company of Dance at the University of Toledo as a principle dancer. During her three year commitment to this dance company, Susan received her license in Fitness Education through Bally International Health and Fitness. Aerobic instructor and personal trainer by day, and dance performer in the evenings and weekends, movement truly became a way of life. The experience with Valois Company of Dance gave Susan her first taste of composing work and setting pieces for a professional dance company.

During this time in her life, she also had the opportunity to meet and work with Richard Simmons. He opened a series of health clubs in the Detroit Michigan and Toledo Ohio areas. Susan held the position of Area Aerobic Supervisor for Vic Tanny (Bally) International, so she worked closely with Richard in hiring, training, and teaching instructors for all the clubs. The experience opened her eyes to the special populations of people who need, crave, and love to move. "My immediate post college experiences with a dance company and in the fitness industry opened my mind and heart to the fact that movement and creativity are not exclusively for the highly trained dancer, but to all populates. Everyone has something to say, and movement is a very natural vehicle or tool for self expression."

Susan received further training in dance from University of South Florida, New World School of Dance in Florida and Ohio Dance Festivals. She has attended numerous workshops with Licensed Movement Therapist Fanchon Shur, Essence of Africa, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Gloria Esenwein, Shawn Womack, Jeannie Speier (Dunham Technique) plus many more. She was recently commissioned by the Hamilton Fairfield Symphony Orchestra to cast and choreograph its fall 2003 concert of Peter and the Wolf. She has additional certifications in Educational Kinesiology, Exercise Safety, and Arts Integration in Education.

She has created and choreographed in the Cincinnati area for the past 15 years. Past performances include; Drums For Peace concerts, National Day Without Art, various performances with the School of Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati Arts Consortium and Contemporary Dance Theater. A few of Susan's favorite performances have been the Contemporary Dance Theater's Anniversary Concert, Grand Opening of the Aronoff Center, The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, past Choreographers Without Companies concerts, all held at the Aronoff Center.

As of Spring 2000, Susan was a resident dance artist at the Schilling School for Gifted Children, teaching grades K-12. Past school residencies include Fairfield SPECTRA+, an arts integration program for Fairfield West Elementary and Fairfield Kindergarten Center. "The experiences in the schools gave me the opportunity to observe and explore new, inventive ways of teaching all populations of children. The residencies also educated me in Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory, Educational Kinesiology (movement and brain development) and Dabrowski's Theory of Overexcitabilities in artists and the gifted. "This knowledge has become so instrumental in how I write curriculum, teach and breathe life into new choreographic work". Supporting (and sometimes collaborating with) all creative experiences is soul mate Donald, and the jewel of their hearts, Max and Sam.

Presently Susan is teaching as an Adjunct Faculty member of the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music, OMDA - Division, Movement I Freshmen.