About Me:

Marie Poncé. Lucayo-Taino/Cherokee/Tuscarora Lifetime member and pow wow exhibitors manager: Thunderbird American Indian Dancers,Inc. Actor, Singer, writer/researcher, craftsman. NYFA Fellow 2016 Choreography, 2017 LMCC and DiP Gibney Fellow, American Dance Guild, Jacob’s Pillow, Pick of the Fringe-Edinburgh, Scotland, is a American Indian Hoop Dancer,Bare Feet on PBS, Flying Hoops founder,Character Acting professor at SAG-AFTRA Conserv., Negro Ensemble Co. and NYU/Stella Adler, published writer. Featured solo at 92Y, SummerStage and Almost Summer Celebration Wagner Park with NMAI/Jewish Museum. Co-produced Restoration and Healing Inc workshops for trauma, Monrovia, Liberia. Founder /NEC Monthly Meets/Open Artist NYC.: Artist Business Tools for Thriving Artists and Non-Profits, writer of The Roots of Rap at IRT, Audelco Award, graduate of Holy Cross College and National Shakespeare Co Conserv., Intl Experimental Thr. Fest. Cairo, Egypt, Carmen-One Life to Live, writer/actor AWOL pilot for Mad TV, www.marieponce.com.

Occupation:

Actor, Singer, Dancer, writer/researcher, craftsman.

Education:

Graduate of Holy Cross College and National Shakespeare Co Conserv, Alvin Ailey School of Dance, Steps on Broadway.

Contact Information:

marmarra@gmail.com, thunderbirdvendors@gmail.com

Research Interests:

Taino culture, language, folklore, Bahamas, Key West, Dominican, Puerto Rican and Florida Indigenous info, Ethnobotany, Ethnography, Lokono-Guyanese, Tupi, Cartibe Culture, Arawak and Lokono language, Archeology. Anthropology, migration of foods and peoples and healing practices.

Publications:

Writer of The Roots of Rap: Poetry

Affiliation:

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, Inc, NYFA & Gibney DiP Fellow, SAG-AFTRA NY Conservatory, Cherokee Language Certificate

Link:

http://www.thunderbirdamericanindiandancers.wordpress.com

Another link:

http://https://www.facebook.com/openartistnyc/?ref=bookmarks

My Website:

http://www.marieponce.com