Monique Bowman is the owner of Art in Motion Reno LLC since 2003, her education includes, a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance from George Mason University, Masters of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from George Washington University. She has studied Laban/Bartenieff Movement Institute of Movement in New York and she has a Dance Educators of America degree from studies in Las Vegas, as well as, receiving her American College Dance Festival certificates for two years of training at Duke University. She has taught dance and choreographed Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Ballet, Modern and Creative Ballet for over thirty-five years. She was a teacher and the Artistic Director for Mountain Jazz at West Virginia University Monique was also an Assistant Professor and choreographer for George Mason University, George Washington University, Montgomery College and Northern Virginia Community College.
She has choreographed for various high schools in Alaska, East Anchorage High School and West High School. Monique’s dance passion started with choreography, with 540 dances preformed on stage in her repertory (and counting). Monique was inspired to be a choreographer and teacher in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, at GWU on a dance scholarship, she auditioned a duet and received her first prestigious National American College Dance Award and has continued to showcase her choreography across the nation, in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, DC, Kentucky, Alaska, Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada.
Monique performed professionally with Alaska Dance Theatre, Mark Taylor and Dance Alloy, Liz Lerman and the Dance Exchange, Mino Nicholas Dance Gallery, the Claudia Murphey Dance Company, Dancin Unlimited Jazz Dance Company and The Dance Construction Company. She has worked with such noted artist as New York City’s XSIGHT and Jeannie Hill from Manhattan Tap.
