Suki John
Professor Texas Christian University
- Fort Worth TX
Suki John is an expert in diversity, social justice, classical modern dance, dance history and art activism.
Media
Social
Biography
Areas of Expertise
Education
University of Connecticut
Ph.D.
Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
2007
New York University - Gallatin School
M.A.
Dance History and Choreography
1991
University of New Mexico
B.F.A.
Theater Arts
1980
Affiliations
- Cuban Arts Match: Founder
- Society of Dance History Scholars
- Council on Research on Dance
Media Appearances
‘Happily-Ever-After Doesn’t Exist’
The New York Times online
2017-08-10
In a recent email, Suki John and Horacio Cocchi attempted to sum up their 20-year marriage in one paragraph, which read like a grocery list. It included: 8 homes, 9 housemates, 1 foreclosure, 21 jobs, 3 layoffs, 2 miscarriages, 1 birth, 3 parents and 2 friends deceased, 1 bankruptcy, 1 set of dentures, innumerable road trips, 3 days in Amarillo waiting for parts, 9 cars, 5 billion phone calls, far too many dance performances, 5 weeks in Europe, 17 weeks in Cuba, 1 summer in Vermont, 6 mattresses, 2 bread machines, 9 espresso machines, countless bottles of extra virgin olive oil, 5 tango lessons and 2 wedding rings.
Business Minded
TCU Magazine online
2011-12-21
Students in Suki John’s International Dance Forms class get an interesting assignment each spring. In the senior-level seminar, designed to be one of the last classes dance majors take before graduating, students are asked to create their dream job.
Articles
Christina Bernal - 1945-2016
Dance Magazine2017-06-07
Bernal's deep spirituality manifested at an early age. While studying at the Royal Ballet School in London she celebrated her eighteenth birthday and, against her parents' wishes, decided to join the Society of the Sacred Heart. After returning to California to perform in The Nutcracker, Bernal took her vows in 1966.
The Dancer’s Guide to Cuba
Dance Magazine2016-05-31
Dance is central to the cultural life of Cuba, a country of balletomanes and social dancers, innovators and classicists. For two decades, I’ve been one of very few choreographers from the United States to work with Cuban companies, including the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and Danza Contemporánea de Cuba.
