Tomé Cousin
In the 21st Century the separate divisions of the creative and performing arts are artificial. Ubuntu.
-Tomé Cousin
Tomé is a Professor of Dance in the School of Drama. He teaches contemporary and musical theater dance style classes, Theatrical/Film Intimacy Education, and is a Certified Mental Heath Aid.
An “interdisciplinary artist”, influenced by an eclectic range of creative mentors: Susan Stroman, Geoffrey Holder, Martha Clarke, George C. Wolfe, Ruth Maleczeh, Wendell Harrington, Luigi, Fred Rogers, John Weidman, Miquel Goudreau, Hector Mercado, Judith Leifer, Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane, Hope Clarke, Pina Bausch, Theo Bleckmann, Blondell Cummings and Meredith Monk.
As a result, he has molded an award-winning international career that includes collaborations in dance, theater, music, film, photography, television and literature. BA: Dance History, and Choreography, Point Park University and MFA in New Media Art and Performance (Long Island University). Mr. Cousin has composed over 70 original theater, dance, musical, new opera, film, and installation works for performance. A leading voice in theatrical intimacy advocacy for stage and screen, he is a in demand director / choreographer for his unique blend of dance, movement text and media, and is sought after as a curator and reconstructionist of original Broadway musicals. An advocate of diversity and inclusion, he is the author of multiple articles, essays three theatre studies books and creator of The Franklin Project (INTERVIEWS, ESSAYS AND ARTICLES ON DIVERSITY AND NON-TRADITIONAL CASTING FOR THEATRE PERFORMANCE).