ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Photo by Lynn Lane
DIANE CAHILL BEDFORD “The FSU SOD shaped me into the artist and scholar that I am today. Without the wonderful training I received, the opportunities to teach in both movement and lecture genres, and the ability to develop my interests and abilities in a wide variety of skills, I would not be as prepared as I am today to teach in a university. I am forever thankful and grateful for the individual mentorship I received during my time at FSU.” Diane Cahill Bedford serves as Clinical Associate Professor in the Dance Science Program at Texas A&M University (TAMU). She holds an MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography (2010) and a BFA in Dance and English Literature, Magna Cum Laude (2003) from Florida State University. Her choreography has been accepted for performance by the WestFest Dance Festival in NYC, Southern Vermont Dance Festival, Austin Dance Festival, Brazos Contemporary Dance Festival, CORPS de Ballet International, as well as Fieldworks and The Dance Gathering in Houston, TX. Diane has also presented her choreography at the American College Dance Festival, San Jacinto College, Fort Wayne Ballet, The Tallahassee Ballet, and the FSU Opera. In addition to her creative work, Diane has presented on various aspects of dance pedagogy at conferences for the National Dance Educators Organization (NDEO), The International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS), CORPS de Ballet International, National Dance Society, The Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, The Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD), The Transformational Teaching and Learning Conference at Texas A&M University and San Jacinto College. Diane has served in a number of service leadership positions within these various organizations including Performance Chair for the TAHPERD Conference. Currently, Diane serves as the Membership and Outreach Committee Co-Chair for CORPS de Ballet International. In 2016, Diane published a preliminary textbook titled Dance in Many Forms with Kendall Hunt. Her journal articles covering dance photography and textbook review have also been published in the National Dance Society Journal. She has been awarded over $25,000 in grant funding from the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts at TAMU for various artistic projects, and she received the Global Education Grant to engage students in learning excursions outside of Texas. Diane received the Richard Stadelmann Faculty Senate Service Award from Texas A&M University in 2017 for her work in developing the cultural discourse undergraduate requirement at TAMU. Diane has performed with Jana Hicks Repertory in NYC, Dance Repertory Theatre, The Tallahassee Ballet, and was selected for a reconstruction of Hanya Holm’s Jocose at the American Dance Festival. She has also had the opportunity to perform in works choreographed by Jawole Zollar, Gerri Houlihan, Jane Weiner, Terry Creach, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Andy Noble, and Lynda Davis. Diane previously taught dance and directed Outreach Programming for FSU, Charleston Ballet Theatre, Fort Wayne Ballet, New England Ballet Theatre, and Ithaca Ballet. Additionally, she served as Professor of Dance at San Jacinto College South where she directed the San Jac Dance PAC. 18 | F SU SCHOOL OF DANCE
