Tina Mullone

Tina Mullone, BA/MFA is an artist, educator, and scholar. She is also a professional dancer who continues to perform with Beckles Dancing Company, Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth, and solo work. Her training includes dance intensives at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Urban Bush Women Summer Institutes, American Dance Festival and the Katherine Dunham Institute. Tina’s teaching includes the following: community colleges, after-school and outreach programs, and private studios in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. During her tenure as Associate Professor of Dance at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, she commuted from Louisiana to Texas to work with BDC and CD/FW (as Associate Artistic Director for the latter) and co-directed M2 (m squared), a performance art duet. She is a certified Pilates mat instructor, and Professional Umfundalai contemporary African dance technique. She is a National Water Dance ambassador. 

She is a member of several professional dance organizations including International Association of Blacks in Dance, National Association of African American Dance Teachers, and NDEO. She is serving her second term as ACDA Regional Director for the New England Region. 

Her current research (which has been presented at CARS, IABD and Collegium on African Diaspora Dance) includes deconstructing space and movement in African-American culture through the Black female dancing body. Other research interests include Black Feminist visual art and African Diaspora spirituality.