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Felipa N. Torres

Assistant Professor of Instruction
Theatre and Dance
Chicano Studies, Languages, and Linguistics

Office Building: Fox Fine Arts Center
Office Room: 450
Phone: (915) 747-7997
Email: fntorres@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Education

MFA in Dance, University of Colorado (2009)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Dance - Choreograph piece - Yemaya (11/24/2023-12/03/2023). Art Basel - The North Group. Miami, FL. Felipa Torres.
Creative Activities Outside of Teaching - IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Festival (08/03/2022-08/06/2022). IFE-ILE Dance Company. Miami, FL. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Obini (08/03/2022-08/06/2022). IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Festival. Miami, FL. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Ni de Aqui Ni de Alla (excerpt) (08/03/2022-08/04/2022). IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Festival. Miami, FL. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - The Departure (04/22/2022-04/23/2022). National Water Dance. Miami, FL. Felipa Torres.
Creative Activities Outside of Teaching - Artistic Director (02/10/2022-02/13/2022). UTEP- Department of Theatre and Dance. El Paso, TX. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Obini (02/10/2022-02/13/2022). UTEP - Department of Theater and Dance. El Paso, TX. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Bacardi Ribbon Cutting Event (10/27/2021-10/27/2021). Bacardi and FIU. Miami. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Mira Quien Baila - MQB (09/27/2021-09/02/2021). Univision TV. Miami, FL, US. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Obini - HERE Moving Through the Pandemic and for Social Justice (02/05/2021). UTEP - Dept. of Theater and Dance. El Paso, Texas, US. Felipa Torres. Undergraduate.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Dance Collective Celebration (12/10/2020-12/30/2020). African Heritage Cultural Arts Center. Miami, FL, USA. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Global Caribbean Dance: Migrating from Physical to Virtual -Conference (09/23/2020-09/26/2020). IFE-ILE, Inc.. Miami, FL, USA. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - River Goddess (12/04/2019). II Coloquio Internacional de Antropología, Historia y Arte en el Caribe. Xalapa, Veracruz. Felipa Torres. Undergraduate.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Seatrade Cruise Global Convention (04/03/2019). Seatrade Cruise Global. Miami, FL, USA. Felipa Torres.
Dance - Choreograph piece - Like a Child with a Balloon (02/28/2023). Department of Theater and Dance - Desert Dane. El Paso, TX. Felipa Torres.

Publications

La Danza y el Cuerpo: Territorios Afrocubanos Emergentes del Siglo XXI Proceedings (2023), Felipa N. Torres.
Perspectives on Dance Fusion in the Caribbean and Dance Sustainability: Rituals of Modern Society Cambridge Scholars Publisher 1 1 (2019), Felipa N. Torres.

Presentations

Dance Leaders as ‘Role Models’ in Higher Education. (2023), Volume Denver, Colorado, Felipa N. Torres.
Relational Bodies: A Choreographic Case Study. (2023), Volume Madrid, Spain, Felipa N. Torres.
Portraits of Women Leaders of Color (2022), Volume New York, NY , Felipa N. Torres.
Black dance artists sharing their voices about nature and dance. (2022), Volume Instagram Live conversations , Felipa N. Torres.
Dance: Society's Divine Intervention (2022), Volume HistoryMiami Museum, Miami, FL, Felipa N. Torres.
Urban Latin dances (2021), Volume Virtual, Felipa N. Torres.
Water and Spirituality and Dance: A Body fo Work (2021), Volume Virtual, Felipa N. Torres.
Making Men (2021), Volume UTEP, Tawanda Chabikwa, Filipa N. Torres.
Making Man (2021), Volume UTEP/virtual, Felipa N. Torres.
Afro-Cuban Traditions in Miami (2020), Volume Virtual, Felipa N. Torres.
Global Caribbean Dance: Migrating from Physical to Virtual (2020), Volume Virtual, Felipa N. Torres.
Teaching Dance Online (2020), Volume Virtual, Cristina Goletti, Dara Dara Milovanovic, Felipa N. Torres, .
An Artist's Personal Journey through the Mariel Events. (2020), Volume Virtual, Felipa N. Torres.
Dance and the body: emerging Afro-Cuban territories of the 21st century (2019), Volume Xalapa, Vedracruz, Mexico, Felipa N. Torres.
Adaptive Indetities in Current Times of Change: Linking Diaspora Communities (2019), Volume Miami, Felipa N. Torres.
Dancing Identity beyond Boundaries: The Afro-Cuban Diaspora (2019), Volume Wise Family Theatre - UTEP, Felipa N. Torres.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Summer 2024	DANC 3303 - Critical Dance Histories	33952
Spring 2024	DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2	23299	Syllabus
Spring 2024	DANC 4301 - Choreography 1	24214	Syllabus
Spring 2024	DANC 3303 - Critical Dance Histories	21297	Syllabus
Spring 2024	DANC 4394 - Dance Pedagogy	26867	Syllabus
Spring 2024	DANC 1151 - Dance Performance	24922	Syllabus
Spring 2024	DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2	23300	Syllabus
Fall 2023	DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1	12375	Syllabus
Fall 2023	DANC 1151 - Dance Performance	10429	Syllabus
Fall 2023	DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition	14771	Syllabus
Fall 2023	DANC 4390 - Seminar	11951	Syllabus
Summer 2023	DANC 1304 - Dance Appreciation	34421
Spring 2023	DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2	23652	Syllabus
Spring 2023	DANC 4301 - Choreography	24788	Syllabus
Spring 2023	DANC 1151 - Dance Performance	25821	Syllabus
Spring 2023	DANC 1022 - Dance Theatre Lab	26273	Syllabus
Spring 2023	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	21411	Syllabus
Spring 2023	DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2	23653	Syllabus
Fall 2022	DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1	14621
Fall 2022	DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition	19188
Fall 2022	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	16500
Summer 2022	DANC 3322 - World Dance	35143
Spring 2022	DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2	25199	Syllabus
Spring 2022	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	21781	Syllabus
Spring 2022	DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2	25200
Spring 2022	DANC 4340 - Selected Topics in Dance	28724	Syllabus
Spring 2022	AFST 3390 - Topics in African/Amer Studies	23295	Syllabus
Spring 2022	CHIC 4350 - Topics in Chicano Studies	24799	Syllabus
Fall 2021	DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1	14602
Fall 2021	DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition	18296
Fall 2021	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	16435
Summer 2021	DANC 3322 - World Dance	34990
Spring 2021	DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2	25757
Spring 2021	DANC 3348 - American Dance Forms - Jazz	25755
Spring 2021	DANC 2346 - Contemporary Foundation 2	23047
Spring 2021	DANC 1304 - Dance Appreciation	26450
Spring 2021	DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2	25758
Fall 2020	DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1	14822	Syllabus
Fall 2020	DANC 1151 - Dance Performance	11038
Fall 2020	DANC 3151 - Dance Performance	14872	Syllabus
Fall 2020	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	16729
Fall 2020	DANC 3345 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 1	16726
Spring 2020	DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2	26491	Syllabus
Spring 2020	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	22222	Syllabus
Spring 2020	DANC 4340 - Selected Topics in Dance	29071	Syllabus
Spring 2020	AFST 3390 - Topics in African/Amer Studies	29196	Syllabus
Spring 2020	CHIC 4350 - Topics in Chicano Studies	27482	Syllabus
Fall 2019	DANC 4345 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 1	17427
Fall 2019	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	17429

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Summer 2024	DANC 3303 - Critical Dance Histories	33952	Evaluation
Spring 2024	DANC 3303 - Critical Dance Histories	21297	Evaluation
Spring 2024	DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2	23300	Evaluation
Fall 2023	DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1	12375	Evaluation
Fall 2023	DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition	14771	Evaluation
Fall 2023	DANC 4390 - Seminar	11951	Evaluation
Summer 2023	DANC 1304 - Dance Appreciation	34421	Evaluation
Spring 2023	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	21411	Evaluation
Spring 2023	DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2	23653	Evaluation
Fall 2022	DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1	14621	Evaluation
Fall 2022	DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition	19188	Evaluation
Fall 2022	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	16500	Evaluation
Summer 2022	DANC 3322 - World Dance	35143	Evaluation
Spring 2022	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	21781	Evaluation
Spring 2022	DANC 4340 - Selected Topics in Dance	28724	Evaluation
Spring 2022	AFST 3390 - Topics in African/Amer Studies	23295	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CHIC 4350 - Topics in Chicano Studies	24799	Evaluation
Fall 2021	DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1	14602	Evaluation
Fall 2021	DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition	18296	Evaluation
Fall 2021	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	16435	Evaluation
Summer 2021	DANC 3322 - World Dance	34990	Evaluation
Spring 2021	DANC 3348 - American Dance Forms - Jazz	25755	Evaluation
Spring 2021	DANC 2346 - Contemporary Foundation 2	23047	Evaluation
Spring 2021	DANC 1304 - Dance Appreciation	26450	Evaluation
Spring 2021	DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2	25758	Evaluation
Fall 2020	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	16729	Evaluation
Fall 2020	DANC 3345 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 1	16726	Evaluation
Spring 2020	DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2	26491	Evaluation
Spring 2020	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	22222	Evaluation
Spring 2020	DANC 4340 - Selected Topics in Dance	29071	Evaluation
Spring 2020	AFST 3390 - Topics in African/Amer Studies	29196	Evaluation
Spring 2020	CHIC 4350 - Topics in Chicano Studies	27482	Evaluation
Fall 2019	DANC 4345 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 1	17427	Evaluation
Fall 2019	DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art	17429	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

MFA in Dance, University of Colorado (2009)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Start Date

2023-11-24

End Date

2023-12-03

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Yemaya

Start Date

2022-08-03

End Date

2022-08-06

Type

Creative Activities Outside of Teaching

Title

IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Festival

Start Date

2022-08-03

End Date

2022-08-06

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Obini

Start Date

2022-08-03

End Date

2022-08-04

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Ni de Aqui Ni de Alla (excerpt)

Start Date

2022-04-22

End Date

2022-04-23

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

The Departure

Start Date

2022-02-10

End Date

2022-02-13

Type

Creative Activities Outside of Teaching

Title

Artistic Director

Start Date

2022-02-10

End Date

2022-02-13

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Obini

Start Date

2021-10-27

End Date

2021-10-27

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Bacardi Ribbon Cutting Event

Start Date

2021-09-27

End Date

2021-09-02

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Mira Quien Baila - MQB

Start Date

2021-02-05

End Date

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Obini - HERE Moving Through the Pandemic and for Social Justice

Start Date

2020-12-10

End Date

2020-12-30

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Dance Collective Celebration

Start Date

2020-09-23

End Date

2020-09-26

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Global Caribbean Dance: Migrating from Physical to Virtual -Conference

Start Date

2019-12-04

End Date

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

River Goddess

Start Date

2019-04-03

End Date

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Seatrade Cruise Global Convention

Start Date

End Date

2023-02-28

Type

Dance - Choreograph piece

Title

Like a Child with a Balloon

Publications

La Danza y el Cuerpo: Territorios Afrocubanos Emergentes del Siglo XXI Proceedings (2023), Felipa N. Torres.
Perspectives on Dance Fusion in the Caribbean and Dance Sustainability: Rituals of Modern Society Cambridge Scholars Publisher 1 1 (2019), Felipa N. Torres.

Presentations

Dance Leaders as ‘Role Models’ in Higher Education. (2023), Volume Denver, Colorado, Felipa N. Torres.
Relational Bodies: A Choreographic Case Study. (2023), Volume Madrid, Spain, Felipa N. Torres.
Portraits of Women Leaders of Color (2022), Volume New York, NY , Felipa N. Torres.
Black dance artists sharing their voices about nature and dance. (2022), Volume Instagram Live conversations , Felipa N. Torres.
Dance: Society's Divine Intervention (2022), Volume HistoryMiami Museum, Miami, FL, Felipa N. Torres.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Summer 2024

Course

DANC 3303 - Critical Dance Histories

Section

33952

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2

Section

23299

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DANC 4301 - Choreography 1

Section

24214

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DANC 3303 - Critical Dance Histories

Section

21297

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DANC 4394 - Dance Pedagogy

Section

26867

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DANC 1151 - Dance Performance

Section

24922

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2

Section

23300

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1

Section

12375

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

DANC 1151 - Dance Performance

Section

10429

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition

Section

14771

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

DANC 4390 - Seminar

Section

11951

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

DANC 1304 - Dance Appreciation

Section

34421

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2

Section

23652

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

DANC 4301 - Choreography

Section

24788

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

DANC 1151 - Dance Performance

Section

25821

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

DANC 1022 - Dance Theatre Lab

Section

26273

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

21411

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2

Section

23653

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1

Section

14621

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition

Section

19188

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

16500

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

DANC 3322 - World Dance

Section

35143

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2

Section

25199

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

21781

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2

Section

25200

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

DANC 4340 - Selected Topics in Dance

Section

28724

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

AFST 3390 - Topics in African/Amer Studies

Section

23295

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CHIC 4350 - Topics in Chicano Studies

Section

24799

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1

Section

14602

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition

Section

18296

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

16435

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

DANC 3322 - World Dance

Section

34990

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2

Section

25757

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 3348 - American Dance Forms - Jazz

Section

25755

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 2346 - Contemporary Foundation 2

Section

23047

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 1304 - Dance Appreciation

Section

26450

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2

Section

25758

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1

Section

14822

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

DANC 1151 - Dance Performance

Section

11038

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

DANC 3151 - Dance Performance

Section

14872

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

16729

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

DANC 3345 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 1

Section

16726

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2

Section

26491

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

22222

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

DANC 4340 - Selected Topics in Dance

Section

29071

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

AFST 3390 - Topics in African/Amer Studies

Section

29196

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CHIC 4350 - Topics in Chicano Studies

Section

27482

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

DANC 4345 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 1

Section

17427

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

17429

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

DANC 3303 - Critical Dance Histories

Section

33952

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DANC 3303 - Critical Dance Histories

Section

21297

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2

Section

23300

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1

Section

12375

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition

Section

14771

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

DANC 4390 - Seminar

Section

11951

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2023

Course

DANC 1304 - Dance Appreciation

Section

34421

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

21411

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2

Section

23653

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1

Section

14621

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition

Section

19188

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

16500

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2022

Course

DANC 3322 - World Dance

Section

35143

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

21781

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

DANC 4340 - Selected Topics in Dance

Section

28724

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

AFST 3390 - Topics in African/Amer Studies

Section

23295

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CHIC 4350 - Topics in Chicano Studies

Section

24799

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

DANC 2345 - Contemporary Foundation 1

Section

14602

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

DANC 3301 - Dance Theory and Composition

Section

18296

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

16435

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2021

Course

DANC 3322 - World Dance

Section

34990

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 3348 - American Dance Forms - Jazz

Section

25755

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 2346 - Contemporary Foundation 2

Section

23047

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 1304 - Dance Appreciation

Section

26450

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

DANC 3346 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 2

Section

25758

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

16729

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

DANC 3345 - Intermediate Contempor Dance 1

Section

16726

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

DANC 4346 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 2

Section

26491

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

22222

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

DANC 4340 - Selected Topics in Dance

Section

29071

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

AFST 3390 - Topics in African/Amer Studies

Section

29196

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CHIC 4350 - Topics in Chicano Studies

Section

27482

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2019

Course

DANC 4345 - Advanced Contemporary Dance 1

Section

17427

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2019

Course

DANC 3303 - History of Dance as a Perf Art

Section

17429

Evaluation

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