Camille LeFevre
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CAMILLE LeFEVRE
College Professor | Communications Strategist | Arts Journalist | Author 
651-646-2098; camillelefevre@comcast.net
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EDUCATION

Master of Liberal Studies (2009), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Interdisciplinary: Dance, film, critical media studies, art history, popular culture
Thesis: “Cyborg Ballerina, Cyber Warrior: A Study of Dancing Human/Machine Hybrids from Sylphide to Science Fiction”
B. A. English (1981), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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BOOKS

Author, The Dance Bible: The Complete Guide for Aspiring Dancers                  2012

Author, Charles R. Stinson Architects: Compositions in Nature                           2008

Contributor, Co-Editor, 101 Places Plus One                                                       1996

ARTS JOURNALISM                                                                                 Present—1988            

Criticism, features and articles for publications including Metropolis, Architectural 
Record, Architecture, Audubon, Utne Reader, Emerging, Architecture Minnesota, Dance
Magazine, mnartists.org, Minnpost.com, Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, Mpls/St. Paul,
Minnesota Monthly, Midwest Home and Design 

Editor/Writer, Innovative Design Quarterly                                                      Present— 2015

Editor/Writer, The Line                                                                                     Present—2013

Founding Arts Editor, Twin Cities METRO, Minneapolis, Minnesota                    2008—2006            

Editor, Architecture Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota                                      2004—1999

Publisher, Founder, Editor, The Prairie Reader                                                    2000—1996

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS—Non-profit

Media relations, Zenon Dance Company                                                             Present—2009
(Press releases, social media, communications strategies, articles, press relations)

Media relations, Ananya Dance Theatre                                                             Present—2010
(Communications plan, press releases, social media, blog posts, press relations)

Media relations, Forecast Public Art                                                                         Fall 2011
 (Press releases, press relations)

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS—Corporate 

ESG Architects                                                                                                  Present--2014
(Proposals, website content, positioning, marketing materials, FAIA Fellowships)

Evans Larson Communications                                                                         Present—2004
(Press releases, byline articles, corporate positioning, award submittals)

HGA Architects and Engineers                                                                          Present—2004
(Architectural Fellowship submittals, proposals, press releases, byline articles)

RSP Architects                                                                                                  Present—2010
(Press releases, project sheets, byline articles, white papers)                                                

RadiusTrack, Conway Schulte Architects, CPMI, Inc.                 Various 
(Architectural Fellowship submittals)

TEACHING

Primary responsibilities: Innovative course development and interactive curriculum design with an emphasis on active and empowered learning; cross-collegiate and interdisciplinary artistic collaboration in curriculum delivery; participatory lecture and instruction. 
Primary student-learning objective: To inspire in students critical thinking and articulate engagement with the course material.

"GMD APP: Creating an App for the Goldstein Museum of Design"                 Spring 2014
JOUR 4991, Cross-collegiate course, Adjunct Professor                                  Fall 2013
College of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of M

“WAM APP: Creating an App for the Weisman Art Museum”                            Fall 2012
JOUR 4991, Cross-collegiate course, Adjunct Professor                                  Spring 2013
College of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of M

 “Before and After Balanchine: Decoding the Ballet Mystique”                          Fall 2012
 LearningLife, Adjunct Professor                                                                                                
 College of Continuing Education, U of M

“Covering the Arts: Backstage at the Guthrie Theater”                                      Spring 2012
 JOUR 4172, Capstone Professional Course, Adjunct Professor                          2011, 2010           
 College of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of M                                   

“I, Robot: Post-Human Identity in the Bio-Tech Age”                                         Fall 2011
 LS 5100, Adjunct Professor (co-instructor)
 Master of Liberal Studies Program, Graduate School, U of M                                                           

“Covering the Arts: New Media, New Paradigms from Criticism to Communications”
 JOUR 4990, Capstone Professional Course, Adjunct Professor                      Fall 2012
 College of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of M         

“Covering the Arts: Dance Writing Demystified”                                                Fall 2009
 JOUR 4990, Adjunct Professor (co-instructor)                                                
 College of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of M
 
“Architectural Journalism: From Criticism to Communications”                         Spring 2009
 ARCH 3250, Adjunct Professor                                                                                       
 College of Design, U of M

“Introduction to Dance”                                                                                      Fall 2008
 DNCE 1401, Adjunct Professor (co-instructor)                                                                   
 Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, U of M

Teaching Coursework

Grad 8101: Teaching in Higher Education                                                         Summer 2008
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(Microteaching, co-facilitation, syllabus development)

 ACADEMIC PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 
 “Teaching Post-Humanism: An Exploration of the                                             2013
 Blurring Boundaries Between Science Fiction and Social Reality”
 To be presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture
 Association Conference

“The Ballerina as Cyborg: Summer Glau in Angel, Firefly/Serenity,                   2009           
 and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”
 Presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture
 Association Conference
                                                         
 “Rage Against the Machine: Movement as a Mean of Liberation                      2008                                                               in The Matrix” 
Presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture
Association Conference

“Site and Specificity: Collage Dance Theater’s Twenty-Year History                 2007           
 as a Kinetic Map of Los Angeles’ Forgotten Architecture”
 Presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities

“Mississippi Movement: Marylee Hardenbergh’s Site-Specific Dances               2006           
 for the Mississippi River”
 Presented at the International Conference on Rivers and Civilization

“One Place, Two Histories: Site-Specific Dance at Jacob’s Pillow”                      2006
 Presented at the Society of Dance History Scholars Conference

“Site-Specific Dance, De-familiarization and the Transformation of                     2005           
 Place and Community”
Presented at the Congress on Research in Dance; published in proceedings

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Research Fellowship, Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, Massachusetts                               2005

Travel and Study Grant, Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota                        1995

Critics Travel Grant, Center for Arts Criticism, St. Paul, Minnesota                       1994, 1992           

Beyond PR Grant, Center for Arts Criticism, St. Paul, Minnesota                          1993           

AWARDS

Presidential Citation, American Institute of Architects-Minnesota                           2004
“For vision and clarity in shaping the public dialogue on architecture”
  
Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association for Architecture Minnesota               2003           
Gold Award, Best Single Topic Issue; Gold Award, Best Feature Article;
Bronze Award, Best Single Topic

SELECTED JURIES AND PANELS

WAM Chatter, Facilitator                                                                                         2012 
Weisman Art Museum

Panel on state of arts journalism                                                                            2009
Weisman Art Museum

Dance performance adjudication                                                                           2009
Gustavus Adolphus College

Jury member                                                                                                          2009
Hopkins Center for the Arts Member Show                                                            

Anonymous nominator                                                                                           2008
National choreography award
                                                
Judge, Affiliated Writers Award                                                                             2008
American Theatre

Panelist, “Pitching the Story”                                                                                2007
 MMPA and Loft Literary Center, Magazine Writers’ Festival

Judge, Photography Competition                                                                         2007
 AIA-MN/Minnesota Historical Society

Judge, Gary Parks Scholarship                                                                        2007-2006
Dance Critics Association

Panel Moderator, “Site-Specific Performance”                                                      2000
Walker Art Center

Presenter, Panel Moderator, “Confluences”                                                          1996
Walker Art Center 

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  • Arts Journalism: Architecture, Design
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  • Strategic Communications
  • CV/Contact
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