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