Renate Herberger M.A.L.S., C.C.E.
11120 Rosborough Road
Sidney, B.C. CANADA V8L 5M3
Tel 001-250-656-1312
renate_herberger@yahoo.com
Personal
Renate Herberger is a dancer, dance therapist, dance teacher, musician and mother, with over 40 years music training and practice, and 25 years active dance work in many cultures.
Renate is multi-lingual and multi-cultural. She has lived and worked in Germany, Canada, Mexico and the U.S.A., and has spent extensive study periods in Africa, Haiti and Brazil.
Renate has taught 5 languages, drama, dance and music to children and adults since 1976. She has a wealth of experience and qualifications.
University Education
University of Victoria, Victoria BC. 2004 – 2005 Spanish 251 and Spanish 351
University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC. 2004 Nursing Studies
Wesleyan University, Middletown CT. 1979-1983 Master of Arts & Liberal Studies in Movement Studies. Master’s Thesis: Getting to the Heart of Haitian Dance: A Personal Approach. Supervised by Lavinia Williams
York University, 1975-1979. B.F.A. with Honours, specializing in creative dance and dance therapy. Teachers included Carol Anderson, Director of Dancemakers, Toronto
University of Toronto, 1979. Special student in Ethnomusicology: Performance (Bulgarian Gajda and Folkloric dances and songs) and theory, with Kostadin Varimezov, soloist with the Bulgarian State Orchestra and National Folkloric Ensemble
University of Victoria, 1974-1975 pre-medical studies
University of Victoria Extension Program, 1974-75 Creative Dance with Moira Morningstar
Werdenfels Gymnasium 1972 – 1974 “Abitur” graduation in Classical Studies
Other Certificates & Studies
2004 Standard First Aid
2002 CASARA Air Search and Rescue, Navigator and Spotter
2001 SAR Coastal Search and Rescue
1999 TESOL Teacher of English to Speakers of other Languages
1999 White Sail II
1998 Wilderness First Aid and CPR
1998 Maritime Radio Telephone Operator’s Certificate
1998 Hoffman Quadrinity Process
1998 Ecotourism at Camosun College
1997 Ski Patroller Mt. Washington, BC
1995 River Rafting Guide Licence
1991 Jane Middleton-Moz “Children of Trauma” workshop for therapists
1990 Certified Childbirth Educator through Informed Birth and Parenting IH/IBP
1985 Touch for Health Level I Certificate
1983 Middletown, CT. Rape Crisis Centre Counselor Training Program
1982 KOFUTU Touch Healer’s Certificate
1979 O.F.D.T.A. Ontario Folk Dance Teacher’s Certificate
Other Teachers
Lavinia Williams, Haitian Dance, Dunham Technique 1979 – 1983
Loremil Machado, Afro-Brazilian Dance, between 1980 and 1993
John Bradshaw, Healing for Recovery, Vancouver 1990
Jean-Leon Destiné, Afro-Haitian Dance, between 1979 and 1989
Babatunde Olatunji, African Dance, 1988
Abraham Adzeniah and Freeman Donkor, Ghanaian Drums and Dance, 1979 to 1984
Menakka Thakkar, Bharatanatyam Dance, 1977-78
Georges Rodriquez, Haitian Drums and Dance, 1977-79
Ghana Dance Ensemble, 1984 and Ocheami, between 1986 and 1993
Ballet National du Senegal, with Astou Koumbe and Djonkounda N’diaye, 1984
John Higgins, Karnatak Singing, 1975-1978
Related Teaching Experience
- Professor of Environmental Education, Universidad Michoacana , Mexico, 2006
- Professor of Modern Languages, Universidad Latina de America, Mexico, 2006
- Instituto Michoacano de la Mujer, workshops in “cuerpo y autoestima”, 2004
Classes in Dance Therapy / Creative Dance / Afro-Caribbean Dance / Music:
University of Victoria, Athletics and Recreation, 1987-current
Prague, Czech Republic, “Bridge to the Future”, 1999
Saanich Commonwealth Place, Creative and Afro-Caribbean Dance, 1995-1996
Cuernavaca, Mexico, “Curacon a travez de la Danza”, 1995
Pazquaro, Mexico, “Curacon a travez de la Danza”, 1995
Yaounde, Cameroon, Troupe Nationale Folklorique du Cameroun, 1995
The Playhouse, Deep Cove, Sidney, B.C., various children’s classes from 1987 to 1991
YM/YWCA, Victoria, 1990-91
Meridian Holistic Health Centre, Victoria, 1991
Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions, Victoria, 1990
Healing Exchange, Victoria, 1987 through 1989
University of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1988
Canadian Holistic Healing Association, 1987
Harrison Festival of the Arts, Harrison, B.C., 1987
Creative Contemplative Society, Lund, B.C., 1987
University of Victoria, 1987
Lincoln Arts Center and Langston Hughes Cultural Centre, Seattle, WA., 1985-87
Chinook Healing Center, Whidbey Is., WA, co-teacher with Sam Keen 1985
Dance New England, 1980- 85, Founding member of thriving African Dance Program
University of Legon, Accra, Ghana, 1984
Troupe Nationale Folklorique du Togo, West Africa, 1984
Wesleyan University, Teaching Assistant 1981-82
Troupe Nationale Folklorique du Haiti, Haiti, 1979
Toronto Music Conservatory, 1976-78 – private children’s instruction in piano
Private Practice – Dance Therapy and Kofutu Touch Healing:
Whidbey Island, WA., 1985-87
Deep Cove, Sidney, B.C., 1987- present
Current Teaching:
* Private tutoring in English, German, French and Spanish
Prenatal Education, Deep Cove, B.C., 1990 – present
Women’s Spirituality – an integration of dance therapy, ritual and anthropology / religious history, with dance, song, trance and breath work.
Nature Meditation
Music
30+ years piano; as student and teacher
voice training, international forms of singing and chanting (Sufi, Karnatak, Classical)
Vina and Mrdangam (East Indian Classical string and percussion instruments)
Afro-Caribbean and African drumming
References
Available on request, from former teachers, students and colleagues.