Ms. Angela N. Harris
Angela Harris is the Executive Artistic Director of Dance Canvas, Inc., a career development organization for emerging professional choreographers and youth. Ms. Harris conceived and founded Dance Canvas after witnessing the difficult path and lack of professional opportunities for young choreographers. Ms. Harris has developed youth dance/career development programs for the City of Atlanta’s Office of Cultural Affairs (Culture Club and ArtsCool), recording artist, Usher’s New Look Foundation, and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation. She has forged partnerships with the Atlanta Ballet, Atlantic Station, Rialto Center for the Arts, the French Consulate of Atlanta and Kennesaw State University. Through Dance Canvas, Ms. Harris has been a catalyst, consultant, and resource for numerous new dance organizations and artists throughout metro Atlanta. Ms. Harris is an instructor at Dekalb School for the Arts and Academy of Ballet, and has been a master class instructor at colleges, universities and studios across the country.