Experience

Master Simulation Consulting, LLC

• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Residential Dance Faculty

  • Aug 2013 - Present

  I am Residential Dance Faculty and Artistic Director of the student performing company, DancEstrella. The program vision is "individual expression through creative collaboration." For more information: ​janaea.mcalee@estrellamountain.edu I am Residential Dance Faculty and Artistic Director of the student performing company, DancEstrella. The program vision is "individual expression through creative collaboration." For more information: ​janaea.mcalee@estrellamountain.edu



Isadora Duncan Specialist

• South West, US

• Dancer, Teacher, Historian, Coach

  • Jul 2012 - Present

  A third generation Isadora Duncan dancer, I actively present the Duncan work at Festivals and at colleges and high schools throughout Arizona. I have presented at both the 2013 and 2015 Isadora Duncan International Symposiums and serve as a member of the Isadora Duncan Archive Committee. A third generation Isadora Duncan dancer, I actively present the Duncan work at Festivals and at colleges and high schools throughout Arizona. I have presented at both the 2013 and 2015 Isadora Duncan International Symposiums and serve as a member of the Isadora Duncan Archive Committee.



Estrella Mountain Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Retired Professor of Dance

  • Aug 2014 - May 2023



Scottsdale School of Ballet

• Scottsdale, AZ

• Modern Dance Instructor

  • Oct 2012 - Jun 2013



Cecil College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Performing Arts Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor of Dance

  • 2003 - 2012

  Designed and directed an associates degree program which includes an inter-disciplinary curriculum and student performing company as well as career skills training. Created the e-text/handbook, Designing Your Life in the Performing Arts! A Resource for Dancers, Actors and Musicians. Recent conference presentations include Creating Across Disciplines: An Integrative Approach To Performing Art Education at The League for Innovation in Community Colleges and Calling as Career: The Intersection of Life and Learning in the Performing Arts at Association of Faculty for Advancement of Community College Teaching. Founding member of the Maryland Area Community College Performing Arts Collective. Founded the Love Letter Project, and co-created annual dance, music and theater productions based on community submissions. Show less



Dance Matrix

• Artistic Director

  • 1999 - 2004

  Professional company and training program providing extensive scholarship program for community youth. Received an Individual Artist Award in Choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council and also served as a panelist for the MSAC Dance Program for three years.Dance Matrix was featured on MPT Artworks This Week and presented new work by guest artists Nejla Yatkin and Mathew Neenan. Professional company and training program providing extensive scholarship program for community youth. Received an Individual Artist Award in Choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council and also served as a panelist for the MSAC Dance Program for three years.Dance Matrix was featured on MPT Artworks This Week and presented new work by guest artists Nejla Yatkin and Mathew Neenan.



Convergence Dancers & Musicians

• Artistic Director

  • 1989 - 1999

  Thirteen member ensemble of dancers and musicians presented collaborative work by the director, company members and guest composers and choreographers. Guest artists included dancers Leslie Carothers, Dirk Platzek and Meredith Rainey, choreographers Ewa Wychihowska and Sue Bernhard and composers Krystof Knittell and Peter Price. Janaea's work has been presented at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, the Biennale of Contemporary Dance in Poznan, Poland, Akademia Raymond Duncan in Paris, France, Victoria Theatre in San Francisco, St. John the Divine and St. Marks Church in NYC, Painted Bride, Merriam Theater, Wilma Theatre and Academy of Music in Philadelphia and Dance Place in Washington, DC. Show less