Monica (Mikki) Saba Senior Lecturer Office:  JO 5.502 Phone:  972-883-2083 Email:  msaba@utdallas.edu

Education: 
B.A., Dance, Southern Methodist University, 1982
A.A.S., Brookhaven College, 1979

Teaches at:
The University of Texas at Dallas since 1995
Brookhaven Community College since 1983
Young Audiences of North Texas since 1994

Awards:
2000, Outstanding Teaching Award,  School of Arts and Humanities at UTD
1990, Excellence in Teaching for Adjunct Faculty Award at Brookhaven Communiy College.

Recent Performances/Choreography:
2000-2001, Member of Ewert and Company
1993-2001, Young Audiences of Greater Dallas,
1989-2001,  Member of Dancers' Unlimited Repertory Company
1990-2000, The Dallas Morning News Dance Festival
2000, Choreographed SabaDancers- Dallas Morning News Dance Festival
1998, Choreographed "Growing Flirts", Arkansas Ballet, Little Rock, AK

Other credits:

• Performing and choreographing with Dancers' Unlimited Repertory Company for twelve years.
• Performing and choreographing with Ewert & Company for three years.
• Teaching master classes for organizations such as Dance Masters of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma and The Irving Ballet.
• Performing in the Dallas Morning News Dance Festival for the past ten years and has had choreography adjudicated for the event four times.
• Traveled with corporate show band "The Really Big Show" for two years.
• Traveled throughout the country and independently with Dancers Unlimited.
• Performed with The Dallas Opera.
• She has set two works on the Arkansas Ballet, one of which was presented in the gala performance of the Southwestern Regional Dance America, World of Ballet Festival.
• Choreographed for organizations such as Plano Repertory Theatre, Deep Ellum Opera Theatre, and Garland Civic Theatre.
• This past year she was invited to choreograph and give two weekends of master classes at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. 
• As a Young Audiences of North Texas resident artist, she teaches curriculum through movements. Each residency is custom designed for teachers and the subject matter they choose to focus on. The elementary school program, "Blood, Bones, and Breathing Movement Mystery Theatre," is a science program teaching children about the skeletal, respiratory, and circulatory systems through dance.

In addition to her works in the community, check out our events page for dance performances during our season