

Curriculum Vitae
duaneleeh@yahoo.com
Education
Conestoga High School 1995
Creative and Performing Arts High School (CAPA) 1993
Other Positions and Employment
Assistant Artistic Director, Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM) Philadelphia, PA 2008
Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts, New Milford, CT 2008
Boyer College of Music & Dance, Temple University Adjunct Faculty Member, Hip-Hop, Philadelphia, PA 2008
Broadway Production, “Hot Feet”, Assistant Choreographer 2006
Orange County School of the Arts, Orange County, CA 2004
The Dance Institute of Washington, Washington, DC 2004
Concert Dance Companies
Rennie Harris Puremovement, Artistic Director: Rennie Harris 1994 – 2009
Roots & Wings Movement, Artistic Director: Makeda Thomas 2003
Ronald K. Brown / Evidence, Artistic Director: Ronald K. Brown 2000
African American Dance Ensemble, Artistic Director: (guest artist for ADF) 1997
Eleone Dance Theater, Artistic Director: Leon Evans 1997
Educational Activities – Teaching, Residency, Lecture/Demonstrations
Temple University, Adjunct Faculty Member, Philadelphia, PA 2008
Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts, New Milford, CT 2008
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA 2008
Auburn University, Auburn, AL 2008
Bolles High School, Jacksonville, FL 2008
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 2007
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2007
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 2007
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2006
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2005
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 2005
Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco), Philadelphia, PA
Jacobs Pillow, Becket MA 2005
Orange County School of the Arts, Orange County, CA 2005
Howard University, Washington, DC 2005
The Dance Institute of Washington, Washington, DC
Internacional de Danse, Trois Riveres, Canada 2004
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 2004
Castleton State College Castleton VT 2004
Kyoto University of Art & Design Kyoto Japan 2004
Bronx Charter School for the Arts 2004
New York University, New York, NY 2004
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2004
California State University, Long Beach, CA 2004
Duke University, Durham, NC 2004
Monte Carlo Ballet, Monte Carlo 2004
University of Utah, Salt Lake City Utah 2004
Fresno State University, Fresno, CA 2004
The Albany Douglas Way Deptford London 2004
Hampton Academy, Westhampton, NJ 2004
Greenwich West Community Arts Centre 2004
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 2004
The Dance Institution 2004
Colorado Dance Festival Co 2002
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2002
Philadelphia Art Museum 2002
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2002
Delaware County Intermediate 2002
Wyomissing Institute for the Arts 2002
Bayfront N.A.T.O Erie PA 2002
OMEGA Institute for Holistic studies 2002
Cliveden Convalescent Center 2001
Santa Barbra Performing Arts 2001
University of California, Berkley, CA 2001
American Dance Festival 2001
Lafayette College, Easton, PA 2001
Carpenter Center, Long Beach, CA 2001
Stanford University Stanford CA 2001
University of California, Riverside, CA 2001
Hopkins Center Dartmouth College Hanover NH 2000
Alabama Ballet Birmingham AL 2000
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH 2000
Rowan University Rowan NJ 2000
American College Dance Festival 1999
Bates Summer Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME 1999
Lafayette College, Easton, PA 1999
New Victory Theater Manhattan NY 1999
Columbia College, Chicago, IL 1999
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1999
Villanova University, Villanova, PA 1998
Dance Critics Association Conference NY 1998
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, DC 1998
Featured in authored Books/Publications and Review
Dance Teachers' Magazine 2009
Growing Place Interviews with Artist Heidi Henderson 2007
Total Chaos Jeff Chang 2007
Publication Columbia University Jeff Chang 2007
Further Steps Constance Kreemer 2007
Dance Magazine Brenda D. Gottschild 2007
Can't Stop Won't Stop Jeff Chang 2006
Forward Magazine 2006
We B Girlz Martha Cooper 2005
Dance Magazine Sally Sommer 2004
The Black Dancing Body Brenda D. Gottschild 2003
Master of American Choreography Rose Eichenbaum 2003
New Yorker “Off the Street” Joan Acocella 2003
Crisis Magazine Lori Robinson 2001
XXL Ben Osbourne 2001
Time Out New York 2000
Revolution Magazine 2000
Dance Magazine Cari Cunningham 2000
Essence Magazine 2000
Source Magazine 2000
Dance Magazine Brenda D. Gottschild 1999
Blaze Magazine 1998
Dance Magazine Roslyn Sulcas 1997
Cosmopolitan (Europe) 1997
Dance Magazine 1996
Digging Brenda D.Gottschild 1996
Seven Arts 1996
Dance Magazine 1995
USA Gymnastics Magazine (featured story) 1990
International Gymnast 1990
Disney Adventures Magazine (featured story) 1990
Sports Illustrated for Kids (featured story) 1990
Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd” 1986
Musicals/Reviews
Pure Gold , (Leading Man / Deacon), Director: Ariayan Johnson McDaniels 2008
Hot Feet (Broadway) Director: Maurice Hines 2006
Broadway Bares, AIDS Benefit, “New York Strip”, Featured performer, Director: Jerry Mitchell 2006
Lion King (Original Broadway Cast) Director: Julie Taymour 1999
Night Life (Review) Director: Ken Page 1999
A Few Good Men (Review), Featured performer, Director: Arriadne Villarreal 1999
Broadway Soul Jam (Review) Joop Van Ende, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1997
Carols in Color (Review) Director: Leon Evans 1997
TV Shows / Specials
Today Show (Hot Feet / Earth, Wind & Fire) 2006
Fuji TV Japan (Hot Feet interview) 2006
PBS (Rennie Harris Puremovement) 1995
ESPN, McDonald’s International Mixed Pairs 1995
USA Network, “Kids You Should Know” (featured story) 1993
ABC Network, Bicentennial Birthday of Statue of Liberty 1986
Channel 9, NYC, Night of Champions Past, Present & Future, Madison Square Garden 1986
Special Invitation/Performance Presentations
The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA 2009
YoungARTS/National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts 2009 *First Hip-Hip Master Teacher
The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA 2007
Yerba Beuna, San Francisco, CA 2007
Majestic Theater Gettysburg PA 2007
Wells Fargo Center Santa Ana CA 2007
Piedmont Virginia College, Piedmont VA 2007
University of Virginia 2007
Alabama Dance Council Birmingham AL 2006
Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia PA 2006
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ 2006
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 2006
Red Cat Theater LA 2006
Winston Salem State University 2006
City Parks Foundation New York NY 2006
Southeast Alabama Dance Company 2006
World Music Crash Arts Cambridge MA 2006
City Center St Louis, MO 2005
University at Buffalo Center for the Arts 2005
Kravis Performing Arts West Palm Beach Florida 2005
Queen Elizabeth Hall London England 2005
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 2005
University of North Carolina 2005
Dance & Theatrica Modena Italy 2005
Contemporary Dance Theater Inc, Cincinnati OH 2005
Moore Theater Seattle, WA 2005
Luther Burbank 2005
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 2005
Carver Community Center San Antonio, TX 2005
Sheppard College Virginia 2005
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 2005
Jarson-Kaplan Theater Cincinnati, OH 2005
Queen Elizabeth Theater London, England 2005
University of Illinois Urbana, IL 2005
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Santa Rosa CA 2005
Fort Wayne Dance Collective Fort Wayne, IN 2005
Dancing in the streets New York 2005
Kahilu Theatre Kamuela HI 2005
University Musical Society Ann Arbor MI 2005
First Works Providence RI 2005
Leeward Community College Pearl City HI 2005
New Jersey Performing Arts Center 2005
Scottsdale Center for the Arts Scottsdale AZ 2005
Seattle Theatre Group 2005
SodraTeatern Stockholm Sweden 2005
The Kennedy Center Washington DC 2005
Dianna Wortham Theatre Ashville NC 2005
Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Charlotte NC 2005
Georgia State University ATL 2005
Dance Theater of Lynchburg, Lynchburg VA 2005
Juan Rodriguez, LLC 2005
New Victory Theater 2004
Rhode Island College Providence RI 2004
UC Entertainment North ONT 2004
Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 2004
We Love Dance Festival Tokyo Japan 2004
McCarter Theater Princeton, NJ 2004
Colorado Springs Dance Theater 2004
Miami Light Project Miami FL 2004
University of Utah Salt Lake UT 2004
Lipman Hall Newark NJ 2004
Paramount Center for the Arts Peekskill NY 2004
Kyoto Art Theater Kyoto Japan 2004
Jacobs Pillow Becket MA 2003
Princess of Monaco Monte Carlo France 2003
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2003
Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, HI 2002
University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 2002
Oswego State University NY 2002
Allegheny College Erie PA 2002
Danse Centre Pierre-Peladeau Montreal 2002
Texas International Theatrical Arts Society 2002
University of Texas Austin 2002
Walton Arts Center Fayetteville AR 2002
Greenwood Cultural Center Tulsa Ok 2002
Cuyahoga Community College Cuyahoga, OH 2002
Steps Internationales Tanzfestival 2002
University of California Davis 2002
On the Green Omaha, Nebraska 2002
Hip hop Theater Festival NY 2002
Mann Center Philadelphia, PA 2002
Stern Grove Festival San Francisco, CA 2002
Jacobs Pillow Becket MA 2001
Holland Dance Festival Netherlands 2001
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ 2001
Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2001
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY 2001
Queen of England London, England 2001
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago IL 2001
Saddlers Wells Peacock Theater, London UK 2001
Lincoln Center Manhattan, New York 2001
Mondavi Center, Davis, CA 2001
California State University, Long Beach, CA 2001
University California, Riverside, CA 2001
University California, Santa Cruz, CA 2001
The Music Hall Portsmouth New Hampshire 2001
Miami Light Project, Miami Florida 2001
The Egg Albany New York 2001
University of Connecticut 2001
University of Hawaii Honolulu HI 2001
The Joyce Theater Manhattan NY 2001
Dance Place Washington DC 2001
World Financial Center Manhattan NY 2001
Florida Theater 2001
Lower Manhattan Cultural Center 2001
Het Muziek Theater Amsterdam 2001
Womad Seattle, WA 2001
President Bill Clinton-Washington, DC 2000
Wilma Theater Philadelphia, PA 2000
Dance Umbrella Boston MA 2000
The Hawaii Theater 2000
Wesleyan University 2000
Bucknell University 2000
Davidson University 2000
Ordway Center for the performing Arts 2000
Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 2000
Odunde African Festival 2000
Flynn Theater Burlington VT 2000
New Victory Theater Manhattan NY 1999
National African American Museum Wilberforce OH 1999
Spoleto Festival Italy 1999
International Children’s Festival Seattle, WA 1999
Cuyohoga Community College Cleveland, OH 1999
Kings Arts Complex Columbus OH 1999
Theater Artaud San Francisco CA 1999
Country School Madison CT 1999
Shoreline Alliance for Arts Guilford, CT 1999
Bern Miller Dance Theater, Beaufort, SC 1999
Summer Stage New York, NY 1999
University of Kentucky 1999
Springfield Museum of Art Columbus OH 1999
The Center of Contemporary Arts 1998
Sushi Performance & Visual Art San Diego CA 1998
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, DC 1998
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA 1998
P.S.122 Manhattan NY 1998
Cain Park Cleveland OH 1998
Tide Water Norfolk VA 1998
Bowling Green State University, BG OH 1998
Arts in Education Buffalo NY 1998
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY 1998
Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA 1998
Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA 1998
Parc De Lavalette France 1998
Columbia College, Chicago, IL 1998
Washington University St. Lois MO 1998
Teatro Comunale dell`OPERA di Genova Italy 1998
Nervi Festival Italy 1998
Arts Unlimited Boiling Green Ohio 1998
On the Boards Seattle WA 1998
Edinburgh Fringe Festival- Scotland 1998
Virginia Museum of Fine Art Richmond VA 1998
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 1997
Aaron Davis Hall Harlem NY 1997
Jacobs Pillow 1997
Next Move Festival 1997
Painted Bride Theater 5/Black Hand Side Philadelphia, PA 1996
Glouster College NJ 1996
Temple University Philadelphia, PA 1996
Brooklyn Academy of Music BK NY 1996
Black Choreographers Luckman Theater LA 1996
Institute for the Arts in Education Philadelphia, PA 1996
Lincoln Theater Washington DC 1996
Spoleto Festival SC 1996
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 1996
Minnesota Arts Alliance 1996
Allegheny College Meadville PA 1995
American Ballet Competition Philadelphia, PA 1995
Blacks in Dance Philadelphia PA 1995
Villanova University Villanova PA 1995
Keswick Theater Glenside PA 1995
Temple University Philadelphia, PA 1995
Caribbean Festival Philadelphia Pa 1995
Philadelphia Dance Projects 1994
City Dances Philadelphia, PA 1994
Festival of Four Worlds Philadelphia, PA 1994
Walt Whitman Cultural Center Camden NJ 1994
Third Avenue Performance Space Columbus OH 1994
Collaborations Inc, Philadelphia, PA 1994
Columbus Recreation & Parks Columbus OH 1994
Choreographic Works
Auburn University, Auburn, AL, DAunce7 "Discovery" 2009
WGBH Henry Becton Gala, Masterpiece Theatre Section 2008
“A Woman’s Inner City Blues”, Temple University Spring Concert 2008
Bolles High School, “B2TS”, Jacksonville, FL 2008
Broadway Production of “Hot Feet”, Assistant Choreographer 2006
“Morena”, Internacional de Danse, Trois Riveres, Canada 2004
Hip-Hop 101, “The Reggae Piece”, Dance Place, Washington, DC 1006
Uncle Sam, “Can you feel me”, (stage show), Stonecreek Boyz II Men Artist 1996
Choreographic Works/Commissions (assistant to Rennie Harris)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater “Love Stories” 2004
Pennsylvania Ballet, “Shut Up and Dance!” 1997
Vocal Performances
Duane Lee showcase, One-Man Show, Director/Producer/Performer, Philadelphia, PA 2007
Verve Release Party, London, England, Background Singer, Ovasoul7 2002
Ron Grant showcase, NELLS Nightclub, New York, NY 2000
Smirnoff showcase, Le Bar Bats Nightclub, Featured Artist, New York, NY 2000
Recording Artists
Earth, Wind & Fire Will Smith
Chaka Khan Ricky Martin
Kool & The Gang Uncle Sam / Boyz II Men
KRS-One
Industrials / Fashion Shows / Print
JC Penny Gymkin
Versace Smirnoff
Alpha Factor FUBU
KRS-One Nike
Absolut Vodka Reebok
Rocawear
Special Talents
Singing: Baritone/Tenor
Styles: R&B and Gospel
Dance: Popping, Locking, B-Boying,
Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Tap, Ballet,
African, Afro-Modern
Gymnastics: Jr. National Team member
Olympic Winter National Qualifier






Duane Lee Holland, Jr., AEA
Biography
Duane began his career as a gymnast as a member of the Jr. National Team. He competed in the 1991 Jr.
Pan-American Games, 1993 and 1994 Portugal Invitational, USA vs. Mexico dual and 1991 McDonald's
InternationalMixed Pairs. He also was an official demonstrator for USAIGC clinics and for the United States
President's Council of Physical Fitness.
Duane began his professional dance career at the age of 17, dancing for the first Hip-Hop theater dance company,
Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM). While performing with RHPM, he also taught at MIT, Stanford University,
Jacobs Pillow, University of Utah, UCLA, Monte Carlo Ballet Company, Pennsylvania Ballet Company,Philadanco,
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and Broadway Dance Center.
Duane has also had the privilege of working with other choreographers: Ronald K. Brown .Evidence, Garth Fagin
The Lion King (Original Broadway cast), Jeff Masted - A Few Good Men. He was also assistant choreographer and
assistant dance captain of Maurice Hines' Broadway production of "Hot Feet". He was also featured in Jerry
Mitchell's 2006 "Broadway Bares Aids Benefit New York Strip".
In 2007, Duane was installed as an adjunct faculty member of The Boyer College of Music & Dance at Temple
University, Philadelphia. In January 2008, he was honored to be named the Assistant Artistic Director to
RennieHarris Puremovement.
He is currently conducting community outreach programs within the suburban Philadelphia area as well as in
conjunction with select universities across the nation. In August 2009, he was installed as an adjunct faculty
memberof Ursinus College. He is currently in the studio, preparing for his future solo releases.