Veronica Bone
Arts Administrator Choreographer Teacher Dancer
BIO.
Veronica Bone, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a May 2018 graduate of Indiana University with a BFA in Contemporary Dance, an Arts Administration Certificate from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), and a General Honors Notation from Hutton Honors College. Throughout her years she has been able to study under companies such as Gallim, Keigwin and Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Company, and many others. Veronica also studied in Israel for a semester, where she took class every day from dancers in Batsheva and Vertigo Dance Company.
Veronica has received several awards for her performance and choreography such as; the Bonnie Ambury Performing Art’s Award, the Outstanding Interpretation Award for choreography in Indiana high schools, and the National Society of Arts and Letters Award for choreography.
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She started working in arts administration her freshmen year as the dance coordinator for Collins LLC, and has since served in roles for Cardinal Stage Company and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Veronica also has taught yoga at Twin Lakes Recreation Center and taught pre-professional dance classes at Hubbard Street and Windfall Dance Company.
For more information look at her arts administration resume.
Veronica is currently looking to work in arts administration with an organization that strives to bring a community closer together through arts, uses dance to help incite social change, provides equitable services, and represents a diverse community.
Artistic Statement.
Choreography is my preferred way to communicate and spread a message. A piece of choreography for me is a speech without the ‘ums’ and ‘ers’, or the initial obnoxious attempt to have my voice heard over the rest. It is fun and effective way to have people experience instead of telling.
As someone who is not incredibly talkative, I do love to find movement that is a conversation. This can be the way that two dancers listen and respond to each other, how one dancer’s quality of movement can affect how another dancer meets them. I want to physicalize the cause and effect that we see in our everyday life.
My choreography is a vehicle to spread messages. I use what is happening in the world for my inspiration, while avoid being vague. I am more interested in letting a specific example apply itself to life themes, rather than depicting a broad topic.
All this serious talk about life themes and current issues can take a toll on the tone of my choreography. I strive for my pieces to have moments of play and silliness. I want to give the viewer a reason to smile or even laugh, and the dancer an excuse to play.