Tiana Kaye Blair
Tiana Kaye Blair is a director, actor, educator, and culture worker based in the Dallas-Forth Worth metroplex. Blair is a member of Progress Theatre, an international touring ensemble committed to using art to encourage social consciousness, cross-community dialogue and cultural awareness amongst diverse audiences. She is an Artist in Residence at the Dallas Theater Center and a Professor of Practice of Acting and Movement at Southern Methodist University where she teaches a methodology called SoulWork. SoulWork is a comprehensive theater making methodology and pedagogy rooted in generations-old African American performance traditions and aesthetics. It is developed by Dr. Cristal Chanelle Truscott, founder of SoulWork Studio and Progress Theatre. This ensemble based method engages the artist’s cultural knowledge of self and community in efforts to inspire social consciousness with respect to artistic practice, performance, and curricula. Blair holds a Bachelors of Arts in Theater from Prairie View A&M University, a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from Southern Methodist University and is a Certified SoulWork Facilitator. |