Candace Hundley-Kamate is the
Artistic Director of the The Seventh
Principle Performance Company, is a
multi-disciplinary artist and choreographer. Originally from Newport
News, Virginia,
she is currently a resident of South Orange, NJ. Mrs.
Hundley-Kamate earned a BFA in 1991 from Tyler School of Art /Temple
University, in Philadelphia, PA , and has been developing
her work in the visual arts and choreography since 1992. She is a
licensed instructor in Umfundalai, a contemporary African dance
technique and philosophy created by Dr. Karimu Welsh
Asante for professional dance training, pedagogy, and research.
She has also studied with artists such as Ron Brown, Kevin Jeff, Karen
Bamonte (Zero Moving Dance Co.), Peter McCoy
(Jubilation/Bejart), Craig' Spider' Moore, Mamadou Dahoue, and
Youssouf Koumbassa, among others. She has performed with Ariamu and
Company, Ibeji, African Art in Motion, New World
African Dance Theater, Urban Bushwomen, and the Arthur Hall
Reunion Ensemble. Her teaching credits include Columbia University in
NYC, Seton Hall University in NJ, University of
the Arts in PA, New Jersey City University, the Annenberg
Institute for Arts in Education in PA, Manhattanville College in NYC,
NJPAC Dance Academy in NJ, New York Sports Clubs,
and the Ailey School in NYC. She was a 1999 fellowship recipient
from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation in the interdisciplinary
category. Ms. Hundley-Kamate has been a guest artist
at CMDE since 2000, was Artist in Residence in 2002 through a
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Artists and Communities Grant, She and her
company use the CMDE studio for company rehearsals,
and continue to collaborate with the Center on various projects.
