Faculty

Temria holds an MFA in Dance from California State University Long Beach (2019), BFA in Dance from the University of Utah (2009). She’s the Artistic Director of Temria Dance Haus, owner of Movement 4 Therapy, where her time is dedicated to Alzheimer’s patients. She was the Artistic Director of Myriad Dance Company (2015-2017). Airmet performed professionally with Tipsy Point Projects, Brine Arts, Arts of Chaos, Transfusion Hype, and Voodoo Productions. She taught with Pasadena Dance Theatre, Oxnard College, Ballet West, Millennium Dance Complex, and University of Utah’s Tanner Dance. Airmet teaches with San Bernardino Valley College and Top-Billing Entertainment.

Maura Owens Townsend, M.F.A. is the Artistic Director of Project21 Performing Arts Consortium and studied dance at Inner City Cultural Center in Los Angeles. She received her BFA in Dance from United States International University in San Diego and her MFA in Dance from the University of California Irvine under the mentorship of Donald McKayle. Maura’s choreography is an eclectic blend of Horton influenced and contemporary Modern, Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz and West African dance. She is an alumnus of Lula Washington Dance Theater and has performed with such dance companies as Jazzantiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, Karen McDonald’s New Age Dance Workshop, Winifred R. Harris’ Between Lines and has performed with such productions as the Norwegian Caribbean Cruise Lines.