DIANA MHOFFMASTER

Diana Hoffmaster was born in West Palm Beach Florida and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida in Dance Performance and her Masters of Fine Arts from Florida Atlantic University in Arts Administration. She was the co-founder of the The Dancers’ Space (TDS) in West Palm Beach Florida, the Grants Manager for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, and the Director of Grants and Development Operations for the American Dance Festival. Diana has choreographed many works that have been presented as part of The Dancers’ Space at the Duncan Theatre and Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in South Florida and is a recent recipient of the Artist Support Grant from The United Arts Council of
Raleigh and Wake County and  ADF’s Studio Subsidy Program.

Diana studied under the direction of Lynn Wimmer, Jeannie Travers, Michael Foley, John Parks, Demetrius Klein, Gerri Houlihan, Danny Buraczeski, and many others. She has attended the Limón Summer Intensive with Risa
Steinberg, the Malashock Dance School with John Malashock, and Prodanza Italia USA with Rose Trusendi in Castigliano, Italy. She also has had the great honor of performing Visions of Peace, by Jennie Travers in Paris France.

 

With a passion to create immersive dance experiences, Diana studied Lighting Design in graduate school and has designed lights for dance productions at the Centre for Dance and the Performing Arts in Oakland, FL, and for the Dances We Dance performances at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.

 

Diana continues to teach masterclasses after having taught consistently at various dance schools for the last 25 years. She has had the pleasure of teaching at Klein Dance, Hillsborough Community College, Florida Atlantic University, Centre for Dance & the Performing Arts, and Destiny Dance Institute.