Caleb Dowden is a choreographer, educator, and researcher from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2021, she graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase with her Bachelor of Fine Art degree in dance. As a 2021 recipient of a Fulbright Independent research award from the U.S. Department of State/ J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and a Fulbright Hay’s Fellowship with SUNY Purchase (July 2023), Caleb’s choreographic work and research has been presented and supported locally and internationally by the French Alliance of New Orleans, Le Centre ( Benin Republic), Borna Soglo gallery ( Benin Republic), University of New Orleans, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, International Dance Festival of New Orleans, The New Ohio Theatre , and the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University.  As the director of Dow-Dance Company, Caleb Dowden produces choreographic work at the intersection of African history and culture with a unique vision of (re)connecting the African Diaspora with the African continent.

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