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     Veronica DeWitt grew up straddling the west between Sixes, Oregon and the surrounding areas of Austin, Texas.  As a child, she spent her hours in nature exploring imagination, dreaming of tv fame, and taking care of eldest born family duties.  As there were few resources for performance training, Veronica took advantage of what was available and was an active member of the Celtic step dance group and choir during elementary-high school (sprinkled with a little time doing color guard and cheerleading).   Dance (and music) became the vehicle for her discipline, activation, and soul expression when she made the pivotal decision to choose dance as the main focus of her life.  

     In 2003, she graduated from high school and began seriously training as a dancer for the first time.  By 2007, when she graduated BA in Dance as Outstanding Dance Major from the University of Oregon, Veronica had excelled through every placement level of ballet and modern and toured a season with UORDC, the department's repertory company.  

     Fueled with fire to perform and work as a professional dancer, Veronica landed her first dance job in Ashland, OR with Dancing People Company (2007-2015).  Under the artistic direction of Robin Stiehm, she flourished, dancing 25-30 hours a week aproximately seven months a year.  The company toured internationally (St. Petersburg, Russia) and domestically (Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis...), did six weeks of residency work in public education, and made an impact on the community through classes and collaborative performances.  During her time in Ashland, she also began training as an aerial dancer, beginning on low-flying trapeze then transitioning to include fabric and rope.  She began perfoming with the Curtain Climbers Aerial Dance Company in 2008/2009, as well as teaching and choreographing.

  Best not forget to mention, while Veronica was dancing and flying she was also writing, performing and touring orginal music with several bands (Lost Maven, Sugar & Glitter, Organik Time Machine). 

     In 2014, Veronica and Jana Meszaros went to Fresh Fest in San Fransisco and Vitamin D was born.  Both artists were freelancing at the time and also share the same home county: Curry County, Oregon.  Sharing simlar up bringings but defintiely different details to their stories, the two soon realized the potency of joining forces and spreading the message of Vitamin D.  Fortity, Fortify, Fortify.  

Vitamin Dance: get your daily dose.  

      After Fresh Fest, Veronica and Jana met up again at Breitenbush Hot Springs for the annual contact improvisation jam hosted by Joint Forces Dance Company (Alito Alessi and Sara Zolbrod).  Alito put the idea into their heads to go to Austin, Tx to do the month long DanceAbility Teacher Certification course.  Not only did the two attend the course, they also performed with Joint Forces Dance Company for 2015 summer season at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR as well as the Oregon Country Fair and the Hult Center in Eugene, OR.  In addition to this, Vitamin D also presented work several times in Eugene and produced the first ever Vitamin D inclusion event in Curry County.  

The rest is history...or herstory !!

      Veronica now lives in Austin, Texas working and volunterring as a freelance dance performer, choreographer, educator, and stage hand.  She is actively teaching DanceAbility classes, choreographing for VitaminD, and becoming involved in the Austin dance scene.

 

 

VERONICA DEWITT                               

"Medicine of the Butterfly" Choreographed and performed by Veronica DeWitt. Music: Alt.J.

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