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Sharon C. Carelock’s artistic career began young as she danced, sang, and acted for grade school and youth group at church. These creative endeavors also included competing as a singles figure skater until the age of seventeen. Carelock knew that she wanted to pursue a professional career in the arts. With the encouragement and guidance from her family, she was able to apply to the right school to continue her education and fuel her passion.
She attended Emory University (Oxford College and Emory College) for her undergraduate degree, and focused her studies on dance, theater, and production design. During her time at Emory, she had the opportunity to go abroad to Oxford, England, where she ignited her passion for 20th century British theatre and Shakespeare. She also received a scholarship to the 2006 American Dance Festival. There, she worked as a stagecraft apprentice and assisted shows for Keigwin + Company, Pilobolus, and Ron K. Brown/EVIDENCE. Carelock’s double major in dance and theater gave her the opportunity to perform in Theater at Oxford’s The Dining Room (2005), Theater Emory’s Alcestis (2005), and several times with Emory Dance Company, all while maintaining her work study position as a theater technician.
Since graduating from Emory University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Carelock has choreographed for Moving in the Spirit in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as many solos and duets independently. Carelock was a freelance dance artist for Atlanta companies such as DENSE, Ground Delivery Dance Theater, Beacon Dance Company, and CORE Performance Company and for artists such as Ishmael Houston-Jones, Wayne Smith, David Dorfman, and Corian Ellisor.
Under the mentorship of Emory dance faculty, Greg Catellier, and BlackLight Productions, Andre Allen, Carelock continued to develop her skills in technical theater. She free-lanced as a stage manager, lighting designer, and technician for the Emory Dance Department, True Colors Theatre Company, Staibdance, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and advanced beginner group directed by David Neumann. In 2010, Carelock worked as a production assistant at Bates Dance Festival and assisted shows for Doug Varone, Monica Bill Barnes, and COCo Dance Theater.
These were fruitful years for Sharon, but she knew that continuing her education was necessary to further develop her voice as an artist. That is when she applied and was accepted to the Master in Fine Arts program at the Florida State University School of Dance. There, she has studied and performed with the prestigious faculty and notable guest artists, including Alex Ketley, Daniel Clifton, Rachel S. Hunter, Rodger Belman, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Carelock renewed her passion for singing by working on projects such as Emily Johnson’s most recent Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) R&D residency for the piece SHORE. With this experience and valuable mentorship from professor Anjali Austin, Carelock was able to combine song with dance to create unique movement and vocal works, such as, How He Went Home (2013) and Bardo (2014), and her thesis work [Contain(her)] (2015). Now that Sharon C. Carelock has received her Master in Fine Arts degree, she is ready to return to the field and share her voice with the world.
She attended Emory University (Oxford College and Emory College) for her undergraduate degree, and focused her studies on dance, theater, and production design. During her time at Emory, she had the opportunity to go abroad to Oxford, England, where she ignited her passion for 20th century British theatre and Shakespeare. She also received a scholarship to the 2006 American Dance Festival. There, she worked as a stagecraft apprentice and assisted shows for Keigwin + Company, Pilobolus, and Ron K. Brown/EVIDENCE. Carelock’s double major in dance and theater gave her the opportunity to perform in Theater at Oxford’s The Dining Room (2005), Theater Emory’s Alcestis (2005), and several times with Emory Dance Company, all while maintaining her work study position as a theater technician.
Since graduating from Emory University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Carelock has choreographed for Moving in the Spirit in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as many solos and duets independently. Carelock was a freelance dance artist for Atlanta companies such as DENSE, Ground Delivery Dance Theater, Beacon Dance Company, and CORE Performance Company and for artists such as Ishmael Houston-Jones, Wayne Smith, David Dorfman, and Corian Ellisor.
Under the mentorship of Emory dance faculty, Greg Catellier, and BlackLight Productions, Andre Allen, Carelock continued to develop her skills in technical theater. She free-lanced as a stage manager, lighting designer, and technician for the Emory Dance Department, True Colors Theatre Company, Staibdance, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and advanced beginner group directed by David Neumann. In 2010, Carelock worked as a production assistant at Bates Dance Festival and assisted shows for Doug Varone, Monica Bill Barnes, and COCo Dance Theater.
These were fruitful years for Sharon, but she knew that continuing her education was necessary to further develop her voice as an artist. That is when she applied and was accepted to the Master in Fine Arts program at the Florida State University School of Dance. There, she has studied and performed with the prestigious faculty and notable guest artists, including Alex Ketley, Daniel Clifton, Rachel S. Hunter, Rodger Belman, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Carelock renewed her passion for singing by working on projects such as Emily Johnson’s most recent Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) R&D residency for the piece SHORE. With this experience and valuable mentorship from professor Anjali Austin, Carelock was able to combine song with dance to create unique movement and vocal works, such as, How He Went Home (2013) and Bardo (2014), and her thesis work [Contain(her)] (2015). Now that Sharon C. Carelock has received her Master in Fine Arts degree, she is ready to return to the field and share her voice with the world.