Cera Byer - DanceVersity Faculty Alumna
Cera Byer has been studying dance, music, and theater since
the age of 4. Her dance experience includes Ballet, Tap,
Jazz, Modern, Afro-Haitian, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian,
Kathak of India, Dunham Technique, Salsa, Samba, Tribal
Bellydance, and classical and contemporary Persian dance.
Cera is the founder and Artistic Director of Damage Control
Theater, and has performed professionally with Shahrzad
Dance Company, PULSE Modern Dance Ensemble, Ultra Gypsy
Theater Company, Rara Tou Limen, as well as presenting her
solo choreography in festivals, concert stages, lecture
demonstrations, and private events across the Bay Area and
beyond.
Cera has been teaching dance and music to kids, teens, and
adults across the bay area for the past 4 years, and has
choreographed three full length Musical Theater productions
for teens with Kids Take The Stage. She has studied Creative
Movement with Luna Kids Dance program in Berkeley, as well
as Yoga, Pilates and Gyrotonic movement modalities.
Cera holds a BA in Dance (Performance and Choreography),
with an emphasis in World Music and Dance from San Francisco
State University, and is currently persuing an
Interdisciplinary MFA in Dance & Poetry at New College
of California. Her exhaustive, cross-genre approach to
art-making is a continual effort to communicate to all
senses utilizing words, movement, music, and design.
