CARMEN DELAVALLADE has had a long career in many aspects of the theater.  As a dancer with some of the most prestigious choreographers, John Butler, Geoffrey Holder, Alvin Ailey, Jack Cole, Joe Layton, Donald McKayle and Zacary Solov to name a very few.  She has also enjoyed choreographing for the Metropolitan Opera and the Boston Opera’s production of “Die Soldaten,” and choreographed the world premier of “Sensemaya” for Arthur Mitchell’s Dance Theater of Harlem.  At the famed Yale Repertory Company, under the direction of Robert Brustien, Carmen was not only the choreographer, but one of its leading actresses and professors.  While at Yale she choreographed many of the productions including “The Seven Deadly Sins” and the highly acclaimed production of “Midsummer Nights Dream” in dual roles of choreographer and actress, portraying Titania.  For three years Carmen held the position of Director of Dance at Adelphi University, but is continuing her teaching in the department on a part time basis.  In 1994 she received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Boston Conservatory of Music.  Carmen can be seen in a cameo role in the John Sayle’s film “Lone Star.”