Brooke Kidd, Executive Director and Founder of World Arts Focus, negotiates all contracts, supervises program leadership, attends to final reporting requirements with Joe’s Movement Emporium program managers, and provides program leadership. Ms. Kidd is a dance artist, choreographer, and instructor. She received her B.A. in International Relations and Dance, Anthropology, and African Studies, and an M.A. in Dance with the thesis “Revitalizing Community through Dance” from American University. For more than 20 years Ms. Kidd has designed dance programs to engage community, produced large-scale performances, and presented work in the region. She received the Alan Kriegsman Award from Dance Metro DC for lifetime achievement and an Individual Artist Award in choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council. Most recently, Ms. Kidd was selected as the 2015 Maryland State Arts Advocate of the Year by Maryland Citizens for the Arts.