Artemis Preeshl
NYC Dancer: Still Rush
Artemis Preeshl was dancing in New York City in the Mino Nicholas Dance Company when Maida, guest choreographer, created Still Rush. Artemis performed Still Rush at Dance Place in Washington, DC. Artemis was instrumental in hosting Maida Withers in a residency at Utah State University in Logan, Utah related to the Utah earth projects.
The bio below was taken from the internet in 2026.
Artemis Preeshl is the Director of Teaching, Innovation, and Research at Adams State University. A 4-time Fulbrighter, she has taught performance, communication, and ESL in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America and Elon U, Institute of Shipboard Education, Central U of Tamil Nadu, U of Madras, U of West Georgia, Iowa Central CC, Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam (Malaysia), Utah State U, & Loyola U New Orleans, where she was an Associate Professor for 5 years, with tenure. Routledge published Shakespeare and Commedia dell’arte: Play by Play (2017), Acting in the Digital Age (2019), and Consent in Shakespeare: What Women Do and Don’t Say and Do in Shakespeare’s Mediterranean Comedies and Origin Stories (2021). Consent in Shakespeare’s Classical Mediterranean: Women Speak Truth to Power is forthcoming. She presented papers on consent at World Shakespeare Congress, Shakespeare Association of America, Renaissance Society of America, American Boccaccio Association, Armenian Shakespeare Association, Renaissance Society of America, and Asian Shakespeare Association, and the Shakespeare Association of Korea. Delmas Foundation funded Eleonora Duse research at the Cini. She has directed 4 films: Pancha Ratna (Honorable Mention in Best World Cinema at Hollywood’s DIY Film Festival), Dr. Chevalier’s Lie, Inachevé, and Ripe Figs (Best Short at Raleigh Film Festival). Her performance in the film featuring her one-woman, Dead While I Was Alive, was awarded Best Drama at the Close Film Festival. A Distinguished Toastmaster and Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, The Voice and Speech Review published her canon of articles: “Gullah-Geechee Accents in English,” “Virtual Voice,” “Yat, Uptown, and Cajun Accents in English” and “American Elizabethan: Sea Island Residents Talk,” and “The Virtual Voice.” The Delmas Foundation funded her research on Eleonora Duse at the Cini, from which she presented “At First Blush: Eleonora Duse in Shakespeare” at the Asian Shakespeare Association. The American Boccaccio Association invited Dr. Preeshl to participate in its online seminars from 2020-2021 and its 2022 Paleography Seminar in Rome and Florence. In 2023-2024, Dr. Preeshl served as the Assistant Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Buena Vista University. From 2013-2023, she represented New Orleans as a Screen Actors Guild-AFTRA Local Board Member. MFA Drama MA Dance Ed.D. She is a member of the following unions and organizations SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the Alliance of Women Directors.