Faculty Bio - June Mapp
June Mapp (she/her/hers)
Title: Adjunct Lecturer
Email: JMapp@qcc.cuny.edu
June Mapp teaches Latin Dance, Afro and Afro-Caribbean Dance, Jazz Dance and Yoga. Mapp was born on the Caribbean island of Barbados where she attended the Ballet Academy in Barbados. She immigrated to the United States and attended Queensborough Community College. She received a certificate in Dance from the Alvin Ailey School, a BA degree from Hunter College in Dance with a minor in Early Childhood Education and a Master’s degree in Special Education from Brooklyn College. Ms. Mapp is a New York State Licensed Teacher of Performing Arts and Modern Dance and a Special Education teacher. She has worked in several High Schools and has been an Adjunct Lecturer at QCC since 1993.
Ms. Mapp has choreographed for the QCC Dance Company, Bushwick High School, YECA Dance Group and the St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church ‘Vessels of Praise’ (McDonald’s Gospel Fest winners 2011). She co-founded Afro-Brazil Arts, an Afro/Brazilian/Caribbean arts company that has performed all over the tristate area in schools, colleges and nursing homes. June has worked with many groups, most notably’ Dance Brazil’ and ‘O Samba’ and has performed in England, Canada and Brazil. In the United States she has performed at venues such as Jacob’s Pillow, Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden and Symphony Space. June has done lecture demonstrations at Yale University, Princeton University and Dartmouth College as well as at various CUNY and SUNY campuses on Afro-dance in the Diaspora.