https://www.tisiphanimayfield.com/mayfieldstatement daily 0.75 2018-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525833131813-IHHE1PS37YF1IX6FR0WB/Tisiphani+Movement-51-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-027.jpg Dance Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1523216574965-S56Q43FCSQDYSTKMM6EF/Tisiphani+Movement-11-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-067.jpg Dance Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525838319400-N03F9V3VBB3CU8B081C8/Tisiphani+Mayfield+Movement+shot+1.jpg Dance Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525831907028-SJK9C50VFTHOZ7CWTNI7/Tisiphani+Movement-30-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-048.jpg Dance Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525838266413-ZJ4OOOH5N7SVH6IE5JHW/Tisiphani+Movement-15-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-055.jpg Dance Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525838190963-ZMDP2CEH84C8Y5KRPGHH/Tisiphani+Movement-9-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-068.jpg Dance Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525838414481-4D4I2CPIO9BXO48MP37T/Tisiphani+Headshots-13-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-019.jpg Dance Photos https://www.tisiphanimayfield.com/matter daily 0.75 2018-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1523216862907-EPOQ4S2K96UBDGNJ1DUU/Tisiphani+Movement-24-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-054.jpg My background - About Tisiphani Tisiphani Mayfield is a seasoned performer, educator, journalist, student, mentor, coach and mother. Ms. Mayfield is in her final semester at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee earning her B.A. in Dance. She enjoys learning from all genres of dance but concentrates her studies in the African Diaspora. She has training in traditional West African and Afro-Caribbean dance styles. As well as training in Dunham, Horton, Lindy Hop, jazz, tap and hip-hop. She is blessed to have been able to perform all over the Continental United States, the Caribbean and China. The excitement, passion and love of her own culture brought Ms. Mayfield to Ko-Thi Dance Company where she moved from intern, to performer, to Assistant Artistic Director in the span of 2 years. Ms. Mayfield has been teaching dance for more than 20 years and choreographing for 10. Ms. Mayfield’s hard work is evident around the city of Milwaukee and in Florida where she obtained her first degree in Broadcast Journalism from Florida A&M University in 2004. Ms. Mayfield has worked with Mahogany Dance Theatre in Tallahassee, where she was the Rehearsal Director, and Milwaukee Bucks Energee! Dance Team where she was a Captain and Choreographer. Ms. Mayfield has also fused her training into a style affectionately named “Afro-Jazz” and collaborates with the Milwaukee Public School system to share her work throughout the city. She works as a Guest Artist for the intermediate and advanced students at Milwaukee High School of the Arts and has set work on their students for concerts. She is currently working to create a new dance curriculum at Lincoln Center of the Arts where she works in the after-school program as a cheerleading coach. Ms. Mayfield’s work ethic, and style can also be seen in her cheerleaders as they employ the stomp and shake style of cheerleading at their basketball games. Ms. Mayfield uses her knowledge of the Diaspora and polyrhythmic movements to set her team apart from all other teams in the city. Ms. Mayfield is also a Journalist working in television and radio for more than 13 years. She believes that dance and journalism go hand in hand. In both there is passion, fire and responsibility. Through her journalistic works Ms. Mayfield shares the stories commonly ignored in mainstream media. Expose corruption and wrongs that disproportionately affect communities of color. Revealing the beauty and goodness in the communities that have been written off as underprivileged and underserved.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1523216862907-EPOQ4S2K96UBDGNJ1DUU/Tisiphani+Movement-24-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-054.jpg My background - About Tisiphani Tisiphani Mayfield is a seasoned performer, educator, journalist, student, mentor, coach and mother. Ms. Mayfield is in her final semester at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee earning her B.A. in Dance. She enjoys learning from all genres of dance but concentrates her studies in the African Diaspora. She has training in traditional West African and Afro-Caribbean dance styles. As well as training in Dunham, Horton, Lindy Hop, jazz, tap and hip-hop. She is blessed to have been able to perform all over the Continental United States, the Caribbean and China. The excitement, passion and love of her own culture brought Ms. Mayfield to Ko-Thi Dance Company where she moved from intern, to performer, to Assistant Artistic Director in the span of 2 years. Ms. Mayfield has been teaching dance for more than 20 years and choreographing for 10. Ms. Mayfield’s hard work is evident around the city of Milwaukee and in Florida where she obtained her first degree in Broadcast Journalism from Florida A&M University in 2004. Ms. Mayfield has worked with Mahogany Dance Theatre in Tallahassee, where she was the Rehearsal Director, and Milwaukee Bucks Energee! Dance Team where she was a Captain and Choreographer. Ms. Mayfield has also fused her training into a style affectionately named “Afro-Jazz” and collaborates with the Milwaukee Public School system to share her work throughout the city. She works as a Guest Artist for the intermediate and advanced students at Milwaukee High School of the Arts and has set work on their students for concerts. She is currently working to create a new dance curriculum at Lincoln Center of the Arts where she works in the after-school program as a cheerleading coach. Ms. Mayfield’s work ethic, and style can also be seen in her cheerleaders as they employ the stomp and shake style of cheerleading at their basketball games. Ms. Mayfield uses her knowledge of the Diaspora and polyrhythmic movements to set her team apart from all other teams in the city. Ms. Mayfield is also a Journalist working in television and radio for more than 13 years. She believes that dance and journalism go hand in hand. In both there is passion, fire and responsibility. Through her journalistic works Ms. Mayfield shares the stories commonly ignored in mainstream media. Expose corruption and wrongs that disproportionately affect communities of color. Revealing the beauty and goodness in the communities that have been written off as underprivileged and underserved.   https://www.tisiphanimayfield.com/news daily 0.75 2026-02-12 https://www.tisiphanimayfield.com/news/2026/2/12/gate-56-mfa-thesis monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/d0cd24f7-8ff5-4135-838a-699771f6eb33/1.png News - Gate 56 - MFA Thesis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.tisiphanimayfield.com/news/2022/5/12/insite-dances-for-washington-park monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/6e43db2a-3459-40d6-8675-8a545aae4d71/IMG_2943.jpg News - InSite: Dances for Washington Park - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/50205504-7f11-46bc-a9de-650c790e45ec/IMG_2650.jpeg News - InSite: Dances for Washington Park - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.tisiphanimayfield.com/news/2018/4/8/restore-arts-festival monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://www.tisiphanimayfield.com/news/2018/4/8/joyus-justus-1 monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1523232019340-ZORXJXR1L27RCPOTULB4/Screenshot_20180221-223356.png News - JoyUs JustUs https://www.tisiphanimayfield.com/reels daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525837847396-POYNG8DZIJ06DMYF8W08/Tisiphani+Movement-43-ZF-10256-86203-1-001-035.jpg Choreography and Performances https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1774278179269-RV7RXQZ7CSJBBKYF2SD5/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - "Whispers of The Past" from "REVOLUTION" MHSA Dance Department '26 Winter Concert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1748012533447-0GHH34PZ0LPR6203RJ7W/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Hi(gh) John Hi(gh) John the Conqueror is a figure in African American folklore and sometimes seen as a deity in Hoodoo. Hoodoo is a closed spiritual practice of African Americans that came about during the enslavement of Black people. In this work High John the Conqueror is depicted as a liberator and a symbol of justice. Often portrayed as a trickster who uses his cleverness to beat his adversaries, particularly against the forces of oppression. This dance is a journey. My cast are students in the upper-level dance class at Milwaukee High School of the Arts. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/5acab033352f53a44ff5e3ac/5acac19ec4997b392ba8a2af/1774278350057/ Choreography and Performances - "A love story... and Beyond" I do not own the rights to this music. Ibeyi-No Man I set this piece was set on students at Milwaukee High School of the Arts for their student dance concert. The work told my grand parents love story and my search to find the same type of love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1722296764175-TZS4UXA6C1TN0MYE6L7F/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Look Again-Reel This dance carries forward questions of transition, the spirit plane, and what lies beyond. Mayfield reimagines site-specific dances from “Everyone is Welcome” performed at Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum for the proscenium. The Other Side is a journey into the afterlife. What happens when we leave this plane? How do we react on the other side? Will we know one another, or recognize loved ones? It’s a journey into the unknown. The joy and the confusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1722303908496-YU8M7EGXGKEWFTW0JRJQ/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Insite: Everyone is Welcome Site specific artistic work in collaboration with Wildspace Dance Company, Sabrina Lina Conchi, Alisha Jihn, Dijon Michelle Kirkland, Tisiphani Mayfield, Yeng Vang-Strath. Performed at Milwaukee's Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum. The works deal with life, death, and cycles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1722307514804-NXRRESWHE90I4V4Q69TV/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Beautiful Problems "Beautiful Problems" created by Tisiphani Mayfield for TBEY Arts Centers annual A Journey Through Dance Concert. These excerpts are from our final rehearsals before the final piece was performed at Uihlein Hall at Marcus Performing Arts Center. Created in collaboration with professional artists in Milwaukee Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1722303133041-NYYZ77QD2VPGBMXYQOZ0/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Crucify This dance was created for the beautiful dancers at Milwaukee High School of the Arts. These dancers were pushed to focus on finding the strength in the vulnerabilities. We worked together to create this wonderful work. They were also asked to bask in their greatness. Celebrate what makes them special and unique. Something black and brown women are often not allowed to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1722302847964-PL0UJB6SH6IQRMT0FHGB/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Healing Circles Purging and releasing. Taking our troubles to mother... Yemaya. Using dance and improvisation to compose dances around Milwaukee during Covid 2020. Dancers were invited to come out to the lake front to spontaneously compose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1523237278212-O8B9YVC07IS4WKRM2NF4/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - A Snippet of "A Love Story and Beyond..." I do not own the rights to this music. Ibeyi-No Man I set this piece was set on students at Milwaukee High School of the Arts for their student dance concert. The work told my grand parents love story and my search to find the same type of love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1523237629451-SVQUU9BF43WMEAPRTW17/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Mayfield at ACDA This is a work from ACDA in Madison Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525832639968-RAAIIO8JNEOIB10LKBQP/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Milwaukee high School of Arts Alumni class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1525832802465-IQ27K5E59DEWX5F7YPXI/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Histories for an Apocalypse | Maria Gillespie | Feb. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/1722305738337-E0PW361SY653CHVWZDJE/image-asset.jpeg Choreography and Performances - Insite: Dances for Washington Park InSite: Dances for Washington Park. This is an excerpt from "Libations". InSite was a site specific performance with Wildspace Dance Company at Milwaukee's Washington Park. 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During the enslavement era, African dances transformed into something unique to the enslaved Black/ African Americans. The movements began to intertwine with the movements of the captors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/5761a1a5-464c-48e1-bfe1-e19364f7d848/Minstrel+show2.png MFA Research Page - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/191ac3b2-7acd-44d7-aa33-d226e34f8790/minstrel+show+3.png MFA Research Page - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/921569bd-625a-4321-9df7-5d2aaff45c05/Katherine+dunham.png MFA Research Page - Make it stand out Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer and anthropologist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac967085cfd7949f068ef2e/54a53e1f-2ada-4b50-a7b6-2604358057f2/High+Yaller.png MFA Research Page - Make it stand out Description of how to do a Jazz dance in 1920s with zero Black representation. Black people are mentioned with phrases like "imitate a negro walk."