The Team

Rebecca Salzer

Rebecca Salzer

Director

Rebecca Salzer, Associate Professor of Dance, was appointed CARI Interim Director in August 2018 and Director in May 2019. Salzer is an intermedia dance artist and educator. Her work for the stage has been seen in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, where she directed Rebecca Salzer Dance Theater for a decade. A frequent collaborator herself, Salzer’s award-winning films and videos have been programmed in national and international venues and on public affiliate television stations KQED, KPBS, and WTTW. Salzer is a Jacob K. Javits Fellow. She holds a B.A. in Humanities from Yale University and an M.F.A. in Dance Theatre from the University of California, San Diego. Salzer also directs the NEH-funded Dancing Digital project (dancingdigital.org), a national effort to create more equitable, sustainable, and forward-thinking dance resources online.


Shannon McCue

Shannon McCue

Assistant Director

Shannon McCue began as Assistant Director of CARI in 2024. She is an arts administrator with experience in program design, grant-writing, and project management. Previously, Shannon served as Education Director for the Arts & Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa, where she managed all education programs, including the West Alabama Arts Education Collaborative, Poetry Out Loud, and a small grants program. She co-wrote a successful $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to start “The pARTners Project,” which brings together community members to determine the best path forward for local arts education. Shannon has held positions with the Alabama Blues Project and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New York City. She is a professional violist with degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Lawrence University, and regularly performs with several regional orchestras.