Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Choreographers

  • Artist Profile #5: Rachael McClellan Leonard (Port Orange, FL)

    Hometown: Greenfield, Massachusetts  Current city: Port Orange, Florida  Age: 36  When you first took a modern dance class: 12yrs  College and degree: University of Utah, BFA Modern Dance Graduate school and degree: Currently completing my MFA in  Choreography as the Howard Gilman Fellow at Jacksonville University's new low-residency MFA  program  Website: surfscapedance.org How you pay the bills: Co-Founder and…

  • Postscript: Further Discussion, Reflection, and Research Related to Melecio Estrella’s Artist Profile

    Photo Credit: Joe Goode Performance Group (RJ Muna) Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities. Further Questions: After reading the post…

  • Postscript: Further Discussion, Reflection, and Research Related to Katie Faulkner’s Artist Profile

    Photo: Alvaro Ponce   Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities. Further Questions: After reading the post about artist Katie Faulkner,…

  • Our First Artist Profile: Katie Faulkner (Oakland, CA)

    Katie Faulkner is a San Francisco Bay Area choreographer and teacher. It is an honor to have Katie write the first artist profile for the blog. Photo: Katie Faulkner  Hometown: Raleigh, NC Current city: Oakland, CA Age: 37 College and degree: Hampshire College, Theater & Playwrighting Graduate school and degree: Mills College, MFA in Dance…