Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Dance and Parenthood

  • Artist Profile #54: Graham Brown (Provo, UT)

    Hometown: Annapolis, MD Current city: Provo, UT Age: 34 College and degree: Univeristy of Utah, BFA in Modern Dance Graduate school and degree: University of Maryland, College Park; MFA in Dance (at age 33) Website:  www.grahambrown.org How you pay the bills: Assistant Professor of Dance at Brigham Young University All of the dance hats you…

  • Artist Profile #51: Jill Patterson (Lakeville, MN)

    Hometown: Apple Valley, MN Current city: Lakeville, MN Age: 38 Attended an arts high school? No, however I was fortunate in that my high school did have a dance program run by a former professional modern dancer. I was able to take a modern class each trimester of high school, and by my senior year…

  • Artist Profile #49: Alexandra Beller (New York, New York)

    Photo: Judy Stuart Boronson Hometown: New York, NY Current city: New York, NY Age: 41 College and degree: BFA University of Michigan Graduate school and degree: MFA University of WI at Milwaukee. I started at 32 and graduated at 33, 3 weeks before my due date for my first child. Website: www.alexandrabellerdances.org            How you pay the…

  • Artist Profile #45: Gigi Arrington (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Hometown: Provo, Utah Current city: Holladay (Salt Lake City), Utah Age: 57  Attended an arts high school?  Did not have the pleasure of attending an arts high school; however, I had the good fortune to have BYU literally across the street from my high school so I was allowed to attend upper level ballet classes at BYU concurrently.…

  • Artist Profile #41: Colleen Thomas (New York, NY)

    Hometown: Miami, Florida Current city: New York City Age: 45 Attended an arts high school? I attended PAVAC – Performing and Visual Arts Center. I went half day to my high school and half day to Miami Dade for PAVAC. This was before New World School of the Arts was founded. College and degree: SUNY Purchase and…