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biography

David Marchant is a Senior Lecturer, on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis since 1994, specializing in aesthetic theory, technique, composition and improvisation in the concert art of contemporary dance. He was a company member with the Utah Repertory Dance Theatre from 1989 to 1991.  David was a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship for excellence in choreography from 1991 to 1993, while earning a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Iowa.

David is the coordinator of the University College Somatic  Studies Certificate Program at Washington University, offering students a curriculum in experiential movement, complimented by theoretical knowledge from a wide variety of fields investigating the art, spirit, and science of human movement.

David is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and member of the
American Society of Alexander Teachers (AmSAT).   He maintains a professional private teaching practice, teaching individuals the methods of F. M. Alexander for re-patterning fundamental movement coordination and natural breathing.

David is Co-Artistic Director of Zo Motion Arts with partner Holly Seitz-Marchant, developing site-specific installations in natural environments, including tree-climbing as a dance form. In addition to his work as a choreographic artist, David is a recognized professional improvisational composer and performer, including contact improvisation.

Research Interests
David has developed a dance training method called “Quadruped,” which applies principles of the Alexander Technique and Dart Procedures to refine coordination, strength, flexibility, balance, and breath control in the dancer.

Additionally, Mr. Marchant investigates the relationship of visual and kinesthetic perception to the aesthetics of human motion, and is interested in perceptual psychology and phenomenology and their relevance to subjective experience and performance skill of dancing. 

<>And, for the past 3 years, David, along with collaborataor John Toenjes at the University of Illinois, is presently investigating computer mediated dance/music composition. We are not only interested in the ways in which computers offer new tools to make art work, but also as potential physical educational tools that develop movement skill and kinesthetic awareness through dynamic feedback. 




Teaching & Choreography

David is an active professional artist and teacher, performing and conducting master classes and residencies at universities throughout the United States and abroad.  He has been a guest at Movement Arts and Design in Europe (MADE) in France, Tsinghua University in Beijing China, Beijing Modern Dance Company, American Dance Festival, University of Iowa, University of Illinois, Chicago Academy of the Arts, Stephens College Winona State University, Purdue and University of Northern Colorado.  For a list of David's offerings for
master classes and guest residency activities click here.

David’s dances have been re-staged for Dance Repertory San Francisco, Suzanne Grace & Dancers, Chicago Academy of the Arts, and University of Iowa's touring company.  He has been commissioned to create new work for University of Northern Colorado, Atrek Dance Collective, Winona State University and Missouri Contemporary Ballet.  His choreography has been selected six times by a jury of professional peers for encore performances at the American College Dance Festival Regional Conferences, and the National Conference in 1996.

David is also a photographer, scuba diver, glider pilot, and rock climber.
 
press/reviews click here to for press excerpts of David's choreography
 


recent choreography/performances/teaching

In the fall of 2006, John Toenjes and I premiered our interactive music/dance work, Leonardos Chimes, first at Washington Unversity in September, and then at University of Illinois in November.  This work is exciting because it utilizes computers and motion tracking to enable the dancer to spontaneously compose the music by dancing.
In April 2007, John and I also traveled to Duke University for the first conference of HASTAC,Humanities, Arts, Science, Technology, Advanced Collaboratory.  At the conference we presented a paper about the work and its implications as a unique kind of computer interface; one that requires the user to move with full-body range and dynamics.

In January of 2007,  I taught a series of masterclasses at Purdue University,  in Quadruped, composition and improvisation.  It was brief, but intense and the students and faculty were great to spend time with and share ideas.

Also in April 2007, my wife Holly and I collaborated a new commission for the Missouri Contemporary Ballet Company in Columbia, Missouri.  This was an invigorating project for me as it was the first pointe piece I have ever made.  The result was a contemporary pas de deux.

In July, 2007, I was in Beijing, China working at Tsinghua University English Immersion Summer Camp.  Though this was not a specifically dance teaching opportunity, I was  lecturing on dance as art and entertainment in American Culture to Chinese college students.

While in Beijing, I connected with Beijing Modern Dance Company and taught a half-day workshop, company class on Quadruped.  This was a new idea to them--that beautiful dancing could be initiated from mechanical principles (anatomy and physics), instead of from traditional aesthetic, design intentions.  One company member expressed appreciation that whereas many teacher/choreographers say that we should move differently than the traditional technique, this technique began from a completely different premise to begin with. 

In October 2007, I was at the University of Northern Colorado, restaging "Nos In Unum" and teaching master classes in Quadruped.  The students were very open and eager and I had a great time working with my cast and teaching.

In November I was invited to London for for the London Consortium conference, "Take a Deep Breath" at the Tate Modern where I performed the solo "December" and gave a talk titled:
Respiration: Visible/Invisible
A performance and discussion of the experience of audience participation & induced collective, sympathetic breathing during a theatrical artistic dance.
It was a really increadible conference, with many exciting and invigorating presentations on the topic of human breathing from a wide variety of disciplines.  For my part, I got really useful feedback on my work, and learned that audience participation/perception interactive experiences can be profound for viewers.  I find that this active, perceptual viewer participation produces a more immediate, personal, and visceral involvement.  I am intrigued to continue creating more of this kind of work, mediating experiences of active witnessing.

In December I premiered Acid Jazz, a new dance for students of Washington University for our annual concert in edison theatre.  It is an experiement I call "jazz minimalism" exploring the jazz dance vocabulary in a minimalist compositional form.

Saturday February 9th at 8pm Holly and I premiered a new duet for
"Duets for my Valentine" at the Roberts Orpheum Theatre in St. Louis.  Also at this event Missouri Contemporary Ballet Performed the St. Louis premier of Much That Will Be Remembered is Now Presently Forgotten, choroegraphed by Holly and I last year.

February 2008,  I was in residence at Scripps College and Pomona College in California, teaching Quadruped.  I also gave a Lecture/Demonstration entitled "Practicing Presence" and staged a structured improvisation on the students. 

February 2008, John Toenjes and I performed Leonardo's Chimes at the
SPARK Festival in Minneapolis.

March 2008, I was at American College Dance Conference in Kansas, where I led a discussion called "Speaking of Dance: the Language we Teach With" and also a Master Class of "Quadruped." 

March 19th I gave a Lecture to the Washigton University community called "Mind in the Matter: Movement as a Mode of Intelligent Thought."  In this presentation I spoke of  movement as a way of thinking, researching, learning and understanding.  In particular, I presented movement material from my research on Quadrupedal movement as a feedback for neuromuscular coordination.

March 29 was invited by Edison Theatre to give a pre-show talk for the Susan Marshall performance of "Cloudless," Susan's most recent collaborative-process art work.  Keith Sawyer, Author of "Group Genius", Jerry McAdam and I had a conversation about improvisation, and collaborative processes as an ideal means to creativity and problem solving, whether in art work, or business.

March 30, Washington University faculty Bill Whitaker invited me to participate in a one-day workshop at the Washington University Olin School of Business speaking and workshoping skills for public speaking.  Bill taught techniques from acting and I spoke and offered movement activities on the subject of "embodied communication" and the use of movement in good speaking.

April 19th, Holly and I as ZO /\/\otion /\rts gave a premier performance called
Moving Landscapes at our home in Innsbrook Missouri.  The event was comprised of a series of site specific installations of movement artwork sitated in natural landscapes.  The work included several dances in which we climb a tree, tracing the pathway of its growth.

In May and June 2008, I was on the faculty of the new Wash U study abroad program,
MADE in France, in Paris and Burgundy.  Holly came along with me, and it was an invigorating time for us, learning and deepening our processes of interacting with objects and environments in movement.

In July 2008, John Toenjes and I presented an evening length interactive music/dance performance at the Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, including Leonardo's Chimes and 2 new interactive works, "Songs of the Elastic Halloon," and "Soundwave Surfing."
All of these works use computers to turn space into an interactive sonic and visual landscape. Put simply, we make music and visual art through danced movement.  It is an exciting frontier for us, seemlessly integrating movement, visual art and music.

Coming up...

September 4-6, I will perform December, my audience participation breath solo at
Dance Close-up, Washington University dance faculty showcase concert.

In the fall, I will be coordinator of the new Somatic Studies Certificate Program in University College, Washington University's continuing education school.  It comprises coursework that is primarily experiential, movement oriented in nature. The program launches with a new course I will facilitate called Introduction to Somatic with 15 guest lecturers and teachers, covering topics related to the body, from Yoga and the Alexander technique, to Evolution, and anthropology.

And I will project manage the Liz Lerman residency, focussing efforts to use dance as a means to engage community on the subject of the immigrant experience, culminating in a performance opportunity, open to all people in st. louis, in Washington University Dance Theatre, December 5-7.







davidmarchant
Curriculum Vitae 1988-2007
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EDUCATION

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
M.F.A. in Dance with an emphasis in choreography, 1993

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
B.S. in Psychology, with Honors, 1988

St. Louis Center for the Alexander Technique, St. Louis, MO
American Society of Alexander Teachers Certification, 2004

TEACHING  EXPERIENCE

Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Senior Lecturer 2006-present
Coordinator  Somatic Studies Certificiate Program 2007
Interim Coordinator of the Dance Division, Performing Arts Department, 2007
Senior Artist in Residence 2000-2005
Artist in Residence 1994-2005


Courses taught: Introduction to Dance as a Contemporary Art Form: 106;
Theory & Technique of Modern Dance: 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402;
Dance Composition: 208, 303; Improvisation Composition: 232; Contact Improvisation: 212; Improvisation: 213; MindBody/Integral Practices: 332
 
Alexander Technique Private Teaching Practice, St. Louis, MO (2004-present)
AmSAT Certified Alexander Instructor, teaching private lessons to St. Louis community

Center Of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO (1995-2002)
Part-time Faculty, advanced modern dance technique; summer improvisation workshops; choreography guest teacher

Atrek Dance Company, St. Louis, MO (2000-2005)
Faculty, Impulse Improvisational Dance Festival, 2003-2005; Choreographer’s Workshop, 2004; Improvisation Intensive 2000-2002

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (1993)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, beginning modern dance technique

Joel Hall Dance Studios, Chicago, IL (1993)
Part-time Faculty, advanced modern technique

Arts in Education Outreach Program, Iowa City, IA (1992-1993)
Touring Teacher/Artist, teaching dance to children in Iowa, K-6


RESIDENCIES

MADE in France (2008)
Faculty for six-week Washington University Summer Abroad program
Paris, Melisey, France

Scripps College and Pomona College, Claremont CA (2008)

five-day Guest Artist Residency

University of Northern Colorado, Greely, CO (2007)
five-day Guest Artist Residency

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2007)
Three-day Guest Artist Residency

Winona State University, Winona, MN (2002)
One-week Guest Artist Residency

Wild Space Dance Company, Milwaukee, WI (2000)
One-week Summer Workshop Faculty

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (1999)
One-week Guest Artist Residency

American Dance Festival (ADF), Durham, NC (1998)
Three-day Dance Professionals Workshop Faculty

Chicago Academy of the Arts, Chicago, IL (1998)
One-week Guest Artist Residency

School of the St. Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO (1997-1998)
Two-week Guest Artist Residency

Stephens College, Columbia, MO (1996)
One-week Guest Artist Residency

Jacques D’Amboise Summer Dance Program Residency, Iowa City, IA (1992)
Three-week Teaching assistant


MASTER CLASSES  

American College Dance Festival Regional Conference (2008)
Master Class on Quadruped.  "Speaking of Dance: The Language We Teach With" a discussion of what words mean to our movement.

Beijing Modern Dance Company (2007)
Taught company class/ half day workshop on "Quadruped"

University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO (2007)
Intermediate Modern Dance Technique, "Quadruped"

Atrek Dance Collective, Impulse Summer Intensive, St. Louis, MO (2007)
Advanced Modern Dance Technique

American College Dance Festival Regional Conference (1995-2006)
Modern Dance Technique, Contact Improvisation, Vision Techniques, Alexander Techinque, Quadruped.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (2005-2006)
Improvisation for technique class, Modern & Ballet

Center Of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO (2005-2006)
Advanced Modern Dance Technique, Composition, Improvisation

Saint Louis University, Theatre Department, St. Louis, MO (2006)
Alexander Technique

Innsbrook Institute, Innsbrook, MO (2003)
Alexander Technique

Lou Conte Studios, Chicago, IL (1999)
Advanced Modern Dance

National American College Dance Festival, Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington D.C. (1996)
Modern Dance Warm-up Class



IMPROVISATIONAL COMPOSITION & PERFORMANCE

Zo Motion Arts, (2005-present)
dance installations in natural settings; collaboration with co-artist
Holly Seitz-Marchant

Practicing Presence (2008)
a demonstration of mindfull techniques in improvisational performance
Pomona College, Claremont CA

Contemporary Art Museum, (2007)

Improvisation event with Holly Seitz-Marchant, St. Louis, MO

Tree Dance  (2006)
climbing a tree as performance art, University of Illinois,
    Urbana-Champaign, IL

Leonardo’s Chimes, (2006)
computer mediated dance/music collaboration
with John Tonejes, Krannert Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Improvisation duet, (2006)
with Washington University “Marcus Residency” guest artist, Michelle Yang, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO


Knowing That We Don’t Know, (2005)
improvisation with Holly Seitz, Impulse Dance Festival, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO

Tree Dance, (2005)
climbing a tree as performance art American College Dance Festival, Central Regional Conference Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Autumn Leaving, (2005)
 improvisation collaboration with Holly Seitz, commissioned
 by Atrek Dance Collective, Emerson Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Impulse Dance Festival, (2004)
Faculty Showcase, Emerson Theatre, St. Louis

Contemporary Art Museum, (2004)
Improvisation Event, St. Louis, MO

Dancing Low, (2004)
improvisation solo, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO

Look What Just Popped Up!, (2003)
an evening of improvisations with
Chris Aiken and David Marchant, Krannert Center for the Arts, Urbana- Champaign, IL

Within Us, (2003)
improvisation/choreography “hybrid,” Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis,
MO
Re-staged for American College Dance Festival Great Lakes Regional Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI in spring (2004)

Slow, (2003)
improvisation solo, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO
    Re-staged for Hospice of Joliet charity fundraiser event, Joliet, IL

You know what they say…  (2003)
improvisation trio,  with Dawn Karlovsky and Mary
Ann Rund, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO

Quartet for two, (2003)
improvisation duet with Dawn Karlovsky commissioned by
Innsbrook Summer Institute, performed with Ariana String Quartet, Innsbrook, MO

Two; by myself, with you; Together, (2003)  
Improvisation duet with Dawn Karlovsky, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO

Naked 3: still naked, (2002)
Atrek Dance Company, an evening of improvisations with Chris Aiken, Angela Culbertson,  and David Marchant.  Mertz Dance Studio, St. Louis

It sang a long time ago, (2002)
improv/choreography “hybrid” for Julie Alexander, Senior Honors project, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Silver Clouds, (2001)
commissioned improvisation event with Andy Warhol installation at Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Naked: another evening of Improvisations, (2001)
Atrek Dance Company, with guest Andrew de la Harwood, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Decadance, (2000)
Atrek Contemporary Dance Company 10th Anniversary Season, Grandell Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Without a Net, (2000)
improvisational composition for Washington University students.  Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Naked: an evening of Improvisational structures, (2000)
Collaboration with Angela Culbertson and Atrek Dance Company.  Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO

The Flying Man's Falling Thoughts, (1999)
collaborated concert-length work with Carrie Hanson, Anthony Gongora, Atalee Judy, Doug Stapelton, Louise Cloutier, Including solo improvisation. Athanaeum Theatre, Chicago, IL

Velvet Lullaby, (1998)
Improvisation solo, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO

If I Close My Eyes, (1996)
Improvisation solo, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO

Life Boat  Dance, (1995)
Improvisation duet, with Angel Mendez, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO
    Re-staged at Cunningham Studio, New York City, NY 1997
    Re-staged for Doorways charity fundraiser concert, 1997
Re-staged with Angela Culbertson for Decadance, Atrek Dance Company 10th Anniversary Season, Grandell Theatre, St. Louis, MO in 2000
    Re-staged with Wynn Fricke at Winona State University in 2002


 CHOREOGRAPHY

The Kiss (2008) 
Collaborated and performed with Holly Seitz Marchant
Roberts Orpheum Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Acid Jazz (2007)  
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Much That Will Be Remembered is Presently Forgotten, (2007)
Commissioned by Missouri Contemporary Ballet
Columbia, MO

Belladonna Divertimento, (2006)  

Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Will be re-staged American College Dance Festival Regional Conference, Friends University, Wichita, KS (2007)

Forever Taking Leave, (2005)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis St. Louis, MO
Re-staged American College Dance Festival Regional Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2006)

9.8m/sec2, (2004)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO  
Re-staged American College Dance Festival Central Regional Conference, “Best of Festival Gala Concert,” Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO (2005)

Herky Jerky…  (2004)
collaboration with Holly Seitz, commissioned by Atrek Dance Collective,
St. Louis, MO

Mermaid Minuet, (2004)
commissioned by Atrek Dance Collective, St. Louis, MO  

Here Now, With You, (2004)
collaborated with Holly Seitz, commissioned by Dance St. Louis, for
“Contemporary Moves Festival, 2004,” Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO Re-staged Innsbrook Institute Summer Music Festival, Innsbrook, MO (2004)

Spill, (2004)
collaborated with Holly Seitz, Commissioned for “Faculty And Friends Concert,” University of Missouri St. Louis, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO

Six Things, (2004)
choreographed for Rachel Morrison for her Washington University Senior Project, St. Louis, MO

Lightly Seasoned, (2002)
commissioned by Winona State University Winona, MN

Shallow Water, (2001)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO
This work included an original video art work I filmed and produced

December, (2000)
commissioned for Decadance: Atrek Dance Company 10th Anniversary
Season.  Grandell Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Re-staged American College Dance Festival, Great Lakes Regional Conference, University of Illinois, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana-Champaign, IL  (2001)
Re-staged “Faculty and Friends Concert,” University of Missouri St. Louis, Touhill Center for the Performing Arts, St. Louis, MO (2004)
Re-staged for "Take a Deep Breath" conference held by London Consortium at the TATE Modern Museum, London (2007)

Right Through You, (2000)
collaborated with Angela Culbertson Dance Close-up Alumni Concert,
Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Ephemeral Forms, (2000)
Washington University, St. Louis.
Re-staged for American College Dance Festival Central Regional Conference, Informal Concert, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

The Coloring Book, (1999)
Solo, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO

Nos In Unum, (1998)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Re-staged American College Dance Festival Southwest Regional Conference, University of California (1999)
Re-staged Chicago Academy of the Arts, Chicago, IL (1999)

Mrs. Johnson Regrets, (1998)
collaborated with Carrie Hanson Choreographers Showcase, Athenaeum
Theatre, Chicago, IL

Bare Bones, (1998)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Re-staged American College Dance Festival, Informal Concert, Ohio State University, Columbus OH (1998)
Re-staged Marchant Danceworks, solo concert, St. Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO (1998)

Hesitation, (1998)
collaborated with Suyenne Simoes St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

I’m Sure We Can Find A Use You Somewhere..., (1998)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Losing History, (1997)
Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO
    Re-staged at Cunningham Studio, New York City, NY (1998)

When a Tree Falls, (1997)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

One Second Before Time, (1996)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Re-staged National American College Dance Festival, Kennedy Center, D.C.,  (1996)
Re-staged American College Dance Festival Northwest Regional Conference “Best of Festival Gala Concert,” University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (1996)
Re-staged St. Louis Dance Festival, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO (1996)
Re-staged Dance Repertory San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, (1997)

Knot So Tight, (1996)
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Bittersuite, (1995)
commissioned by Susan Grace and Dancers, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Just Before Waking, (1994)  
Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO  
Re-staged American College Dance Festival Central Regional Conference “Best of Festival Gala Concert,” University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (1995)
Re-staged for St. Louis Dance Festival, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO (1995)

Men Under Water, (1993)
Evening-length M.F.A Thesis concert, University of Iowa, Space Place
Theatre, Iowa City, IA

Unbalance--a dance for two, (1992)
evening length work collaborated with Beth Corning,
Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA

Quotidian, (1992)
University of Iowa, Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA
Re-staged American College Dance Festival Central Regional Conference, “Best of Festival Gala Concert,” University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (1993)
Re-staged Susan Grace and Dancers, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO (1995)

Crossing the Danube, (1992)
Space Place Theatre, Iowa City, IA
    Re-staged Danceworks, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (1998)

We are all naked under our clothes, (1991)
Space Place Theatre, Iowa City, IA
Re-staged “Best of Festival Gala Concert,” American College Dance Festival Great Lakes Regional Conference St. Cloud, MN (1992)
    Re-staged Marchant Danceworks, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (1998)

"And the evening and the morning were the sixth day" , (1991)
Salt Lake City, UT

Pomp and Circumstance, (1991)
commissioned by Murray Dance Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Of Love and Lust...but mostly lust, (1989)
Space Place Theatre, Iowa City, IA
Re-staged Dancers In Company, University of Iowa touring repertory company, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (1991)


 PERFORMANCE

Moving Landscapes (2008)
outdoor, site-specific concert. Innsbrook, MO

Pomona College (2008)
Claremont CA

Spark Festival (2008)
Minneapolis, MN

Duets For My Valentine (2008)
Roberts Orpheum Theatre, St. Louis, MO

November Playhouse Dance Concert, (2006)

 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana-Champaign, IL

David Berkey Retrospective Concert, (2006)
Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA  

Impulse Dance Festival, (2005)
Faculty Showcase, Mertz Studio, St. Louis, MO  

Atrek Dance Collective, (2005)
Emerson Theatre, St. Louis, MO  

Tree Dance, (2005)
world premiere event, American College Dance Festival  Regional Conference,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO  

Impulse Dance Festival, (2004)
Faculty Showcase, Emerson Theatre, St. Louis  

Contemporary Art Museum, (2004)
Improvisation Event, St. Louis, MO  

Atrek Dance Collective, (2004)
Spring Concert, St. Louis, MO  

Faculty and Friends Concert, (2004)
University of Missouri, St. Louis, Touhill Performing Arts Center,
St. Louis, MO  

Contemporary Moves, Dance St. Louis, (2004)
Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO  

Artist's Voice Series, (2003)
performance with Ariana String Quartet,  Innsbrook Summer Music
Institute, Innsbrook, MO  

Look What Just Popped Up! (2003)
an evening of improvisations with Chris Aiken and David Marchant,
Krannert Center for the Arts, Urbana- Champaign, IL  

Atrek Dance Company, (2003)
Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO  

Winona State University Lecture Series, (2002)
solo concert, Winona MN  

Naked 3: still naked, (2002)
evening of improvisations with Chris Aiken, Angela Culbertson, and
David Marchant.  Mertz Dance Studio, St. Louis, MO

Silver Clouds, (2001)
commissioned improvisation event with Andy Warhol installation at Museum
of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO  

Naked: another evening of Improvisations, (2001)  
Atrek Dance Company, with guest Andrew de la Harwood,  Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO

December (2001)
American College Dance Festival, Regional Conference, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana-Champaign, IL  

Decadance: Atrek Dance Company 10th Anniversary Season, (2000)    
 Grandell Theatre, St. Louis, MO
 
Naked: an evening of Improvisational Structures, (2000)
Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO  

The Falling Man's Flying Thoughts. (2000)
Athanaeum Theatre, Chicago, IL  

Arts Midwest Conference Showcase, (1999)
Kansas City, KA  

Dance Conduit, (1999)
St. Louis choreography showcase, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis MO  

Choreographers Showcase, (1998)
Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago, IL  

Marchant Danceworks, (1998)
Concert of Solos and Duets, presented by Atrek Dance Co., St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO  

Dance Close-up, (1995-2006)
Washington University Bi-annual Faculty Concerts, Mertz Studio,
St. Louis, MO

Cunningham Studio, (1997)
Guest performance, New York City, NY  

Susanne Grace And Dancers, (1995)
Guest Performer/Artist Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO  

Romeo and Juliet, (1993)
Indianapolis Ballet, Guest Performer/choreographer, Indianapolis, IN  

Unbalance--a dance for two, (1992)
Evening-length work collaborated and performed with Beth
Corning, Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA  

Corning Dances & Co., (1991-1993)
company member, Iowa City, IA  

Men Under Water, (1991)
M.F.A Thesis Concert, Space Place Theatre, Iowa City, IA  

American College Dance Festival, (1991)
Central Regional Conference  “Best of Festival Gala Concert,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA  

Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre, (1989-1991)
company member Salt Lake City, UT  

Lake Erie Ballet, (1990)
Guest Soloist Erie, PA  

Lucinda Childs, (1989)
Sundance Institute Dance Video Lab, Guest Performer, Sundance, UT  


RESEARCH/CONFERENCES/LECTURES/PUBLICATION

Susan Marshall Pre-Performance Presentation
Invited Panelist, along with Keith Sawyer, Author of Group Genius discussing the collaborative process as an ideal means to creative product.
Edison Theatre, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2008)

Mind in the Matter: Movement as a Mode of Intelligent Thought
A Lecture and Demonstration of Quadrupedal movement as feedback for motor coordination and control.  Presented by the Performing Arts Department of Washington University (2008)

Practicing Presence
A Lecture and Demonstration of techniques for applying mental intention as movement.
Pomona College, Claremont, CA (2008)

Speaking of Dance: The Language We Teach With
A discussion of the effects of the use of words in teaching dance
American College Dance Conference.  Wichita, KS (2008)

Respiration: Visible/Invisible

A performance and discussion of the experience of audience participation & induced collective, sympathetic breathing during a theatrical artistic dance.
Invited Presenter at the "Take a Deep Breath" Conference, hosted by the London Consortium and the Tate Modern Art Museum, London, UK.

Time and Traditions: A panel discussion of how different faiths, cultural traditions, and academic disciplines conceptualize and interact with time. (2007)
    Invited panelist, Washington University, St. Louis.

Dance as Art & Entertainment in America (2007)
Invited speaker at Tsinghua University, Beijing China

Finding Humanity Within the Machine: Large Motor Movement Computer Interfacing as an Artistic Mindbody Integrative Practice  (2007)
paper presented, published proceedings for HASTAC conference, Duke University

The Movement Movement (2005-present)

research and writing towards a book on the subject of aesthetic movement in everyday living.

Quadruped, (2003-present)
research and development of a movement technique/teaching method based on
application of principles from the Alexander Technique and Dart Procedures.

The Significance of Skilled Movement in Self Perception: A Phenomenological Approach
to Dancing, (2003)
presented at Washington University Philosophy, Neuroscience & Psychology conference on "Self", St. Louis, MO

What is Technique? (2003)
moderator for panel discussion on dance training methods.  American
College Dance Festival, Central Regional Conference, University of Northern Iowa.  

Finding Balance,  (2002)
Invited lecture to Washington University students on maintaining mental and physical health under stressful conditions. For Heath and Wellness Promotion program, Washington University, St. Louis, MO  

Skin: The open barrier,  (2002)
invited lecture at Winona State University Lecture Series and
invited lecture at First Unitarian Church, St. Louis, MO  

Practicing Conscious Wholeness, (2002)
invited lecture at First Unitarian Church, St. Louis
invited lecture at Emerson Unitarian Church, St. Louis, MO  

A Body Knows, (2000)
invited lecture at First Unitarian Church, St. Louis, MO  

Vision & Dance: An investigation of the effects of visual perception on the sensation
and expression of human motion, with extended focal techniques for the dancer, (1997)  presented at American College Dance Festival, Regional Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA  


 ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Certified Alexander Technique Teacher
Teaching Member of the American Society of Alexander Teachers (AmSAT), New York City, NY  (2004-present)

Young Choreographers Showcase
Artistic Director of student concert at Washington University, St. Louis, MO  (2004-2008)

Scenic Design Search Committee
Washington University Performing Arts Department, St. Louis, MO (2006-present)

Lighting Design/Production Manager Search Committee
Washington University Performing Arts Department, St. Louis, MO (2006-present)

Faculty Associate
residential life program at Washington University fostering integrated learning/living environment with a freshman resident hall  (2006-present)

Academic Advising
    Departmental majors and minors (1995-present)

Senior Thesis Committee
    Committee chair and member, various senior honors theses, (1998-present)

Zo Motion Arts
Co-Artistic Director, with Holly Seitz-Marchant. A dance project developing performance installations in natural settings, St. Louis, MO  (2003-present)

Schechter Alexander Fund Committee
Committee to oversee distribution of funding to students to study the Alexander Technique.  Washington University, St. Louis, MO  (2004)
    
Working Group: Committee of the Health And Wellness Promotion Program
Washington University, St. Louis, MO  (2001-2005)

Atrek Dance Collective
Artistic Advisor, St. Louis, MO  (2003-2005)

Illinois Arts Council  
grant panelist for distribution of awards to individual dance artists in the state of Illinois, Chicago, IL  (2003)

Atrek Dance Company
Associate Artist, St. Louis, MO  (1999-2002)

Production Committee
Washington University, Performing Arts Department, St. Louis, MO (2001)

Stephens College
Spring Concert, Guest Adjudicator, Columbia, MO  (2000)

Arts In Education
Outreach with Atrek Dance Company, St. Louis, MO  (2000)

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
External peer reviewer of choreography by full-time dance faculty of, Edwardsville, IL  (1997)


 HONORS

Choreography selected to represent Washington University at American College Dance Festival
Central Regional Conference, Friends University, Wichita, KS (2007)

Choreography selected to represent Washington University at American College Dance Festival
Great Lakes Regional Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH  (2006)

Choreography selected to represent Washington University at American College Dance Festival
Central Regional Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO  (2005)

Choreography selected: Best of Festival Encore Gala, American College
Dance Festival, Central Regional Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO  (2005)

Choreography selected to represent Washington University at American College Dance Festival
Great Lakes Regional Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI  (2004)

Choreography selected to represent Washington University at American College Dance Festival
Southwest Regional Conference, University of California  (1998)

Choreography selected to represent Washington University at American College Dance Festival
Northwest Regional Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT  (1996)

Choreography selected: Best of Festival Encore Gala, American College
Dance Festival, Northwest Regional Conference University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT  (1996)

Choreography selected for National Festival, American College Dance
Festival, Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C.  (1996)

Choreography selected to represent Washington University at American College Dance Festival
Central Regional Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO  (1995)

Choreography selected: Best of Festival Encore Gala, American College
Dance Festival, Central Regional Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO  (1995)

Iowa Arts Fellow, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA  (1989-1991)

Choreography selected: Best of Festival Encore Gala, American College
Dance Festival, Central Regional Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA  (1991)

Choreography selected: Best of Festival Encore Gala, American College
Dance Festival, Great Lakes Regional Conference, Minnesota  (1990)




 
 
 
 

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