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David Marchant is Professor of the Practice, 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 is the coordinator of the University College Somatic Studies Certificate Program at Washington University, offering students a curriculum in integrative movement practices, complimented by theoretical knowledge from a wide variety of fields investigating the art, spirit, and science of human movement. Mr. Marchant is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and a member of theAmerican Society of Alexander Teachers ( AmSAT). He maintains a professional private teaching practice, instructing individuals in the methods of F.M. Alexander for re-pattering of fundamental movement coordination. David 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. He is Co-Artistic Director of ZoMotion Arts with his wife, Holly Seitz Marchant, performing site-specific installations in natural environments, including tree-climbing as dance art form. In addition to his work as a choreographic artist, David is a recognized professional improvisational composer and performer, including contact improvisation, and has performed with notable artists such as Andrew Harwood and Chris Aiken. Research David is developing a dance/movement coordination training method called “Quadruped,” which applies principles of the Alexander Technique and Dart Procedures to refine coordination, strength, flexibility, and balance. This approach is also being explored as a somatic practice, suitable for all people, for a variety of contructive, educational or therapeutic applications. Additionally, Mr.
Marchant investigates the application of Contact
Improvisation as a therapeutic intervention for persons with
Parkinson's
Disease (see more below). David also studies the relationship of visual and kinesthetic perception to the aesthetics of human motion, and performance skill of dancing. And, for the past 5 years, David, along with collaborataors John Toenjes and Ben Smith 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 and therapeutic tools that develop movement skill and kinesthetic awareness through dynamic audio 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, University of Northern Colorado, Scripps and Pomona College. 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, University of Northern Colorado, and University of Iowa's touring company. He has been commissioned to create new work for Missouri Contemporary Ballet, Atrek Dance Collective and Winona State University. 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 an avid photographer, scuba diver, glider pilot, and rock climber. press/reviews click here to for press excerpts of David's choreography This fall I will be creating a brand new work for my students at Washington University that will premiere in December in Edison Theatre.
In February I traveled to Purdue University to give a week of master classes, and restaged my choreography, 9.8m/sec2 on the student performing company. Parkionson's/Contact Improvisation Study Paper Published October 2010 In spring of 2009 I collaborated with Washington University Physical Therapy Professor Gammon Earhart and Graduate Student Jennifer Sylvester to do a two-week uncontrolled study to assess the effectiveness of Contact Improvisation as an intevention for Parkinson's Disease. I took along student dancers as partners for the study paricipants and taught classes in contact for and hour and a half a day, for ten consecutive days. We pre and post-tested 13 individuals with Parkinson's. Our paper has just appeared in the October issue of Complementary Therapies in Medicine. It reports that participants demonstrated significant improvements in balance and functional mobility. We hope to do more follow up studies to learn more. Abstract MADE in France 2010 In June 2010, I was on the faculty of the Wash U study abroad program, MADE in France, in Paris and Burgundy. Holly came along with me as well as our new son, Elliot. This year's theme investigated the intersection of movement and sound. I gave master classes in technique and on Leonardo's Chimes, v3.1, now working on a single laptop computer with a Nintendo Wii remote control. I also gave a performance with this system and Holly and I danced an improvisational duet. TEDx talk at University of Illinois In April, John Toenjes and I gave a TED talk at the TEDx event in Urbana, Illinois. We demonstrated the prototype of a computer dance/music system. It is a musical instrument you play by dancing. Here is the link to a video of our Talk Washington University Dance Theatre/ American College Dance Conference Honors Holly and I collaborated a new work, "It Sang A Long Time Ago," a duet for two student dancers. The work was subsequently selected by the faculty to represent Wash U at the American College Dance Conference at University of Illinois. At the festival the work was honored with "Best of Festival" encore performance, and was selected 2nd alternate for the National Festival. Somatics Workshop for Social Workers In the fall I led a one-day workshop for a group of social workers at Synergy Services in Kansas City on "resiliency" and somatic practice. We were exploring the idea that mental, social, and personal well being can be approached through movement practices that encourage self-awareness, and study of one's movement habits. HASTAC Conference III, 2009 In April, John Teonjes, Ben Smith and I set up the Leonardo's Chimes interactive dance/music environment at the HASTAC Conference 2009, at University of Illinois. We introduced the instrument as a movement/music educational game system. Scripps College Residency January 2009 I was asked to go back to Scripps and Pomona Colleges in California again this year. I was there in February for 4 days working with their very interesting, bright students on Quadruped, and other philosophies in action. Washington University Dance Theatre This year for WUDT, instead of choreographing a traditional stage work, I organzied an end-of-show, fulll house dance--a rave. We organized an easy-to-follow core dance with the whole cast of the show, and invited audience to join, in the seats, on-stage. It was a blast; all three shows, the stage completely filled with people dancing together, including our 86 year old, Katie, from the Liz Lerman dance. Liz Lerman Residency Also in the fall 2008 I was project manager for 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. This was such an incredible experience for everyone involved, community members, students, working together to make this beautiful work of art. And it was a career altering experience for me, broadening my vision about what dance is, who dances, and the value of art. Witnessing the way that Liz and company member Cassie Meador worked with people opened many new ideas beginning to percolate that we can continue here in our community....more to come! Somatic Studies Cerfiticate Progam at Wash U In the fall of 2007 I became 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 facilitated called Introduction to Somatic with 15 guest lecturers and teachers, covering topics related to the body, from Yoga and the Alexander technique, to evolution, anthropology, religious studies, and education. It was a fantastic course for all of us, me included, getting such a broad spectrum of ideas and experiences about human movement and being. In October 2008, Holly and I did a ZoMotion event on Washington University campus as part of the Freshmen Reading program of events surrounding the book, "Field Notes from a Catastrophe." It is an evironmental message, and our work provides an opportunity to encourage people to look at our relationship to trees and the natural world with a tangible sense of interdependence. 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. 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. 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. 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 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 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." February 2008, John Toenjes
and I performed Leonardo's
Chimes at the 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: 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. 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 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. 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 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. 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.
davidmarchant Curriculum Vitae 1988-2007 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 MAmSAT, American Society of Alexander Teachers Certification, 2004 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Washington University, St. Louis, MO Professor of the Practice 2011- present Coordinator Somatic Studies Certificiate Program 2007-present Interim Coordinator of the Dance Division, Performing Arts Department, 2007 Senior Lecturer 2006-2011 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; Introduction to Somatic Practices. 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 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2007) Full-Week Teaching Residency Re-staging Choreographry for Purdue student dance company MADE in France (2010) Faculty for four-week Washington University Summer Abroad program Paris & Melisey, France Scripps College and Pomona College, Claremont CA (2009) Full-Week Guest Artist Residency 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 It Sang A Long Time Ago, (2009) collaborated with Holly Seitz Marchant Washington University, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, MO Re-staged American College Dance Festival Regional Conference, University of Illinois (2010) Festival Gala Concert, 2nd Alternate for ACDFA National Festival 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 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 Leonardo's Chimes v3.1 & Improvisational Duet Faculty Showcase, MADE in France, Melisey, France Tree Dance (2010) Site-Specific Showcase American College Dance Festival, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain IL Tree Dance (2009) Washington University as part of the freshmen reading program series of related events 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 Effects of a Short Duration, High Dose Contact Improvisation Dance Workshop on Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study Accepted for Publication 2010 Complementary Therapies in Medicine Technique: Panel Discussion moderated by Jan Erkert Invited Panelist American College Dance Conference, University of Illinois, 2010 Leonardo's Chimes: Interactive Dance/Music Game System Invited presenter, HASTAC conference, University of Illinois, 2009 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, University of Illinois (2010) Choreography selected: Best of the Festival Encore Performance, 2nd Alternate for ACDFA National Festival 2010 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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