University of Kansas Guest Artist Residency

I will be returning to the University of Kansas from January 26 – February 9 as the Spring 2013 Guest Artist.  I will be teaching Modern, Baroque and Composition classes while I’m there in addition to creating and setting a 10 minuet work on the university students.  It will be a modern piece to Haydn, Op. 74/3 in G minor, investigating the three dancing bodies of the Baroque period and the power of their connections in our communities.  I am thrilled to have Susan Rendall doing the costuming for the piece and it will be performed  at the Lawrence Arts…

The Relationship Between Music and Dance

This past November 2012, I traveled to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale IL. Brought in by the music department, I taught a master class on Baroque dance and lectured on the relationship between music and dance. My visit concluded with a performance with fellow Baroque dancer Olsi Gjeci and we were pleased to be performing with some of the music professors as well as several other student and community groups.