Martha Graham Dance Company Principal Dancer Will Lead Master Classes For 海角论坛 Dance Students
Martha Graham Dance Company Principal Dancer Will Lead Master Classes For 海角论坛 Dance Students
Former Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) principal dancer, Blakeley White-McGuire, will lead master classes for St. Johnsbury Academy Modern Dance and Ballet students November 6-10.
White-McGuire is a New York-based dancer/choreographer/writer/educator and interdisciplinary artist.听 听She is a Principal Guest Artist and former Principal Dancer of听. described by Gia Kourlas of the听New York Times听as having a “powerful technique and dramatic instinct with an appealing modern spunk”.听White-McGuire has danced all the iconic roles in the Martha Graham repertory:听 Clytemnestra, Jocasta (NIGHT JOURNEY), Medea (CAVE OF THE HEART), Joan-of-Arc SERAPHIC DIALOGUE), Emily Bronte (DEATHS and ENTRANCES), etc. for which she听has received widespread critical acclaim.
White-McGuire joined the Graham Company in 2002.听 After fifteen years of performing, White-McGuire left the Graham Company in 2017 to pursue other projects. Since then, she has staged听听辞苍听听补苍诲听Sketches from听Chronicle听辞苍听, performed in听‘s revival of听Bare To the Wall,听performed in Marta Renzi’s feature film听Her Magnum Opus,听presented her research on听Imperial Gesture听with former Graham dancer Kim Jones at The Arts In Society Conference,听and joined the faculty of Hunter College in NYC and the听听as the master teacher of听.
As a choreographer,听White-McGuire has had her work presented by听,听The Museum of Arts and Design,听The Graham Company, Downtown Dance Festival, Dancers Responding to Aids, Cape Dance Festival, New Ballet Ensemble,听University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge Ballet Theater, The Watermill Center,听Roxbury Arts Group,听RAW, and The Moving Beauty Series at Williamsburg Movement and Arts Center.听
Her current creative process creates contemporary dance theater and site-specific performative works through movement research including with Movement Migration and C.A.V.E.S. Project Entre El Cuerpo y La Naturaleza, an international collaborative interrogating the relationship between art, nature, and the human body.
Her productions have been commissioned by several transformative presenters including the Dancing Human Rights Festival, Oxford, UK; The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA Jacob鈥檚 Pillow鈥檚 INSIDE/ OUT, USA; American Dance Festival, USA; Movement Migration (International) and Ballet Metropolitano, Colombia, SA.
McGuire holds her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from听听and has served on the faculties of The听听School,听,听, New Ballet Ensemble & School,听and since 2001 has been a faculty member of The Graham School.
Blakeley White-McGuire is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Contemporary Dance at Hunter College and The Ailey/Fordham Professional Division and is the author of several published works including her first book, 鈥淭he Martha Graham Dance Company: House of the Pelvic Truth.鈥�
“The Academy Dance program is committed to providing top-tier professional training to its students,” teacher Marianne Handy Hraibi said. “We want our students to be knowledgeably disciplined in dance, and we also want them to be knowledgeable and astute audience members.听 Both goals come from exposure to expert training, especially exposure to the nuances that make good dancing great.听 It is not enough to provide professional training. Our students need to be exposed to the fine subtleties that distinguish great performing artists.”
Guest artists in dance are made possible through the generous donations to the Ned and Sarah Handy Fund for Dance at St. Johnsbury Academy.
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