Dance department

  • Residencies & Visiting Artists
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  • 2007-08 GUEST ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

  • Camille A. Brown began her dance training at Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Studio, attended LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and The Ailey School, and received her B.F.A. in Dance from The North Carolina School of the Arts. She was a member of Ronald K. Brown/Evidence (2001-2007) and also dances with Renni Harris/Puremovement. Ms. Brown has been honored with awards and fellowships that include a 2006 Princess Grace Award in Choreography, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Choreography, The Presidential Scholar of the Arts Award in Dance, NFAA Young Artists’ Award and The Project Next Generation Award. She has received commissions from Hubbard Street II, Urban Bush Women, and Ailey II, and has been featured in Marie Claire, Dance Magazine, and Dance Spirit. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater premiered her work, The Groove To Nobody's Business, at New York's City Center to which Jennifer Dunning observed her work as being, "..delicious...Ms. Brown's choreography is both expressive and economical-no words needed".

  • Tina Fehlandt was an integral part of the Mark Morris Dance Group for twenty years, from its inception in 1980 to January 2000, appearing in over 50 works choreographed by Mark Morris. With the Group she toured the world and appeared in several television specials, most notably as "Louise" in Mr. Morris' production of The Hard Nut. She has been the subject of feature articles in Self Magazine, Dance Magazine, and Dance Teacher. The spring issue of Ballet Review 1998 stated, "Tina Fehlandt is one of the most beautiful dancers anywhere."

    Ms. Fehlandt has staged Mark Morris' work on American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, The Royal Ballet Covent Garden, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Houston Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, and at New York University, University of Minnesota, University of Texas, Marymount Manhattan College, Barnard College, the Juilliard School, and the White Oak Dance Project.

    Ms. Fehlandt is a well-known teacher of Ballet and Modern Dance. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Dance at Long Island University Brooklyn Campus and on faculty at the ABT Summer Intensives in New York City. She has taught at MMDG workshops at the School at the Mark Morris Dance Center, Skidmore College, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, SUNY Brockport, and the University of Washington, and conducted master classes at the Edinburgh International Festival, Adelaide (Australia) Festival, American Dance Festival, Cornish College of the Arts, Wesleyan University, and The Place in London among others. Ms. Fehlandt was Artist-in-Residence at Barnard College in Fall 2004 and at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in Fall 2005. In addition, she has worked in television as Production Coordinator for the Emmy Award winning Dance In America series.

    PAST ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

    2006-07
    Heidi Latsky, Founder and Artistic Director, Heidi Latsky Dance Co.; former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
    Rosalynde LeBlanc, former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
    Earl Mosley, Founder and Director of Diversity of Dance
    Colleen Thomas, Bill Young/Colleen Thomas & Dancers; Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
    Astrid Von Ussar, Founder and Artistic Director, Von Ussar danceworks

    2005-06
    Andre Tyson, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
    Donna Uchizono, Founder and Artistic Director, Donna Uchizono Co.

    2004-05
    Clare Byrne, Clare Byrne Dance
    Nicholas Leichter, Artistic Director of Nicholas Leichter Dance Co.; former member of the Ralph Lemon Company.
    Nathan Trice, Founder and Artistic Director, Nathan Trice/Rituals

    2003-04
    Doug Elkins Dance Company
    Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women
    Merle Holloman, Limon Institute
    Carlos Orta, Limon Institute
    Kwame Ross, Urban Bush Women

    2002-03
     Michael Thomas, Dayton Contemporary Dance Co., Jamison Project, Alvin Ailey
    Donna Uchizono, Donna Uchizono Company

    2001-02
     Michael Blake, Murray Louis, Jose Limon Dance Company, Donald Byrd the Group
    Andrea Del Conte, Danza Espana

    2000-01
    Sean Curran, Sean Curran Dance Company; Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

    1999-2000
     Colin Connor, Connor Dance, Limon Dance Company