Dance Guest Artists
The School of Theatre and Dance regularly hosts guest artists in-person and virtually through master classes, in-class presentations, residencies, a guest artist series such as the Armstrong Family Visiting Artist Series.
Guest Artists
Victor Alexander
Director, Ruth Page School of Dance
Laura Alonso
General Director, Pro Dance Center of Cuba
Professor, Superior Institute of Art of Cuba
President, The International Dance Association for the Americas (AIDA)
Robert Barnett
Artistic Director Emeritus, Atlanta Ballet
Maximilien Baud
Associate Director of NYC Musical Theater, Joffrey Ballet School
Alice Blumenfeld
Performer, Master Teacher, and Choreographer
Ashley Bouder
Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet
Ronald K. Brown
Artistic Director, EVIDENCE – A Dance Company
Eric Carvill
Director, Hudson Conservatory of Ballet
Colin Connor
Artistic Director, Limón Dance Company
Paul Dennis
Performer, Master Teacher, and Choreographer
Addison Ector
Principal Dancer, Complexions and TanzCompany Innsbruck
Garth Fagan
Artistic Director, Garth Fagan Dance
Kristen Gorksi
Choreographer and Master Teacher
Daniel Harder
Choreographer's Assistant and Guest Teacher
Pakhamon (Much) Hemachandra
Thai Performer and Independent Dance Artist
Christopher Huggins
Choreographer and Master Teacher
Courtney Laves-Mearini
Director, City Ballet of Cleveland
Daphne Lee
Dancer, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Jon Lehrer
Artistic Director, Jon Lehrer Dance Company
Jeanne Sopanha Mam-Luft
Artistic Director, Mam-Luft Dance Company
Stephanie Martinez
Founder/Artistic Director, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre (Chicago)
Carla Maxwell
Artistic Director Emeritus, Limón Dance Company
Ray Mercer
Performer, Master Teacher, and Choreographer
Brenna Monroe-Cook
Performer and Master Teacher
KT Nelson
Co-Artistic Director, ODC/Dance
Jess Pretty
Choreographer and Master Teacher
Pablo Francisco Ruvalcaba Tovar
Artistic Director, Creating Higher Ground
Yoshito Sakuraba
Master Teacher and Choreographer
Sarah Tallman
Ballet Master and Associate Choreographer, Wonderbound
Sun Tawalwongsri
Head of Performing Arts Department, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (Thailand)
Natalya Vyashenko
Founder, Natalya's Turning Pointe School of Dance
Brenda Way
Co-Artistic Director, ODC/Dance
Jamal White
Choreographer and Master Teacher