A wide diversity of aesthetic and cultural voices are essential to training. Our Guest Artist Residencies strategically create space for important local and national artists to train and make work with our students. Residencies have ranged from as short as two days to as long as seven weeks.
Recent Residencies
- Monica Bill Barnes & Co. (choreographers)
- Nathan Alan Davis (playwright)
- Bernie Krause (soundscape ecologist)
- Erin Landry (choreographer)
- Liz Lerman (choreographer)
- Kyoungil Ong/Ong Dance Company (choreographer)
- Dario Tangelson (director)
- Delicia Turner Sonnenberg (director)
- Urban Bush Women (choreographers and directors)
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Harry Waters, Jr. (director)
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Dahlak Brathwaite (performer and director)
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CALI & CO dance (choreographers and directors)
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Farrah Mc Adam (choreographer and director)
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Nzinga Woods (choreographer)
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Heather Visser (choreographer)
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Jennifer Meek Satoh (choreographer and director)
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Melecio Estrella (Bandaloop/Fog Beast/Joe Goode Performance Group)
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Byb Bibene (Choreographer)
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Brent Lindsay (The Imaginists - Acting Residency)
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Kinetech Arts (Dance Residency)
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Scott Wells (Choreographer)
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Matt Langlois (Music Composer)
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Jesse Olsen Bay (Music Composer)
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Ayana Yonesaka (Choreographer)
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Ryeon Hwa Yeo (Choreographer)
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Practice Progress (Antiracist Dramaturgy)
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Doyle Ott (Director)
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Danielle Cain (Director)
The department embraces theater and dance’s natural role as campus bridge and town hall, and regularly incorporates classes and faculty from a wide range of other academic departments in these residencies. Recent campus partners for Guest Artist Residencies have included the Department of Math and Statistics and the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies.
Vanessa Sanchez from La Mezcala teaches Pachuquísmo to a dance class. “Pachuquísmo is a multi-disciplinary, rhythmic performance that unveils a forgotten history of Mexican-American female youth and explores the struggles that communities of color continue to face today.”
Vanessa Sanchez posing with dance students.