Dancers at UGA enjoy professional residencies with local, national, and international artists. The list below are recent guest artists who have taught master classes, provided public lectures, and staged choreography for UGA dancers. The UGA Department of Dance gratefully acknowledges support for guest artist residencies, including master classes and choreography supported through funding provided by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, FRIENDS OF DANCE, President’s Venture Fund, Ideas for Creative Exploration, Franklin Visiting Scholars Program, Martha Sale Ferman Fine Arts Faculty Support Fund, Virginia M. Carver Visiting Artist Support Fund, Performing and Visual Arts Center, and the National Endowment for the Arts. 2022 Seyong Kim, international professional ballet artist, guest choreographer Christian Kronsted, breakdancer & philosopher, Stylin Out Crew (Chicago), 5 Crew Dynasty (NYC), public lecture 2021 Jillian Mitchell, artistic director, KITMODUS dance company, master classes and guest choreographer Karen Bradley, President Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, master classes Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Pablo Caravaca, and Mario Vircha, Compañía Nacional de Danza Costa Rica, master classes Mary Claire King, Broadway performer, Chicago, master class Seyong Kim, international professional ballet artist, master classes and public lecture 2020 Mario Vircha, National Dance Company of Costa Rica, master classes, guest choreographer/performer Ellen Cornfield, founder and artistic director, Cornfield Dance, New York City, guest choreographer AILEY II Dance Company - Kyle Martin, Jamaris Mitchell, Grace Bergonzi, Amar Smalls, and Elijah Lancaster, master classes Dr. Joselli Deans, former soloist, Dance Theatre of Harlem, public lecture Dr. Kimberleigh Jordan, interdisciplinary scholar of performance studies, religion, Black studies, and dance, public lecture Dr. Millicent Hodson and Dr. Kenneth Archer, dance historians and reconstructors, public lecture Virginia Carver, UGA Professor Emerita, guest choreographer 2019 George Staib, founder and artistic director, Staibdance and company members, master class and guest performance Karen Charles, founder/artistic director/choreographer THREADS Dance Project, guest choreographer Jillian Mitchell, artistic director, KITMODUS dance company, guest teacher Sean McLeod, New York Institute of Dance and Education, master class and workshop 2018 Chris Coates-Mitchell, dancer with STEELEDANCE, New York and independent choreographer Sarah Waisvisz, Canadian artist-scholar of mixed Afro-Caribbean and Jewish origins, public performance Virginia Broyles, BANDALOOP and vîv dance, UGA Dance and CORE alum, master classes and workshop Bebe Miller, founder and artistic director, Bebe Miller Company and company members, guest performance Mario Vircha, National Dance Company of Costa Rica and Zach Morris, University of Michigan, guest choreographer/performer Shawn Evangelista, professional dancer, Kit Modus, Full Radius Dance, and Liquid Sky, CORE alum, master classes and guest performer 2017 Alexandre Proia, Artistic Director, American National Ballet, Proia Dance Project Nena Gilreath, Co-Founder, Ballethnic Dance Company Janet Schroeder, Performer/Choreographer, Former dancer, Rhythm in Shoes Alonzo King, Artistic Director, Alonzo King LINES Ballet Babtunji Johnson, dance artist with Alonzo King LINES Ballet Ella Ben-Aharon, Pilates Master Teacher, Former dancer,Kibbutz Contemp. Dance Co. 2 2016 Michelle Arrington, Yamuna® Body Rolling, Creator, Holistic Health Revolution Danza Universitaria Costa Rica, Hazel Gonzales, Artistic Director Matthew Nelson and Kendy Radasky, Embodied Ecology project Amit Abraham, Morten Dithmer and Eric Franklin, Franklin Method study Compania Nacional de Danza de Costa Rica, Adrian Figuroa Rosales, director, Maria Vircha & Wendy Chinchilla Araya Jim Cooney, Broadway Dance Center Jerel Hilding, former principal dancer, Joffrey Ballet 2015 Alexandre Munz, former principal dancer with Royal Ballet of Flanders and Paris Opera soloist; master classes, workshop and guest choreography George Staib and artists of Staibdance, master classes and performance Mallory Baxley and Zoetic Dance Company, master classes and performance Virginia Carver, Professor Emerita, guest choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Urban Bush Women artists, master classes Jerel Hilding, former principal dancer with Joffrey Ballet, master classes and lecture Ballet master, State Theatre Ballet of Russia, master class with students and company 2014 Waverly T. Lucas II and Nena Gilreath, founders and artistic directors of Ballethnic in Atlanta, master classes in all ballet classes and pointe Tendayi Kuumba and Courtney Cook, artist with Urban Bush Women, master classes and staging repertory Luis Piedra, artistic director of Danza Abierta in Costa Rica; master classes and guest choreographer Artists of Pilobolus, master classes Michelle Ardington, physical therapist and yamuna yoga specialist Sam Chester, principal dancer with Carolina Ballet Theatre, master classes in ballet and pas de deux 2013 Marcus Bugler, former principal dancer and ballet master for Metropolitan Opera Ballet, ballet master for Cirque de Solel Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer, dance historians and reconstructors; master classes and lecture Amanda Martin, former dancer and now professional physical therapist Lénablou and Trilogie Dance Company from Guadeloupe, master classes and lecture-demonstration Amanda Blackmon PT, DPT, OCS and Meghan Keen, doctoral student in Emory's DPT program 2012 Katja Kolcio, Associate Professor, Wesleyan University, guest lecturer Charlotte Boye-Christensen and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, master classes and stage repertory Liz Lerman, MacArthur Fellow, master classes and lecture Dr. Martha Eddy, internationally renowned somatics teacher, guest teacher and lecture Dr. Joselli Deans and Anjali Austin, artists/scholars on Black Ballet Dancers in America, master classes and guest lectures Evan Ayotte, internationally renowned costume designer, guest lecturer and designer for Ballet Ensemble JoAnna Mendl Shaw, nationally recognized dance composition teacher (Julliard & Alvin Ailey School), guest choreographer with CORE Joe Goode, artistic director, Joe Goode Performance Group, master classes and guest choreographer Chet Walker, Tony award winning choreographer for Broadway show FOSSE, master classes and guest choreographer Bill Hastings, Broadway dancer & Fosse dance captain, master classes and guest lecturer Shawn Evangelista, guest performer with CORE Virginia Carver, guest choreographer for Ballet Ensemble Ballet mistress, Russian State Theatre Ballet, master classes and students took company class 2011 Evan K. Ayotte, costume designer for Ballet Ensemble Danita Emma, international ballet teacher, master classes Mario Chacón Arias, Bailarín Compañía Nacional de Danza, Costa Rica, guest performer with CORE Onur-Topal Sumer, Full Radius Dance of Atlanta and co-director of Dance Camera Istanbul, Turkey, international film artist Jacques Heim, artistic director of Diavolo Dance Theatre and Diavolo, guest choreographer Joe Goode and Jessica Swanson, Joe Goode Performance Group, master classes and guest choreographer Basil Twist, master puppeteer, guest lecture-demonstrations Melanie Lynch Blanchard, Artistic Director, Zoetic Dance Ensemble, guest performers with CORE Meaghan Muller, formerly with Cirque de Soleil, teacher, performer & choreographer with CORE Post Natyam Collective Dance Company, guest performers
