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