Faculty, Guest Artists, Master Classes, Workshops

Changing year to year, summer and school year Intensive Workshops and Master Classes take the intermediate & advanced dancer, age 10-adult, on an in depth journey. Master teachers from around the globe come to Kanopy Dance to teach and inspire. Intensives and Master Classes are offered in the American Masters techniques of Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Anna Sokolow, Erick Hawkins, and Lester Horton; training from the European Physical Theater and Corporeal Mime, and more.

Faculty 2022-23

2022-2023 School Year and Summer Programs

Join us dancing with world acclaimed artists from around the country – along-side Kanopy’s Artistic Directors and Faculty. Deepen your dance technique and artistry. Engage in creative activities. Learn, and learn about, these modern dance techniques, their different foundations toward the physical art of movement, their beginnings, and how artists through time create and find inspiration.

Faculty:

  • Tadej Brdnik, Summer Guest, Former Principal Dancer, Martha Graham Company, NYC.
  • Robert E. Cleary, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.
  • Georgia Corner, former Principal dancer Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Madison, WI.
  • Meenakshi Ganesan, Artistic Director, Kalaanjali Classical Indian Dance Company, Madison, WI & San Francisco, CA
  • Luis Gabriel Zaragoza, Principal dancer, Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Samantha Geracht, Artistic Director Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Anne Marie Loesch, Master Teacher, Humphrey-Weidman Technique, Chicago, IL.
  • Brian Norris, former Principal dancer Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Madison WI
  • Maya Finman Palmer, Teacher, dancer, Ailey II Dance Company , New York, New York
  • Edward Salas, Teacher, Dancer, Kanopy Dance Company, Madison WI
  • Katie Sovik, Teacher, Dancer, Kanopy Dance Company, Madison WI
  • Lisa Thurrell, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.

   

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Guest Artists and Faculty Summer 2022

July 5-Aug 7, 2022

Join us dancing with world acclaimed artists from around the country – along-side Kanopy’s Artistic Directors and Faculty. Deepen your dance technique and artistry. Engage in creative activities. Learn, and learn about, these modern dance techniques, their different foundations toward the physical art of movement, their beginnings, and how artists through time create and find inspiration.

Faculty:

  • Robert E. Cleary, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.
  • Georgia Corner, former Principal dancer Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Madison, WI.
  • Luis Gabriel Zaragoza, Principal dancer, Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Samantha Geracht, Artistic Director Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Lloyd Knight, Principal Dancer Martha Graham Dance Company, New York, New York
  • Anne Marie Loesch, Master Teacher, Humphrey-Weidman Technique, Chicago, IL.
  • Brian Norris, former Principal dancer Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Madison WI
  • Maya Finman Palmer, Teacher, dancer, Alvin Ailey Professional Program, New York, New York
  • Lisa Thurrell, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.

  

   

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Guest Artists & Faculty Summer 2021

SUMMER  2021  IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL Formats 

July 6-Aug 7, 2021

Join us dancing with world acclaimed artists from around the country – along-side Kanopy’s Artistic Directors and Faculty. Deepen your dance technique and artistry. Engage in creative activities. Learn, and learn about, these modern dance techniques, their different foundations toward the physical art of movement, their beginnings, and how artists through time create and find inspiration. Also, Surprise Pop up guest teachers from around the nation will inspire with master classes.

Faculty:

  • Darwin Black, Kanopy faculty and company dancer; former dancer TU Dance Sacramento Ballet, RIOULTDANCENY, Madison WI.
  • Robert E. Cleary, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.
  • Georgia Corner, Kanopy faculty; former principal dancer Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Madison, WI.
  • Luis Gabriel Zaragoza, master teacher, principal dancer, Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Samantha Geracht, Artistic Director Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Anne Marie Loesch, master teacher, Humphrey-Weidman Technique, Chicago, IL.
  • Vershawn Sanders-Ward, Artistic Director Red Clay Dance Company, Chicago, IL.
  • Lisa Thurrell, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.

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Guest Artists and Faculty Second, Third, and Fourth Quarters 2020-2021

November 9, 2020-January 31, 2021 Quarter 2

February 1-March 28, 2021 Quarter 3

April 5-May 29, 2021 Quarter 4

Virtual Quarter 2,3 and 4 LIVE via ZOOM.

Join us dancing with world acclaimed artists from around the country – along-side Kanopy’s Artistic Directors and Faculty. Deepen your dance technique and artistry. Engage in creative activities. Learn, and learn about, these modern dance techniques, their different foundations toward the physical art of movement, their beginnings, and how artists through time create and find inspiration.

Faculty:

  • Darwin Black, Kanopy faculty and company dancer; former dancer TU Dance and RIOULTDANCENY, Madison WI.
  • Robert E. Cleary, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.
  • Georgia Corner, Kanopy faculty; former principal dancer Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Madison, WI.
  • Luis Gabriel Zaragoza, master teacher, principal dancer, Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Samantha Geracht, artistic director Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Anne Marie Loesch, master teacher, Humphrey-Weidman Technique, Chicago, IL.
  • Maya Finman Palmer, former Kanopy2 dancer; Professional Program, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, New York, New York.
  • Lisa Thurrell, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.

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Guest Artists and Faculty Fall Quarter 2020

Sept 15-November 7, 2020

Virtual Fall Quarter LIVE via ZOOM.

Join us dancing with world acclaimed artists from around the country – along-side Kanopy’s Artistic Directors and Faculty. Deepen your dance technique and artistry. Engage in creative activities. Learn, and learn about, these modern dance techniques, their different foundations toward the physical art of movement, their beginnings, and how artists through time create and find inspiration.

Faculty:

  • Darwin Black, Kanopy faculty and company dancer; former dancer TU Dance and RIOULTDANCENY, Madison WI.
  • Robert E. Cleary, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.
  • Georgia Corner, Kanopy faculty; former principal dancer Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Madison, WI.
  • Luis Gabriel Zaragoza, master teacher, principal dancer, Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Samantha Geracht, artistic director Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, New York.
  • Maya Finman Palmer, former Kanopy2 dancer; Professional Program, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, New York, New York.
  • Lisa Thurrell, Artistic Director, Kanopy Dance, Madison, WI.

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