Thomas studied modern dance under scholarship with Merce Cunningham, with master Duncan teachers Julia Levien and Hortense Kooluris, ballet with Maggie Black, childhood education with Ellen Robbins among others in 92 St.Y Dance Education Lab and Chinese movement forms with Grandmaster Yu Cheng Hsiang. In New York since 1977, she performed the Duncan work with Lori Belilove & Dancers and Dances by Isadora and with Catherine Gallant/Dances in addition to presenting her own work throughout the Northeast and Texas. She performed with Michael Sokoloff Dance Ensemble and Austin Civic ballet in Texas. Loretta Thomas has been teaching and performing for over 25 years. Gallant was an author of the Dance for Diverse Learners Supplement to the Blueprint and regularly leads professional development workshop for dance teachers in NYC Public Schools and has taught dance education workshops in Paris, Copenhagen, San Francisco and Philadelphia. She served on the writing committee for the NYC Blueprint for the Arts in DANCE and has taught on the faculty of the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL). She and her students were featured in the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary, PS DANCE! which illuminates the process of dance learning in public education. Gallant is a full-time NYCDOE dance educator at PS 89 in Manhattan where she explores dance with students in Pre-K through fifth grade. Gallant is currently on the Duncan Archive Committee and is a regular contributor to the. She holds a BFA in Dance from Boston Conservatory and an MFA in Dance from Temple University. She and her students are featured in the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary, PS DANCE! Catherine is on the faculty of the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL). Catherine is a full-time dance educator at PS 89. She currently performs in Jerome Bel’s new work Isadora Duncan. Dances by Isadora and Catherine Gallant/DANCE recently performed at the 92Y Harkness Dance Center and at Jacob’s Pillow on the Inside/Out Series. Along with Catherine Gallant/DANCE, the NYC based group is dedicated to the growth of new work and reconstructions which comment on the past while looking to the future. Gallant is the founder (along with Patricia Adams) of Dances by Isadora which has brought the work of Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) to vibrant life for audiences in the US and abroad since 1989. She began her study of the technique of Isadora Duncan with Julia Levien, (a student of Anna and Irma Duncan) in 1982. Dances by Isadora has recently performed at Danspace Projects’s Dance Access Series presenting their Beethoven Project and at the 92Y Harkness Dance Center’s Fridays at Noon series on a program entitled Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century.ĭancer, choreographer and educator, Catherine Gallant, was introduced to Isadora Duncan’s work when she saw Annabelle Gamson perform on PBS in the late 1970’s. The group is dedicated to the growth of new work and reconstructions which comment on the past while looking to the future. Dances by Isadora offers rarely seen dance gems from Duncan’s repertoire in programs that bring this dance of breath and spirit to a new generation. Our offerings are flexible and can be focused to reflect current interests and areas of emphasis in your dance program.Ĭontact: four generations of the Duncan legacy, members of the Dances by Isadora have studied with keepers of the flame, Julia Levien, Hortense Kooluris, Annabelle Gamson, and Sylvia Gold. We are committed to supporting a lively and relevant study of dance history for the next generation. Our college teaching program offers your students a glimpse of modern dance history as well as ways to imagine the impact of Duncan’s ideas for 21st century dancers. In addition to giving students insight into dance history it also offers a new way to experience dance technique through flow, nature imagery, literary references and music. The movement plays with weight and dynamics and the repertory is filled with movement opportunities for dramatic expression. This specialized approach to dance, led by master teachers from Dances by Isadora, benefits dancers at all levels. Isadora Duncan’s technique is motivated by breath and release. We are able to offer several possible options for a visit to your institution from a single master class or lecture to a residency ending in performance. An early feminist and unconventional thinker, Duncan’s innovative movement vocabulary led her to be called the “Mother of Modern Dance”. This unique dance form gives students an embodied experience of dance history as they explore the origins of Modern Dance in the 20th century. Dances by Isadora is now available for workshops, lectures, performances and residencies.
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