2024/25 Academy Guest Artists Booklet

DANCE

NAME Derek Brockington (IAA 13-15) PROFESSION Dance Theatre of Harlem EDUCATION Grand Rapids Ballet School SPECIAL NOTES Derek has been commissioned to create work for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Columbia Ballet Collective, Ballet Theatre Company, and the New Jersey Festival Orchestra VISIT DETAILS Oct. 18-20 – Returned for Alumni Weekend to participate in a Q&A Alumni Panel. NAME Matthew Christensen PROFESSION Ballet instructor at Mercyhurst University and Principal Dancer with the Nashville Ballet EDUCATION University of Utah SPECIAL NOTES Received the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Fellowship in Dance; ballet master for Centennial Youth Ballet VISIT DETAILS Oct. 20-22 – Led college dance auditions for Mercyhurst University.

Derek Brockington Alumni

Matthew Christensen

NAME Derek Reid PROFESSION Professor of Dance and Associate Dean for IDEA at Butler University EDUCATION Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership

and Service Learning from Gonzaga University VISIT DETAILS Oct. 28-29 – Held a dance and choreography workshop as well as a college audition for dance students.

Derek Reid

NAME Tinka Dailey PROFESSION Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at the Cornish College of the Arts EDUCATION Harkness Ballet SPECIAL NOTES Principal Dancer for The American Dance Machine VISIT DETAILS Oct. 29-30 – Led a dance audition class and discussed college level dance expectations.

Tinka Dailey

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