Dana Tai Soon Burgess has brought the artistry of movement to audiences local and global. In June, a Kennedy Center show celebrates his company’s 25th anniversary. Growing up Korean-American in Santa Fe could get lonely at times, but Dana Tai Soon Burgess, CCAS MFA ’94, eventually discovered a means of artistic expression that smoothed differences […]
Tag: Theatre & Dance
Alumna Mentors Students as GW Guest Artist
A group of GW’s student dancers will soon take to the stage for their Spring DanceWorks concert—and alumna Chriselle Tidrick, CCAS BA ’94, has a little something to do with it. Tidrick, founder and artistic director of the NY-based Above and Beyond Dance company, is currently serving as a Spring 2014 guest artist in GW’s […]
The South Africa Project: 10 Year Anniversary Events
This weekend, the South Africa Project celebrates 10 years at GW with a showcase of events. The Project is a special program within the university’s Department of Theatre & Dance. Since the summer of 2003, GW professor Leslie Jacobson has traveled to the rural township of Winterveldt, South Africa, with colleague Roy Barber from St. […]
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, CCAS MFA ’94
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, CCAS MFA ’94, is founding artistic director and choreographer for Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co., a non-profit modern dance company. Burgess is working on the company’s 20th Anniversary Fall Performance, which premieres Sept. 21-23 at 8:00pm at GW’s Dorothy Betts Theater in the Marvin Center. Burgess choreographed five pieces titled Caverns, […]