Podcast appearances and mentions of Christopher K Morgan

Sarah McCullough (she/her) is a Minneapolis-based movement enthusiast, freelance performer, yoga practitioner/teacher, and educator in contemporary forms. Originally from Virginia, she attended James Madison University as a Madison Achievement Scholar, and earned her BA in Dance and Mathematics. As a student, she performed works by Doug Varone, Netta Yerushalmy, Christopher K. Morgan, Rubén Graciani, and others. Since joining Minneapolis' dance community in 2018, she has had the pleasure of performing in works choreographed by Alexandra Bodnarchuk, Berit Ahlgren, Carl Flink, Helen Hatch, Marisol Herling, Mathew Janczewski, Taja Will, and more. She has toured with Minneapolis based dance companies Black Label Movement and ARENA DANCES to the greater Minnesota area, Florida, and New York. She is a highly collaborative artist who is passionate about aliveness in performance, and seeks to perform works that center humanity, complexity, and play. She currently teaches contemporary classes at Zenon Dance School, Hothouse, and Minnesota Dance Theater. Sarah has offered classes at the Limón Twin Cities Intensive, ARENA DANCES' Instinct Intensive, The University of Winchester (UK), North Carolina State University, and several high school dance programs throughout the Twin Cities. She is also a 200-hour accredited yoga teacher and offers a holistic approach to mindful movement as a personal and artistic practice. 

In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews dance artist Devin Hill. Devin describes their experience growing up with a rare eye condition and how it affected their motor skills. Their mother put them in dance to help with balance and coordination. Devin shares their experience pursuing dance in college and learning to be an advocate for themself as a dancer with a disability by communicating their needs. They share how change often starts with just having people with disabilities be in the room. Devin reflects on their undergraduate experience and how institutions need to start taking responsibility for making their dance programs accessible and available to students with disabilities. As Devin has become a teacher and taken on leadership roles, they have been empowered by breaking down ableism in dance and giving others an opportunity to directly express what they need.This episode is part of a series interviewing institutions with inclusive dance programs and individuals who identify as disabled and have experienced formal dance education as either students or teachers. This series is part of Silva's ongoing work as the director of Art Spark Texas' dance program. This year, she is continuing the multi-year community-engaged research project, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, that explores disability-centered accessibility in dance education and how we can create barrier-free dance education for students with disabilities in the US.Devin Hill is a graduate from the University of Central Oklahoma with a BFA in Dance Performance. Their love of dance began at the age of three and has lasted more than 20 years. Devin set sights on dance as a career during their time at Collin College in Plano, TX.  While at Collin College, they were exposed to jazz, ballet, modern, hip hop, tap, African, improvisation, and Latin ballroom. Devin has had the opportunity of working with Christopher K. Morgan, William “Bill” Evans, Clarence Brooks, Brandon Fink, Hannah Baumgarden, Jeremy Duvall, Gregg Russell, Lachlan McCarthy, Kristin McQuaid, and Cat Cogliandro. They were a member of the 2015-2016 award-winning Kaleidoscope Dance Company. Since graduating from UCO, they have continued to further their knowledge of dance by performing, choreographing, teaching, and participating in intensives and workshops across the US. In 2018, Devin had the honor of performing with Liz Lerman's Dance Exchange at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. They were also a cast member on the hit Facebook Watch series “Dance with Nia.” Devin currently resides in Washington D.C. and New York City, where they perform and educate as a member of catastrophe! Dance Company, ReVision Dance Company, and Kinetic Light. Devin also serves as a board member for Feel The Beat and is an educational specialist for Bodywise Dance. Devin strives to use their artistry to create a more safe, equitable, and accessible dance industry for everyone.

Many choreographers draw inspiration from their ancestors, nature, and the spiritual world, and Teena Marie Custer explores some examples with help from Sandra Laronde, Christopher K. Morgan, Ananya Chatterjea, Michelle N. Gibson, and others.

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with  Maui Hawaii-based choreographer Christopher K. Morgan. Christopher is the Executive Artistic Director of Christopher K Morgan & Artists as well as the Director of the Dance Residency Program at Art Omi. His choreography has been presented in 18 countries on 5 continents and has addressed issues including sexuality, gender identity, race, climate change, immigration and water conservation. Christopher recently joined the Maui Arts & Cultural Center to be Vice President of Programming through which he curates dozens of music, dance, and theater performances each year, oversees the Schaefer International Gallery, and a robust arts education program that serves thousands of Hawai'i youth, adults, and arts educators. Prior to joining the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Christopher served as Executive Artistic Director of Dance Place in Washington, D.C.

Guest of the week Dot KellyIs a Hampton, VA native of Korean-American descent who is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Shenandoah University’s Conservatory in Winchester, VA with a BFA in Dance and is currently completing her Masters of Science in Performing Arts Leadership and Management. She has trained as a dancer at the Ballet Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden, the Rockette Summer Intensive, Christopher K. Morgan Winter Intensive, D.C. Tap Festival, and has internationally studied in Greece, France, England, and Germany. She was part of the first U.S. Collegiate Premiere of Something Rotten! at Shenandoah University and served as Assistant Dance Captain and Ensemble Dancer. Kelly is a working artist and has performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2019, Netflix’s Santa Girl, the upcoming film A Cupid for Christmas, the Miss Virginia Pageant, and is working on various local opportunities in the DMV and NYC area. As a choreographer, Kelly has recently premiered her work Run. at the Kat Wildish Showcase at the Salvatore Capezio Theater in NYC and has partnered and presented with the Holocaust Museum in DC to lead a research project events and how they can correlate with dance. Other credits include Musical Theatre choreography at Powhatan School and Millbrook High School in Virginia. Kelly has also served as a dance educator in the DMV area at Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy. In her spare time Kelly is engaged in service work with the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals through the Miss America Organization and serves as a cultural diversity advocate, speaking at various schools about cultural awareness, sensitivity, and appreciation. During her reign as Miss Virginia, Kelly has served 38 Virginia elementary schools in partnership with the Virginia ABC, spoken for TV interviews, and appeared in parades.____________________________________ Host of the showPaul A. Belletiere, ACC MAVPP.com 410-258-3832 _______________________________________ Sponsor of the week Mid Atlantic Video & Photography Production mavpp.com info@mavpp.com 443-422-3830

Interview with Christopher K. Morgan/ Organization’s Name: Dance Place/ Organization’s Mission: We build a community of artists, audiences and students through high quality performances, commissions, training and educational programs. We are committed to enriching the field of dance locally, nationally and internationally./ Organization’s Website: www.danceplace.org

Interview with Christopher K. Morgan/ Organization’s Name: Dance Place/ Organization’s Mission: We build a community of artists, audiences and students through high quality performances, commissions, training and educational programs. We are committed to enriching the field of dance locally, nationally and internationally./ Organization’s Website: www.danceplace.org

The interviewer becomes the interviewee! Christopher K. Morgan talks process and dishes the dirt of living a double-life in front of and behind the curtain. Also killing the game on- and off-stage, Assistant Director Tiffanie Carson clues us into her new fitness regime. Amanda Blythe is joined by fabulous guest host Ellen Chenoweth the Interim Director of the Dance Presenting Series at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. Buy your tickets to Christopher K. Morgan & Artists' Resident Company debut: http://bit.ly/DancePlaceCKMA