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Guest Artists

Since 1993 the Division of Dance has been proud to host an extensive guest artist program sponsored by Dianne and Daniel Vapnek. UCSB dance majors are able to meet with and experience the teaching and performing of many of the leading and most exciting dance artists in the field today. Interfacing with our students through classes, informal talks and performances these guest artists offer inspiration and an ongoing connection to the mainstream of thecontemporary dance scene.

Guest Dance Artists have included:

1993-1994
Kay Fulton
Nancy Colahan
Dan Wagoner
Bella Lewitsky
Margaret Jenkins

1994 – 1995
Leslie Finlayson
Kay Fulton
Francine Landis
Bill T. Jones/ Arnie
Zane Co.
Rebecca Stenn
Janice Plastino
Ruth Solomon
Albert Reid
Donald McKayle

1995-1996
Peggy Baker
Ruth Solomon/Janice
Plastino
Joe Goode
Risa Steinberg
Sara Stackhouse
Sam Weber
Nancy Colahan

1996-1997
Risa Steinberg
Janice Brenner
Ruth Solomon
Alaine Haubert
Ricardo Morrison
Peggy Baker
Rodney Gustafson
Clay Taliaferro
Billy Siegenfeld

1997-1998
Susan McLain
Eddie Taketa
Ruth Solomon
Gwen Welliver
Billy Siegenfeld
Ricardo Morrison
Jennifer Muller
Tandy Beal

1998-1999
Stephanie Gilliland
Douglas Nielsen
Tere O’Connor

1999-2000
Albert Reid
Mary Cochran
Heidi Latsky

2000-2001
Gabe Masson
Mark Haim
Teri & Oliver Steele

2001-2002
Risa Steinberg
Keith Johnson
Larry Keigwin

2002-2003
Nora Daniel
Keith Johnson
Lucas Crandall

2003-2004
Peggy Baker
Larry Keigwin
John Pennington

2004-2005
Robert Battle
Tere O’Connor

Arts & Lectures - Dance Performances and Guest Artists

To support UCSB's teaching mission, Arts & Lectures brings visiting artists, lecturers and writers together with UCSB students. The following is a list of dance companies sponsored by A&L whose artists have taught master classes to the dance majors at UCSB.

1996 - 1997 Seasons

The Parsons Dance Company
Lewitsky Dance Company
Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Lines Contemporary Ballet
Ballet Folclorico do Brasil
Ballet British Columbia

Fall 1997
Toronto Dancemakers
Irish Fire

Winter 1998
American Repertory Dance Company
Les Ballets Trocadero de Monte Carlo

1998-1999 Season

Fall, 1998
Michael Moschen
Trinity Irish Dance Company
Li Chiao-Ping - The Men's Project
Stephen Petronio Dance Company

Winter, 1999
33 Fainting Spells - Seattle Company
The Philadelphia Dance Company

Spring, 1999
Taylor 2

1999-2000 Season

Fall, 1999
Halau o Kekuhi, Kamehameha, Na Ho‚ailona
Tangokinesis
Susan Marshall & Company
Winter, 2000
American Repertory Dance Company
Montreal Danse
Garth Fagan Dance

Spring, 2000
Joe Goode Performance Group
Margie Gillis in Extraordinary Company

2000-2001 Season

Fall, 2000
Ailey II
Noche Flamenca

Winter, 2001
Parsons Dance Company
Pilobolus Dance Theater

Spring, 2001
Lines Contemporary Ballet
Lily Cai Chinese Dance

2001-2002 Season

Fall, 2001
Rennie Harris Puremovement
Special GuestBill Shannon AKA CrutchMaster
Miami City Ballet presents Balanchine‚s Jewels

Winter, 2002
Trinity Irish Dance Company
Urban Bush Women
Philadanco
National Song & Dance Company of Mozambique

Spring, 2002
Compagnie Maguy Marin
Paul Taylor Dance Company
White Oak Dance Project, Mikhail Baryshnikov

2002-2003 Season

Fall, 2002
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and the Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center - (Bill T. Jones, Regents Scholar, 2002)
Ballet National du Senegal
Joe Goode Performance Group

Winter, 2003
Canada‚s Royal Winnipeg Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty
Farruquito y Familia, Juana Amaya
Ballet Hispanico

Spring, 2003
Nederlands Dans Theater II

2003-2004 Season

Fall, 2003
Twyla Tharp Dance
K. Kvarnstrom & Co. - Fragile
Savion Glover & Band

Winter, 2004
Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company
Stephen Petronio Dance Company
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Spring, 2004
Julio Bocca & Ballet Argentino
Mary Anthony: A Life In Modern Dance (film)
Meredith Monk‚s A Book of Days (film)

About the Company

Santa Barbara Dance Theatre, established in 1991 under the direction of Jerry Pearson has grown to an eight member professional company in residence in the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance. The dancers, encompassing a wide range of experience, are contracted 30 weeks per year, the only such company in the mid-state area. Among other activities, SBDT works in collabor ation with the Lobero Theatre Foundation in its youth outreach program,DANCE! Santa Barbara, which annually exposes over 10,000 school children to professional dance with in-school performances and workshops. Recently, SBDT has been re-established as a touring company with engagements in Utah, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.

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