Dance Education Faculty: Claire Porter

Claire Porter is a choreographer, performer and dance educator who’s work has been produced by numerous venues including: Dance Theater Workshop, PS-122, Joyce Soho, The Bottom Line, NY Horticulture Society, The Knitting Factory, Danspace at St. Marks, Jacob's Pillow, Southern Theater in Minneapolis MN, Duncan Theater in Palm Beach FL, Liberty Science Center NJ, Kitchen Theater in Ithaca NY, Wooley Mammoth Theater in DC, Off Center Theater in Tampa FL, Center Stage in Raleigh NC, American Dance Festival, Lucille Ball Festival of Comedy, Holland Festival in the Netherlands, Tour of Comedy in Germany and the Korea International Festival in Seoul. She performed at the opening of the Peter Eisenman Building at the University of Cincinnati, was the hostess-comedienne-scene changer for the Minnesota Composers Forum's New Music Concert and has appeared on staircases, boats, backyards, gyms, classrooms, airports, humor festivals, museums and soapboxes. Professor Porter has received several NEA and NJ Choreography Fellowships (including a 2002 NJ Fellowship), commissions from DTW's First Light Project, Art Matters, University Dance Companies and Domino's Pizza Company. She has an MA in Dance from Ohio State, a BA in Mathematics, is a Laban Movement Analyst (CMA). Professor Porter currently teaches Laban Movement Analysis at Connecticut College and has taught Laban Movement Analysis and Choreography at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is represented by PENTACLE (212) 278-8111 x314. Visit her web-site at www.cportables.com.

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