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MARC SPAULDING EDUCATION MFA University of California, Irvine, CA 2021 Dance Major BFA University of the Arts 2001 Dance Major TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of California, Irvine, CA 2019-2021 Graduate Teaching Associate, Dance Department • Courses taught: Modern Dance 1, Jazz Dance 1, Jazz Dance 2, and Social Dance • Developed quizzes, exams, and homework for the online Canvas platform • Revised the syllabus to meet students’ needs • Coordinated grading with the Professor of Record Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA 2020-Present Dance Instructor, Commercial Dance Conservatory • Courses taught: Modern Dance, levels III, IV, V, VI • Developed quizzes, exams, and homework for google classroom online platforms • Revised the syllabus to meet students’ needs • Coordinated grading • Directed screendances for each class AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA 2015-2018 Adjunct Professor, Dance Department • Courses taught: Modern Dance, Jazz Dance, Contemporary Core Technique, and Ballet • Developed quizzes, exams, and homework assignments • Revised the syllabus to meet students’ needs • Coordinated grading Millennium Dance Complex, Los Angeles, CA 2015-2020 Dance Instructor • Courses taught: Jazz Dance, Contemporary Dance • Conducted weekly open-level dance classes • Responsible for refining student’s technique through set warmup, improvisation, and choreography MASTER CLASS AND WORKSHOP TEACHING University of California, Irvine, CA 2021, 2020 Dance Instructor, Summer Academies Lite Program • Courses taught: Modern Dance, Dance Resume and Headshot Preparation 1 Philadanco: The Philadelphia Dance Company, Philadelphia, PA 2019 Guest Dance Instructor • Taught Company Class for First Company University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2019, 2020 Dance Instructor, Pre-College Summer Institute • Courses taught: Modern Dance, Styles of Jazz Dance International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference 2007, 2008 Dance Instructor, Ontario, CA and Los Angeles, CA • Classes taught: Modern Dance, Jazz Dance Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Dance Instructor • Class taught: Jazz Dance The Jikei Group of Colleges, Fukuoka, Japan 2014 Dance Instructor • Classes taught: Modern Dance, Jazz Dance Collage Dance Collective, Memphis, TN 2012, 2013 Dance Instructor • Classes taught: Modern Dance, Jazz Dance Clater-Kaye Theatre Works, Hickory, NC 2011, 2012 Dance Instructor • Classes taught: Jazz Dance Broadway Connection, Greenville, SC 2010 Dance Instructor • Classes taught: Musical Theatre Dance Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY 2007 Guest Dance Instructor • Classes taught: Modern Dance Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, New York, NY 2007 Guest Dance Instructor • Classes taught: Jazz Dance CHOREOGRAPHY University of California, Irvine, CA 2020 Graduate Choreography Concert: New Slate Online • Title of work: Fresh Eyes 2 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2020 Guest Choreographer: Spring Dance Concert • Title of work: Frequency University of California, Irvine, CA 2019 Graduate Choreography Concert: New Slate • Title of work: Divine Nature Eleone Dance Theatre, Philadelphia, PA 2019 Guest Choreographer: Suzanne Roberts Theatre • Title of work: Pause Amour AMDA College and Conservatory, Los Angeles, CA 2015-2018 Faculty Dance Concerts The Jikei Group of Colleges, Fukuoka, Japan 2014 Guest Choreographer • Title of work: The Scramble Philadanco: The Philadelphia Dance Company, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Danco On Danco Company Showcase • Title of work: Sounds in a Dark Room PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Nissan North America, INC., Dir: Greg Bell 2019 • Roller Derby Dad Euphoria: And Salt the Earth Behind You, HBO 2019 • Dancer Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Four Movements, NBC 2018 • Dancer Timeless: The King of the Delta Blues, NBC 2018 • Dancer Nixon in China, Los Angeles, Philharmonic Production 2017 • Dancer Memphis, Musical Theatre West, Dir: Edgar Godineaux 2016 • Ensemble Dancer Apple INC: California Soul, Dir: Will Speck / Josh Gordon 2015 • Dancer Endless Shock: Musical Series, Japan 2013-2014 • Ensemble Dancer 3 Dancing with the Star: Macy’s Stars of Dance, ABC 2011 • Dancer Dreamgirls: 1st National Tour, Dir: Robert Longbottom 2009-2010 • Little Albert / Ensemble Dancer Saturday Night Live Digital Short: Like A Boss, Dir: Akiva Schaffer 2009 • Office Clerk Dancer West Side Story: International Tour, Dir: Joey McKneely 2008-2009 • Pepe / Ensemble Dancer Equus: Broadway Revival, Broadhurst Theatre, Dir: Thea Sharrock 2008 • Horseman #3 / Ensemble Dancer Hairspray, New Line Cinema 2007 • Maybelle Store Dancer Today Show: Movie Cast of Hairspray Live Performance, NBC 2007 • Dancer Philadanco: The Philadelphia Dance Company, Philadelphia, PA 2002-2005 • Company Member Donald Byrd/The Group, New York, NY 2001-2002 • Company Member PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Alonzo King: Lines Summer Program, San Francisco, CA 2005 The Rock School, Philadelphia, PA 2000-2001 Washington School of Ballet: Summer Program, Washington, DC 1999 Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, DC 1993-1997 HONORS AND AWARDS Sylvia Reines Scholarship 2021 UCI-Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dance Department Tierney Scholarship 2020 UCI-Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dance Department 4 Copperfoot Award 2020 Awarded by Wayne State University for contributions to repertoire Dean’s Honor Roll 2020 University of California, Irvine INTERVIEW AND PUBLICATIONS UCI Magazine Spring 2021—A New Day 2021 University of California, Irvine, CA Dance Major Journal, University of California Irvine, CA 2020 Vol. 8—An Unforeseeable Career Path: Concert Dance, Broadway and Commercial Dance Voyage LA Magazine 2019 Feature Article: Meet Marc Spaulding The Atlanta Performing Arts Examiner 2010 Cover Story Dreamgirls 1st National Tour Philadelphia Daily News 2004 Cover Story on Philadanco Male Dancers Dance Magazine 2002 Feature Article: Playing the Audition Game PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Go 2 Talent Agency, INC. 2017-Present Los Angeles, CA Dance Department Member SAG-AFTRA Union 2015-Present Los Angeles, CA Member 5 .
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