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Michael Crotty Michael Crotty ______________________________________________________________________________ Current Position: Assistant Professor of Dance, Department of Speech, Theater and Dance, The University of Tampa Education MASTER OF FINE ARTS, MODERN DANCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH- 2017 INTEGRATED MOVEMENT STUDIES, DIPLOMA - 2016 ROTTERDAMSE DANSAKADEMIE (NOW CODARTS), DIPLOMA - 2005 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, DANCE, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, DEANS LIST- 2006 Teaching: The University of Tampa DEPARTMENT OF DANCE (2019-Present) • (DAN 242) Intermediate Modern Dance • (DAN 2011) Dance History • (DAN 200) Dance and World Cultures • (DAN 269) Improvisation Southern Utah University DEPARTMENT OF DANCE (2017- 2019) • (DANC 2150): Ballet Technique III • (DANC 1500): Jazz Dance I • (DANC 4150): Ballet Technique V • (DANC 3500): Dance History I • (DANC 4500 ): Dance History II • (DANC 3530): Dance Composition III • (DANC 3900): Creative Movement for Children • (DAN 3950): Methods in Performing Arts Education • (DANC 4900): Advanced Methods in Dance Education • (DANC 3530): Principles of Choreography • (DANC 2160 ): Modern III • (DANC 3180): Modern VI • (DANC 4300): Dance Ensemble • (DANC 4980): Student Teaching University of Utah DEPARTMENT OF MODERN DANCE (2014-2017) • (DANC 2311, 6111): Ballet Technique II • (DANC 1021): Contact Improvisation • (BALLE 4401): Kinesiology • (DANC123): Dance Composition for Non- Majors • (DANC 6210): Grad Dance Workshop • (DANC 1111): Movement Fundamentals • (DANC 6961) Dance and Special Education GUEST TEACHER (2014- PRESENT) • (DANC 1330): Beginning Ballet Technique • (DANC 4310, 6150): Contemporary Technique Level IV • (DANCE 1310): Contemporary Technique Level I • (DANC 107): Creative Process • (DANC 1710): Freshman Seminar Other Teaching Experience LAS VEGAS ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS (2017, 2018, 2019) Masterclass and audition class for annual regional college audition. DEL SOL ACADEMY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS (2019) Modern and Ballet Technique Masterclass SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY, DAY OF DANCE (2018, 2019) Directed Program and Instructed various classes for Regional High School Students invited to campus for the program. THE HIGH SCHOOL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY (2017, 2018) Dance Faculty and Adjudicator for High School Shakespeare Competition. Classes instructed include Ballet and Modern Technique. TANNER DANCE AT THE BEVERLEY TAYLOR SORENSON ARTS AND EDUCATION COMPLEX, THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, SLC (2016, 2018) Week long Teaching and Choreographic Residency. Classes included: Modern technique, Ballet technique, Improvisation, Bartenieff Fundamentals and Composition. Culminated in Really! a collaborative work set for resident dance company, Tipping Point. OPEN PROFESSIONAL CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, SLC (SUMMER 2015, SUMMER 2016) Co-Creator and Instructor. Open Professional Class for Professional Dancers in the Salt Lake Community. COLUMBIA COLLEGE; COLUMBIA, SC (2016) Faculty for Professional Intensive. Festival Classes included: Modern Technique and Contemporary Ballet Technique. THE ROUNDS WORKSHOP, SLC (2016) Produced by Kellie Rae Williams. Faculty for summer intensive. Classes Included: Text and the Body, utilizing text as a tool to generate a dance language BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, DANCENSEMBLE; Provo, UT (2014) Guest Instructor for BYU’s resident Contemporary Dance Theatre (CDT). Day long workshop in Contemporary Technique and the Choreographic Process LIVE WELL CHIROPRACTIC AND PILATES CENTER; LOS ANGELES, CA (2011-2013) Pilates Instructor. Group and Private Pilates classes. MNR DANCE FACTORY; Los Angeles, CA (2009-2013) Faculty: Ballet, Modern and Jazz Technique. THE LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY SUMMER INTENSIVE; LOS ANGELES, CA (2009-2013) Faculty for annual professional intensive. Classes Include: Modern Dance Technique and Repertory. THE LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY; LOS ANGELES, CA (2007-2013) Instructor of Contemporary and Modern Dance Techniques, Pilates and Composition. Included instruction of weekly Company Class and Open Community Class CONTEMPORARY MODERN DANCE COLLECTIVE /CMDC/ LOS ANGELES, CA (2011-2013) Weekly Professional Dance Classes taught by a rotating group of Professional Dancers in the Los Angeles Community. THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON; DAYTON, OHIO (2008-2009) Technique instructor and resident choreographer for the Dance Ensemble. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2009) Guest Instructor for the USC Dance Ensemble. THE ATHLETIC GARAGE; PASADENA, CA (2007-2009) Faculty. Ballet and Jazz _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Individual Creative Research B.R.A.D (2019) Sextet. An evening length dance theater work addressing the trope of a “mean girl”. The work included original song, text and costume design. THE DEAD TREE (2015, 2019) Self- produced evening of work. Includes original dance theatre work The Dead Tree. Quintet featuring dancers from Repertory Dance Theatre, Ririe Woodbury Dance Company and The University of Utah Department of Dance. 28 minutes. Music: Original text and song, Varttina. Work exploring tropes and themes in William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies. Presented at The Sugar Space Studio for the Arts. (SLC) Presented at the 2019 Breaking Ground dance festival in Tempe, AZ. The Cut Off (2018) 11 Dancers. Piece made for the Freshman Class of SUU Dance Majors. P3 (2017) Trio. Music: Uffie. A trio commissioned for The High School Shakespeare Competition (Cedar City). ACDA NW Conference Gala Selection. Trio also presented in SUU Fall Dance Concert. LET THAT LEAD YOU (2016) Self-produced concert at The Hayes Christensen Theatre (SLC), Sponsored in part by The University of Utah, Department of Modern Dance. An evening length work (45 Minutes) exploring classic literary tropes in coming-of age tales and queering them. Additionally, the work seeks to reimagine our relationship to the childhood self. Eurydice (2017) Choreographer. Choreographer for SUU’s production of Eurydice under the direction of Scott Knowles REALLY! (2016) Commission for Tipping Point Dance Company (SLC). A collaborative dance work challenging proclivities to dramatize mundane events. 28 dancers. 7 minutes. Music by Corrinna Repp. Presented at Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts & Education Complex. FOR YOU, KURT COBAIN (2016) Duet. Music: Hole. A duet reimagining 90’s nostalgia by queering grunge rock icon, Kurt Cobain. Presented as part of Keep the Pulse: a benefit for Orlando. (SLC). Also presented at 12 Minutes Max at The Salt Lake City Public Library. DAISIES (2016) Quartet. 4 minutes. Music: The Knife. Performed as part of Myriad Dance Company’s Creator’s Grid at Club Metro (SLC). Also presented in the Black Box theatre at The University of Utah, Marriott Center for Dance CAMEO (2015) 9 dancers. 42 Minutes. Evening Length work exploring the self that emerges in moments of anger and redemption. Music: Original text, Austra, Desire. Performed as a residency sponsored by Sugar Space Studio for the Arts (SLC) and The University of Utah Graduate Salon (excerpt). EMMA! (2015) Sextet. 12 Minutes. Music: Original text and electronic soundscape, Sleigh bells. Performed at Salt Lake City Public Library’s 12 Minute Max and Mudson at the Masonic Temple (SLC) The Chills (2015) Trio. 6 minutes. Music: Original text and audience participation. Trio developed in response to Dr. Charles Johnston’s Creative Systems Theory. Presented at The Marriott Center for Dance. (SLC) The PrOmpt (2014) Trio. 4 minutes. Music: Perfume Genius and original score. A playful trio teasing apart the presentation of ego. Presented in The Black Box Theatre at The Marriott Center for Dance (SLC). SPARK: A Dance VlOg (2013) Choreographer. Editor. Concept and Direction. 6 solos. 6 minutes. Music: Ambassadors, Autre Ne Vuet, Luciana, St. Vincent and Zola Jesus. A self-produced dance vlog created over a 6-day period. Each week I allotted one hour with myself and the dancer to create one minute of material. Featured on YouTube. SIGNATURE (2012) Duet. Choreographer and Performer. Music: Wye Oak and original text. Created as part of self-produced evening to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Presented at Brockus Project Studios (Los Angeles) and Highways Performance Space SO FINE (2011) Choreographer and Performer. Quartet. 9 Minutes. Music: The Radio Department, Joanna Newsom. Presented at part of Transient Truths at Live Arts (Eagle Rock, CA) PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIKE YOU (2008). Commission for The University of Dayton Dance Ensemble. A group work for 12 dancers including original text. The work ebbed and flowed between the desire to be like and resistance to it. Kennedy Union Boll Theatre at The university of Dayton (Dayton, OH) As the French Say (2009) Commission for The University of Dayton Dance Ensemble. An ensemble work of 10 dancers. This work was created in response to the subverted racism I was hearing at the auditions. Kennedy Union Boll Theatre at The University of Dayton (Dayton, OH). So Here (2007) Duet. 5 minutes. Music: The National. Presented as part of Holly Johnston’s, Ledges and Bones Emerging Above Ground Dance Festival. Diavolo Dance Theatre (Los Angeles). TITANS (2006) Choreographer. Quintet. 6 minutes. Music: Broken Social Scene. Senior thesis work. The Ohio State University Department of Dance. (Columbus, OH) I do by myself (2007) Solo for Fabio Liberti of The Danish Dance Theatre. 4 minutes. Performed at Codarts University for the Arts (Rotterdam, Netherlands) CRAPSHOOT (2006) Choreographer and
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