Lyn C. Wiltshire University of Texas at Austin, Department of Theatre and Dance Winship 2.132E, Campus Code D3900 Austin, TX 78712 Phone: 512-232-5331, Fax: 512-471-0824, E-Mail: [email protected] EDUCATION B.A. Dance Studies, State University of New York (Empire State College) ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE University of Texas at Austin 1995 - Present Professor and Head of Dance 2010 - Present Associate Chair and Head of Performance Unit and Dance Program 2007 - 2010; Associate Professor of Dance 2001 - Present Associate Chair of Undergraduate Education 2003 - 2005 Assistant Director of Undergraduate Education 2005 - Present Head of Dance Program 2000 - 2004 Assistant Professor of Dance 1995 - 2000 L'A.R.T. Dance Project 2004 - Present Artistic Director Ball State University 1992 - 1995 Assistant Professor Butler University 1991 - 1995 Adjunct Instructor Rehearsal Assistant Purdue University 1991 - 1995 Guest Artist in Residence CHOREOGRAPHY (My Repertory of Ballets consists of 60 Works from 1987-2008. A complete chronology and video excerpts are available upon request) 2006, 2007, 2008 Hora Tango Alexandra Ballet Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008; Mi Di Te Salzburg International Ballet Workshop - Salzburg, Austria; Fantasie European Dance Arts - EDAS Cyprus 2008, Restaged: Salzburg International Ballet Workshop; Psalm European Dance Arts - EDAS Cyprus; All Holy Children Sing: European Dance Arts - EDAS Cyprus; Tous Les Nous Dance Repertory Theatre, Tanzsommer Austria; Paralyzed Dance Repertory Theatre, Tanzsommer Austria; Remembering Qualities Dance Repertory Theatre, University of Texas at Austin; HeartSteps Central Indiana Dance Ensemble, Mid-States Regional Festival 2008; General Truths: based on limited and incomplete evidence Dance Repertory Theatre, University of Texas at Austin, 2006 Tanzsommer Austria, Restaged for: Ballet East Dance Theatre 2006; Designer Genes Dance Repertory Theatre, University of Texas at Austin 2006 1 Lyn C. Wiltshire Lyn C. Wiltshire PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONS • Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® Technique Teacher Training 1998, 1999, 2002 • Yoga: Main Module (10 day Intensive, 47 hours) 1999 • Anatomy of Yoga (30 hours) 2003 • Pilates: Grandfathered Certificate 1992 • Shaolin-Do Martial Arts Kung Fu: Black Belt 2002 Tai Chi: Black Sash 2002 COURSES TAUGHT Areas of Interest: All levels of Contemporary, Ballet and Jazz Dance Technique; all levels of Improvisation, Composition and Choreography, Performance and Repertory, Pedagogy Theory, Practicum and Teacher Training, Floor-Barre®, Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 1995 - Present Department of Theatre and Dance Contemporary Dance Technique; Advanced Project in Performance and Repertory; Intermediate Contemporary Dance Technique; Choreography II; Independent Projects; Topics in Dance Technique; Dance Pedagogy: Theory; Advanced Contemporary Dance Technique; Experiential Anatomy; Somatics; Topics in Dance and Movement; Ballet Technique; Movement Improvisation and Composition I; Floor-Barre Technique; Projects in Dance Movement Studies; Jazz; Ballet Technique; Ballet II Nonmajor; Jump Into Jazz Plus; Dance Forms: Int/Adv Ballet Technique; Dance Lab; Choreography I; Dance Forms: The Theory and Practice of Classical Technique; Visions of Ellington (Topics Course); Floor-Barre™ Fundamentals (Computer Course); Movement and Physical Conditioning Lab Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana 1995 -1991 Department of Dance Intermediate Ballet; Dance Teaching Practicum; Pilates Mat; Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 1995-1992 Department of Theatre and Dance Performance Modern 1; Modern 5; Modern 6 PERFORMANCES Sharir+Bustamante 2003 “Sentinal” - Performer ~ Choreography: Kent DeSpain McCullough Theatre, Austin, TX Sophisticated Ellington: Symphony and Swing 1995 - 2002 National Tour: Featured Dancer; Mercedes Ellington Performed with more than 40 Symphony Orchestras and Pops Conductors across the United States and Hawaii Invitation to the Dance – Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 2000 St, Louis, Missouri, Guest Artist, conducted by Maestro Richard Hayman. Holiday Magic – Alabama Symphony Orchestra 1998 Birmingham, Alabama, Featured Dance Gotta Dance – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Guest Artist Lyn C. Wiltshire 2 Lyn C. Wiltshire Celebrate Bach! University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 1997 Soloist, B. Iden Payne Theatre. Yuletide Celebration Indianapolis, Indiana 1985-1996 Dancer/Dance Captain Young Audiences of Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana 1983-1995 Performing Artist Team Leader, S.A.Y. (Summer Arts for Youth) Coordinator and Director Dance Kaleidoscope Indianapolis, Indiana 1983-1992 Featured Dancer/Instructor Warner Bros. “The Bugs Bunny Show” Extensive Tour of 1982-1983 Venezuela Roger Hess Productions Featured Dancer Walter Nicks Dance Company Extensive Tour of France 1982 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre New York, New York 1979-1981 Hudson Valley Dance Theatre Poughkeepsie, New York 1978-1979 Children’s Arts Festival New York and Washington, DC 1978 “The Me Nobody Knows” choreographed by Patricia Birch Kennedy Center. Hospital Audiences, NYC District Schools New York State 1977-1979 Joan Miller’s Dance Players New York, New York 1977-1978 Universal Pictures “The Wiz” National and International 1977 Filmed in all dance sequences of the movie “The Wiz” Dance Theatre of Harlem New York, New York 1973-78 Apprentice/Stipend Scholarship Student MASTER CLASSES/ WORKSHOPS Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance – SEAD, Salzburg, Austria, International University “Global Theatre Experience” – IUGTE, Leitring bei Leibnitz, Austria; Salzburg International Ballet Workshop – SIBA, Salzburg, Austria; European Dance Arts – EDAS Israel @ Thelma Yellin International Performing Arts School, Tel Aviv, Israel; University of Nice Sofia Antipolis, Nice, France; European Dance Arts – EDAS Cyprus; El Colegio del Cuerpo - Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia; Mid-States Regional Dance America Festival, Carmel, In; Mid-States Regional Dance America Festival, Indianapolis, IN; Young Tanzsommer! Austria; American College Dance Festival Association; Ballet East Dance Company Theatre; The Glenda Brown Choreography Project; 7thh Annual African American Dance Festival, State Theater, Austin, TX; 6th Annual African American Dance Festival; Regional Dance America Southwest Festival 2002, Monroe, Louisiana; 41st, 40th, 39th Annual Craft of Choreography Performance Conference; Regional Dance America, University of Texas at Austin; American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive; Indianapolis Dance Company, Indianapolis, IN; Tapestry Dance Company, Austin, TX; San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet, San Antonio, TX; Regional Dance America “Nationals 97” Houston, TX; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; Fort Wayne Ballet Fort Wayne, IN; Judith Svalander School of Ballet Crystal Lake, IL; San Antonio “Dances”, San Antonio, TX; Lexington Ballet Lexington, KY; University of Nebraska, Lincoln and Omaha, NE; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Rollins College; Winter Park, FL; Anderson Young Ballet Theatre, Anderson, IN; Ball State University; Muncie, IN; Indiana University; Bloomington, IN; Jordan College Academy of Dance, Indianapolis, IN; Dans Ethnik, Indianapolis, IN; Fort Wayne Dance Collective Fort Wayne, IN; Walter Nicks Residencies Chaumont, Limoges, Biarritz and Paris, France; Kenwood-Kenmont Camp Connecticut; Y.M.H.A., New York, NY; Allegra Kent School of Dance, New York, NY Lyn C. 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Wiltshire PRESENTATIONS/ LECTURES Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance 2009 Salzburg, Austria Ballet and Floor-Barre® University of Nice Sophia Antipolis Nice, France Ballet and Floor-Barre® Thelma Yellin National Performing Arts School Givatayim, Israel, Contemporary and Repertory International University “Global Theatre Experience” (IUGTE) Leitring bei Leibnitz, Austria Floor-Barre® Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2007 Honolulu, Hawaii Defining the Movement Imprint: Imprinting the Movement Definition Young Tanzsommer Austria 2004, 2006, 2008 Repertory - Austria and Italy Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2005 Honolulu, Hawaii, The Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique® Pulses and Impulses of Dance in the Community 2004 Almada, Portugal, The Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique® International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, 2002 Sport and Dance (ICHPER*SD), Scientific Committee for the 44th World Congress Taiwan, The Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique® Professional Development Series – Performing Arts Center 2008 Presented and moderate a day long seminar with AISD high school teachers Dancing in the Millennium Conference 2000 Washington, DC, The Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique® 9th and 10th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Dance 1999, 2000 Medicine and Science (IADMS) (Tring, England) and (Miami, Florida), The Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique® RESEARCH ACTIVITIES/ FELLOWSHIPS/ GRANTS University of Texas at Austin Department of theatre and Dance Teaching Excellence award 2008 - 2009 • Department of Theatre and Dance – University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts Dean’s Fellow 2008 - 2009 • College of Fine Arts – University of Texas at Austin Creative Research Summer Stipend 2007 • College of Fine Arts – University of Texas at Austin Grace Hill Milam Fellowship 2001 - 2002; 1997 - 1998 • College of Fine Arts – University of Texas at Austin Research Grant 2000 • Office of the Vice President for Research – University