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Michael Kelly Bruce
Associate Professor, Department of Dance
Areas of Expertise
• Choreography
• Conditioning
• Modern dance technique
• Repertory
MICHAEL KELLY BRUCE (Assoc.
Professor, Non-Major Program Coordiantor) began dancing with Harriette
Ann Gray in a movement-for-actors class at Perry-Mansfield in Steamboat
Springs, Colorado; he spent the next five years working with her. After a year in Holland working
closely with Lucas Hoving and performing with several Dutch companies
he moved to NYC, working with Anna Sokolow, Mary Anothny and Fred Mathews. From
1974 through 1981, he danced with the Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) of
Utah, working with many choreographers including Lar Lubovitch, Douglas
Dunn, Bruce Marks and Mathew Diamond. He has performed the works
of Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey, Helen Tamiris, Jose Limon, and Viola Farber. He
has served as a guest performer and choreographer with companies across
the country; as co-director of The Coast in San Francisco; and as a faculty
member of workshops, colleges, and universities including Perry-Mansfield,
Harvard Summer Institute, Mills College, Southern Methodist University,
and Texas Christian University. In Columbus, he worked extensively
with choreographer Victoria Uris. MKB teaches Kinesiology for Dancers,
Floor Barre, Pilates Matwork and Reformer, Repertory and Choreography. His
Pilates certifications are through the Stott Pilates International Certification
Center and the PhysicalMind Institute.
Education
•BA, Dance, Stephens College, Missouri
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