Upper School Dance Residency Program

Each year Greenwich Academy’s Upper School invites practicing professional artists to participate in its dance residency program. In addition to teaching dance classes, resident artists choreograph a piece for one of the dance program’s annual concerts. Most residents have professional dance companies who come to perform for the students during the course of their residency. These visits and performances are often informal and give students the chance to discuss their thoughts and reflections about the work with the artists, who also benefit from student feedback.

Upper School residents have included:

• Kendra J. Ross (Fall 2016, Spring 2018) Afro Caribbean
• Manuel Vignoulle (Fall 2017) Contemporary
• Christopher Rudd (Winter 2017) Contemporary Ballet
• John J. Zullo (Fall 2016) Postmodern Dance
• Gregory Dolbashian (Spring 2015) Contemporary Dance
• Becky Radway (Winter 2014) Contemporary Modern
• Julie Tice (Spring 2014) Classical Modern
• Sydney Mosley (Fall 2013, Spring 2018) Contemporary/Modern
• Ellen Stokes Shadle (Fall 2009, Fall 2012) Contemporary/Modern
• Andrew Sakaguchi (Winter 2013, Spring 2016) Classical and Contemporary Jazz
• Peter Kyle (Winter 2011) Modern Dance
• Jessi Patz (Fall 2010) Contemporay Dance and Swing Fusion
• Fritha Pengelly (Spring 2010) Post-Modern/Contemporary
• Sidra Bell (Winter 2009-2010) Contemporary/Modern
• Jenn Weber (Spring 2009) Hip Hop
• Sydney Skybetter (Winter 2008-2009) Contemporary/Modern

Visiting artists
In addition to its residency program, GA also invites artists to campus to perform and teach master classes. These shorter visits from practicing artists complement a student’s overall study with GA’s permanent dance faculty.

Upper School visiting artists have included:

• Danys "La Mora" Pérez (Spring 2016) Afro Cuban master class
• Ailey II (Fall 2015) Company performance and master class
• Zvi Gotheiner (Fall 2013) Performance of “Dabke”
• Mickela Mallozzi (Fall 2012) Travel BareFeet, Webseries Host
• Avi Scher and Dancers (Spring 2010) Contemporary ballet performance, including GA alumna Elizabeth Walker
• Catch Me Bird (Winter 2007, Fall 2009) Partnering workshop