Dance Faculty
, guest faculty, earned his BFA in dance from the Juilliard School and his MFA with a certificate in arts management at Purchase College, SUNY. A former member of the Jose Limón Dance Company, he has also performed with WORKS/Laura Glenn Dance, and the Jacob’s Pillow Men’s Dancers: The Ted Shawn Legacy. Paul is currently on faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and The Five College Dance Department. Paul has been with the festival for five years.
is a Professor in the School of Dance at George Mason University. He has instructed workshops and choreographed both nationally and internationally, including a collaboration with Cuban choreographer Narciso Medina that premiered in Havana, Cuba. Certified in Laban Movement Analysis, he earned his MFA at Temple University and has been a faculty member of the White Mountain Summer Dance Festival since 1989. Jim performed with Carolyn Carlson’s La Fenice Dance/Theater (Venice) and the Jose Limòn Company (NYC).
earned her BFA in Dance and a BA in Psychology from the University at Buffalo, as well as a Masters in Education from Hunter College. After performing professionally with the Buffalo City Ballet and other companies, a dance injury led her to teaching and yoga. She started a dance program in a NYC public school where she taught for six years before her current job teaching ballet at the Spence School. Lauren is a certified E-RYT Yoga teacher and graduated from Laughing Lotus Yoga School. She currently teaches yoga in NYC and is a senior teacher at Laughing Lotus where she co-teaches the 200 hour Teacher Training. This is Lauren’s first year at the festival.
is currently Associate Arts Professor and Associate Chair of the Dance Department at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he has been a full-time faculty member since 1990. He has danced with Gus Solomons Jr., Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, Donald Byrd/The Group, and The New York Baroque Dance Company, among others. Mr. Martin has taught at schools and festivals worldwide, including the Mark Morris Monnaie Dance Group in Brussels, the Ballet Academy of Stockholm, the Dansen Hus in Copenhagen, the National Institute of the Arts in Taiwan, and the American Dance Festival.
, guest faculty, graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1958 and joined the Martha Graham Dance Company. She also taught at the Martha Graham School. After 10 years with the company, she established the dance major at University of California Berkeley. Marnie received three Isadora Duncan Awards for her contribution to the professional dance scene in San Francisco Bay Area. Upon retirement from the university she returned to New York to serve as director of the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. Currently, Marnie serves as a consultant and rehearsal coach for the Graham Company and is a faculty member of the Martha Graham School and Peridance International. This will be Marnie’s 3rd year at the festival.
is a professor of dance at James Madison University, where she teaches courses including anatomy and somatic studies for the dancer. She has taught anatomy and conditioning at several dance festivals and intensives, and has recently developed a series of creative movement workshops to teach anatomy to children. She holds graduate degrees in dance from Ohio State University and Temple University, and certification in Infant Developmental Movement Education from the School for Body-Mind Centering. Kate has taught and performed throughout the U.S. and in China, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Portugal. This will be Kate’s fifth summer at WMSDF.
, guest faculty, is a graduate of the Juilliard School. She performed in the companies of Laura Glenn, Ohad Naharin, and Mark Haim, and the Mark Morris Dance Group. She has staged Mark Morris’ work at the Boston Ballet, The Juilliard School, and the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College, where she has been on the modern dance faculty since 1999. Her own choreography as a solo artist has been produced by DancenowNYC at Joe’s Pub and Dance Theatre Workshop in New York. Megan has been a part of the Festival periodically since its beginning.
Musicians
is a freelance pianist, living in New York City. Her full and diverse career includes playing solo recitals and concertos, chamber music, accompanying instrumentalists, singers and dancers, ballet classes, teaching piano, and anything else that comes her way that is musical or artistically inspiring. She is the resident pianist for New Chamber Ballet, and has been touring both as accompanist and piano soloist with the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble. Miss Fader has a new solo album, Music of Frederic Chopin, released by Centaur Records in 2012.
, a musician/composer, has provided music for dance since 1978. He was the musical director for the Bill Evans Dance Company in Seattle for five years, and has worked with Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, and many other choreographers. He is currently providing music for dance classes in New York City, doing extensive studio-recording work, and composing music for film. This will be David’s 11th year at the festival.
is a percussionist, song-writer, and painter based in Durham, NC. He has accompanied dance at Texas Christian University, University of Texas, Connecticut College, Hollins University, Meredith College, Duke University, various ACDFA's, the American Dance Festival, and the White Mountain Summer Dance Festival for the past 15 years.