Jan Van Dyke
306 Aberdeen Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27403
336 334 3043
jevandyk@uncg.edu
EDUCATION
1989: Ed.D.
Curriculum and Educational Foundations, University of North Carolina /
Greensboro.
1966: M.A. Dance
Education, George Washington University.
1963: B.S. Dance,
University of Wisconsin / Madison.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2005-06: One year of
graduate coursework in filmmaking, Department of Broadcastin and Cinema, UNCG.
1997: Video Editing
Course, Summer School UNCG, with Michael Frierson.
1996: Somatics
Workshop, one week at the American Dance Festival with Glenna Batson.
1984: Dance/Video
Workshop with Merce Cunningham, San Francisco, CA.
1969-72: Merce
Cunningham Studio, New York, NY.
1971, 1972: Criticism
Seminar with D. Jowitt, M. Siegel, NYC.
1969: Martha Graham
School, New York, NY.
1966-68: Ethel Butler
Studio, Washington, DC.
1965, 1958: American
Dance Festival, Connecticut College.
1956-59: Washington
School of Ballet, Washington, DC.
1950-59: Hedi Pope
Dance Studio, Alexandria, VA.
CHOREOGRAPHY (active
repertory and selected works)
2007: Passing Through, music by Sandy
Blocker, premiered at UNCG Dance Theater, cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group.
2007: The Circle,
music by Frank Vulpi, five dancers, premiered at the Greensboro Cultural
Center, cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group.
2006: Trinity:
episodes, music by Joe Morgan, three dancers, premiered at the NC Dance
Festival, cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group.
2005: Mirror Rim,
traditional music, four dancers, premiered at the NC Dance Festival, cast on
the Van Dyke Dance Group.
2005: Dance for an
Open Space, music by the Walker Family Band, six dancers, premiered at the
Green Hill Center for NC Art, cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group.
2004: Taking Leave,
music by W.A. Mozart, four dancers, premiered at Cary Academy, cast on the Van
Dyke Dance Group.
2003: Untitled
Elegy, music by Arvo Part, six dancers, premiered at UNCG Dance Theater,
cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group.
2002: Design for
Nine, music by Bobby McFerrin, nine dancers, premiered at UNCG Dance
Theater, cast on students.
2002: Watching As
I Go, music by Franz Schubert, four dancers, premiered at UNCG Dance
Theater, cast on Van Dyke Dance Group.
2002: Trade Routes,
traditional Asian music, four dancers, premiered at the Green Hill Center for
NC Art, cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group.
2001: Reliance,
music by Madredeus, two dancers, premiered at NC Dance Festival, cast on the
Van Dyke Dance Group.
2001: Day¹s
End, music by Varttina, five dancers, premiered at UNCG Dance Theater, cast
on students.
2001: Slow Embrace,
music by Maurice Ravel, solo on self, premiered at UNCG Dance Theater.
2000: Earth/Work,
self-accompanied, nine dancers, premiered at the Greensboro Cultural Center,
cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group. Commissioned by Greensboro Earth Day
Celebration.
1999: Swing Set,
music sung by Martha and the Moodswingers, premiered at UNCG, cast on students.
1999: Adagio,
music by Calvin Hampton, two dancers, premiered at Wait Chapel, Wake Forest
University, cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group. Commissioned by Music for a Great
Space.
1999: Jive,
music by Andrew Bird, seven dancers, premiered at the NC Correctional
Institution for Women, Raleigh, cast on the Van Dyke Dance Group.
1998: The Zone,
music by J.S. Bach accompanied by Sami Ateba and Nana Vasconcelos, premiered in
the NC Dance Festival, cast on Sherone Price.
1998: Persuasion,
music by W.A. Mozart, six dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast on the Jan Van Dyke
Dance Group.
1998: The Thin
Blue Line, music by the Cocteau Twins, five dancers, premiered at UNCG;
cast on the Jan Van Dyke Dance Group.
1997: Quatre
Femmes, music by Deep Forest, four dancers, premiered at the Southeast
Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem; cast on Jan Van Dyke Dance Group.
1996: Going to
Pieces (five of them), music by Jim Copp and Ed Brown, eight dancers,
premiered at the Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro; cast on Gamble/Van
Dyke Dance Co.
1996: Sleep Song,
music by Perotin and J.S. Bach, four dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast on
Gamble/Van Dyke Dance Co.
1995: Silence,
no music, four dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast on Gamble/Van Dyke Co.
1995: Business in
Blue City, music by the Cocteau Twins, 13 dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast
on students.
1994: Night
Between Two Days, music by Deep Forest, six dancers, premiered at UNCG;
cast on Gamble/Van Dyke Co.
1994: Sweet
Lullabye, music by Dead Can Dance, four dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast on
Gamble/Van Dyke Co.
1993: Field of
Force, music by Ludwig von Beethoven, nine dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast
on Gamble/Van Dyke Co.
1992: The
Tightrope, music by John Adams, one dancer, premiered at UNCG; cast on Rick
McCullough.
1992: A Little
Late Afternoon Music, music by Wolfgang A. Mozart, five dancers, premiered
at UNCG; cast on Gamble/Van Dyke
Co.
1992: Five Short
Forms, music by Michael Nyman, eight dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast on
Gamble/Van Dyke Co.
1991: The Life and
Times..., music by Martin Swan and Talitha Mackenzie, two dancers,
premiered at UNCG; cast on Gamble/Van Dyke Co.
1990: Design for
Four, music by Ly Lifarge, five dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast on Gamble
/ Van Dyke Dance Co.
1990: A Sense of
Order, music by Frank Vulpi, three dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast on
Gamble/Van Dyke Dance Co.
1990: Slow Retreat
from Center, music by Peter Gabriel, five dancers, premiered at UNCG; cast
on Gamble/Van Dyke Dance Co.
1989: Full Circle,
music by the Turtle Island String Quartet, three dancers, premiered at UNCG;
cast on Gamble/Van Dyke Dance Co.
1988: Quicksilver,
music by Steve Reich, 11 dancers, premiered at UNCG on student dancers; now
cast on Van Dyke Dance Group.
1987: Gemini,
music by Peter Gabriel, recomposed by Gil Fray, two dancers, premiered at
UNC/Greensboro.
1986: From a
Distance (with Ann Farmer), music by Steve Bloom and Mike Vargas, two
dancers, premiered at Mt. Vernon College, Washington, DC.
1986: Rhythm No. 4,
no music, four dancers, commissioned by Momentum Dance Theater, Washington, DC.
1985: Round Dance,
music by Peter Gabriel, 10 dancers, premiered at the Laban Centre, London, UK.
1985: Tiny Life,
music by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, three dancers, premiered at the New
Performance Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1984: Bop 'Til You
Drop, choreography for rock video with Rick Springfield, San Francisco,
MTV.
1984: Lament,
music by Tangerine Dream, two dancers, premiered at the 8th Street Studio,
Berkeley, CA.
1984: Quartet,
music by Peter Gabriel, four dancers, commissioned by the Janlyn Dance Company,
Cupertino, CA.
1984: Luna,
music by George Winston, one dancer, premiered at the New Performance Gallery,
San Francisco, CA.
1983: Woof,
music by Jon Hassell and Brian Eno, four dancers, commissioned by the San
Francisco Moving Company.
1982: Spike,
music by Laurie Anderson, four dancers, commmissioned by the Contemporary Dance
Theater, Cincinnati, OH.
1981: Washington
Suite, music by Ludwig van Beethoven. Six dancers, commissioned by the
Washington Ballet.
1981: Looping,
music by John Cage. One dancer, commissioned by Peggy Lyman.
1980: Double Times,
music by Brian Eno, one dancer, premiered at the Washington Project for the
Arts (DC).
1980: Pearl,
music by J.S. Bach, two dancers, premiered at the Contemporary Dance Theater,
Cincinnati, OH.
1980: Stamping
Dance, no music. Four dancers, premiered at the Dance Project, Washington,
DC.
1979: The Winter's
Tale, choreography for production at Arena Stage, Washington, DC. David
Chambers, director; Mel Marvin, composer.
1979: Two Dances
in One Space, music by Steve Bloom. Two dancers, premiered at the Dance Project,
Washington, DC.
1974: Ella,
music by Steve Bloom & Sylvia Fine, 11 dancers, premiered at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
1973: Waltz,
music by Johann Strauss, Jr., one dancer, premiered at the Jewish Community
Center, Rockville, MD.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE,
SELECTED WORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
(within
the past 4 years):
June 27, 2008 Master Class at NC GovernorŐs School West. Salem College,
Winston-Salem, NC
March 14, 2008 Master Class at the University of
Vermont, Burlington.
January 21-25, 2008
Choreography Workshop for second graders at University Park Creative
Arts School, Charlotte, NC.
January 3-10, 2008 Choreography residency at Wayne State
University, Detroit, MI
July 27, 2007 Master class at NC
GovernorŐs School East, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
November 18, 2006 Jan Van Dyke Dance Group
workshop and informal performance, Burlington Academy of Dance Arts,
Burlington, NC
October 6, 2006 Guest artist at Davie
County High School Day of Dance, teaching technique and choreography; informal
performance. Mocksville, NC.
July 10, 2006 Master Class at NC GovernorŐs School West, Salem
College, Winston-Salem, NC.
July 6, 2006 Master Class at NC GovernorŐs School East, Meredith
College, Raleigh, NC.
March 2,3, 2006 Master classes in
choreography at Eastern Forsyth High School in Winston-Salem, NC.
.
Professor of Dance: University of North
Carolina at Greensboro,
2001-present.
Associate Professor
of Dance: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1994-2001.
Guest Artist: Two
months at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, Perth, teaching
technique and repertory, 2000.
Guest Artist: Elon
College, NC. Spring semester, 1997: repertory.
Assistant Professor
of Dance: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1989-1994: Fulbright
Scholar: Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, three months in 1993: technique,
choreography, curriculum issues, production.
Guest Artist: Luther
College, Decorah, IA, one week workshop, January 1991: technique, composition,
repertory.
Guest Artist:
American University, Washington, DC, two week workshop, January 1990:
technique.
Faculty, National
College Dance Festival, Washington, DC, spring 1986: technique.
Guest Artist:
Contemporary Dance Theater, Cincinnati, OH, (1-6 week) workshops 1972-1989:
technique.
Guest Artist: Dance
Place, Washington, DC, workshops 1980-1989: technique.
Adjunct Faculty:
George Washington University, Washington, DC, spring semester 1986: technique.
Guest Faculty: Laban
Centre for Movement & Dance, London, UK, fall semester 1985: technique,
composition, repertory.
Guest Artist: George
Washington University, one week workshop, 1985: technique, repertory.
Guest Artist:
University of Wisconsin/Madison, two weeks, summer 1985: technique,
improvisation, repertory.
Teaching Staff:
Footwork Studio, San Francisco, CA, 1983-1985: technique.
Guest Artist:
Laboratorio Danza, Modena ITALY, three week workshop, 1984: technique,
repertory.
Guest Artist:
University of South Florida, Tampa, six weeks, 1983: technique, composition,
repertory.
Guest Faculty:
Florida State University, Tallahassee, four weeks, summer 1982: technique.
Self-produced
classes: American Theater Laboratory and the Space Place, New York, NY, 1980-
82: technique.
Guest Faculty: Sarah
Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, fall semester, 1980: technique.
Guest Faculty:
University of Hawaii at Manoa, six week summer session, 1979: technique and
repertory.
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPERIENCE
Chair, Department of
Dance: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2006-present.
Artistic
Director: Dance Project at City
Arts, community-based school in downtown Greensboro, August 2007-2008 (under NC
Dance Project, Inc.)
Artistic Director:
Jan Van Dyke Dance Group, 1996-present (under NC Dance Project, Inc.).
Producer/Artistic
Director: North Carolina Dance Festival, an annual festival of NC dance
produced at UNCG and at five other NC locales, 1991-present (under NC Dance
Project, Inc.).
Artistic Director
(with John Gamble): John Gamble/Jan Van Dyke Dance Company, 1989-1996.
Artistic Director:
Jan Van Dyke & Dancers, 1972-1985.
Founder/Director:
Dance Project, Inc. (a school and performance space) Washington, DC, 1972-
1980.
Founder/Director
(with John Gamble): Georgetown Workshop (a dance company and performance space)
Washington, DC, 1967-1969.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008: 2008 Dancer Teacher Award for Higher
Education, by Dance Teacher magazine.
2008: Choreography (SPIKE) selected for
Sharing the Legacy Conference, Masterworks of the 20th Century
concert at Hunter College, New York City.
2005: Copperfoot
Award for choreography from the Department of Dance, Wayne State University.
2001: NC Dance
Alliance Annual Award for Contributions to the Development of Dance in North
Carolina.
1999: UNC/Greensboro
Research Council Grant, with Michael Frierson, $5,280.
1997: Who's Who in
Entertainment, bio included in third edition.
1997: NC Arts
Council, New Works Grant, $3,000.
1996: NC Arts
Council, New Works Grant, $2,500.
1995: UNC/Greensboro,
Research Council Grant, $1,900.
1995: Dictionary
of International Biography, bio included in twenty-fourth edition.
1994: UNC/Greensboro,
Summer Excellence Research Award, $4,000.
1993: Choreography
Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council, $8,000.00.
1993: Fulbright
Fellowship for Lecturing and Research in Lisbon, Portugal, $7,850.00.
1992: UNC/Greensboro,
Research Council Grant, $2,266.00.
1991: Who's Who in
Entertainment, bio included in second edition.
1990: UNC/Greensboro,
Summer Excellence Research Award, $4,000.
1990: UNC/Greensboro,
New Faculty Research Award, $1,500.
1986: Alumni
Fellowship, UNC/Greensboro, $6,000.
1985: California Arts
Council, $2,700.
1984: San Mateo
County Arts Council (CA), $200.
1984: Zellerbach
Family Fund, San Francisco, CA, $1,500.
1979, 1980: Ramsay
Foundation, Washington, DC, $500 each year.
1979: Metropolitan
Dance Association Award for Outstanding Service to the Field, Washington, DC.
1978: National
Endowment for the Arts, Choreographer's Fellowship, $4,500.
1975: Washingtonian
Magazine (Dec.), "76 Washingtonians to Watch in 1976".
1975, 1976, 1977:
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Washington, DC, $14,000 each year.
1974, 1975, 1976,
1978: Washington, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, about $5,000 each
year.
1973: National
Endowment for the Arts, Workshop Fellowship, $1,300.
PUBLICATIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS
2005: Teaching
Choreography: Starting with Craft, Journal of Dance Education,
volume 5/ number 4.
2004: Choreography
as a Mode of Inquiry: A Case Study, Estudos de Danca,
January-December.
2003: The Local
Connection: Local Artists in the United States, Keynote Address at the
international conference, Pulses and Impulses for Dance in the Community,
Almada, Portugal.
2001: Intention:
Questions regarding its role in choreography, Journal of Dance Education,
volume 1/number 3.
2000: Dance:
Choreography, The Women¹s Studies Encyclopedia, Routledge.
1999: Choreography
as a Mode of Inquiry: A Case Study, Body/Language, number 1.
1999: The Local
Connection, Dance Voice, volume 17/number 2.
1999: Art and
Place: The Local Connection, Arts Education Policy Review, volume
100/number 3.
1998: Choreography
as a Mode of Inquiry: a Case Study, CORD Newsletter, winter.
1998: Smart
Audiences Will Keep More Homegrown Artists at Home, Greensboro News
& Record, October 25.
1998: Quatre
Femmes presented at the Women¹s Studies Conference, UNCG, Greensboro,
NC.
1997: Dance as a
Women¹s Field: Exploding the Myth presented at the National Womens
Studies Association Annual Conference in St. Louis, MO.
1997: The Issue of
Intention presented at the national CORD Conference in Tucson, AZ.
1996: Gender and
Success in the American Dance World, Women's Studies International Forum,
volume 19/number 5.
1996: Choreography
as a mode of inquiry: A case study Impulse, volume 4/ number 4, October.
1995: Dance as a
Women's Field: Exploding the Myth presented at the national CORD Conference
in Miami, FL.
1995: member, panel
on "Three Perspectives on the Creative Process" at the AAHPERD
Conference in Portland, OR, with Dr. Jill Green and Christine Hanrahan.
1994: An American
Choreographer in Portugal: Reflections on Culture, Dance Teacher Now,
November.
1994: University
Dance: Some Questions, Estudos de Danca, May.
1992: Modern Dance
in a Postmodern World, (book) National Dance Association, Reston, VA.
1992: University
Dance: Some Questions Focus on Dance XII: Dance in Higher Education,
National Dance Association, Reston, VA.
1991: When I Dance
I'm More of a Soul (with Susan W. Stinson and Donald Blumenfeld- Jones) Ballett International, June.
1990: The Voices
of Young Women Dance Students (with Susan W. Stinson and Donald
Blumenfeld-Jones) Dance Research Journal, fall.
1990: member, panel
on "Dance and Gender Identification among Young Women: Three Perspectives"
at the 5th Hong Kong International Dance Conference, with Dr. Susan W. Stinson
and Dr. Helen Thomas.
1989: member, panel
on Culture and Perception, Modes of Inquiry Conference, CORD, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
1988: Co-authored two
presentations at the 1988 International CORD Conference, Toronto:
An Interpretive Study
of the Meaning of Dance: Voices of Young Women
with Susan W. Stinson and Donald Blumenfeld-Jones (published in Conference Proceedings).
Meaning
and Movement: A Reflection on `Trio A' with John Gamble, Janet Gillespie,
and Donald Blumenfeld-Jones.
1988: An
interpretive study of meaning in dance: Voices of young women students
(with Susan W. Stinson and Donald Blumenfeld- Jones). In S.H. Fraleigh (Ed.) Conference
Proceedings of the International CORD Conference:Dance and Culture
(pp. 174-184). Congress on Research in Dance.
1988: Voices of
adolescent dancers: An interpretive study of meaning in dance (with Susan
W. Stinson and Donald Blumenfeld-Jones). In Proceedings of the Fourth
Conference of Dance and the Child: International. London.
1988: University
Dance: Some Questions, translated by Ou Jian-ping, Wudao, The
Chinese National Dance-Magazine, Number 9.
1987: New York or
Not New York? Washington
Dance View, autumn.
1987: University
Dance: Some Questions, Washington Dance View, spring.
1986: Bop `Til You
Drop: Its Own Reward, Dance Magazine, May.
1973: Creative
Environments: A Choreographer's Views, Ballet Review, No. 4.
AFFILIATIONS
Member, Arts NC since
1999.
Member, North
Carolina Dance Alliance since 1988.
Board
of Directors 1991-1993.
Producer
of the 1993 NC Dance Alliance Annual Event held at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, September, 1993.
Member, Congress on
Research in Dance (CORD), 1988-2000.
Board
of Directors 1995-1998.
Chair,
Elections committee, 1997-98.
Member, National
Dance Association (NDA) 1992-1998.
Member, Dance/Bay
Area (CA) 1982-86,
Board
of Directors, 1985.