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Stephen Koester, Associate Professor. B.A. University of Minnesota. Professor Koester was formerly co-Artistic Director of Creach/Koester, a dance company based in New York City which toured throughout the US, Canada and Europe. With partner Terry Creach, Professor Koester received five consecutive choreographic fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, plus a choreographic fellowship from the New York State Foundation for the Arts. Creach and Koester received the Bonnie Bird North American Choreographic Award along with extensive additional choreographic/company support. In addition to his activities with Creach/Koester, Professor Koester has been a guest artist at numerous colleges and universities throughout the country; he continues to choreograph and teach both nationally and internationally. His work appears in the repertories of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Pittsburgh Dance Alloy, Dance Forum, Taipei, among others; in 2004 he won the Repertory Dance Theatre's Sense of Place Choreographic Competition to set a new work on the company in 2004. In the department Professor Koester regularly choreographs, and teaches improvisation, composition, technique, and graduate seminars. In 2002, Stephen received the College of Fine Arts Faculty Excellence Award for creative research. Professor Koester also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Modern Dance. Office Phone: (801) 587-9808 |