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Donna White , Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Modern Dance, performer, and choreographer. Donna is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. She trained in New York City and received both a Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Utah. She danced for 12 years with the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and also danced with Tandy Beal and Company for many years. She has performed as a guest artist with Bill Evans and Robert Small and had her own company, Danceworks . She has received a National Endowment Individual Choreographer's Fellowship and has choreographed for many dance departments, solo artists, and companies including: Ririe-Woodbury, Repertory Dance Theatre, Utah Ballet, and Performing Dance Company. Donna is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst and has completed graduate course work in the area of Performance Psychology. Currently, Donna teaches technique, composition, dance history, dance administration, and other graduate and undergraduate level courses. Donna recently received two University Research Fellowships to reconstruct historical choreographic works of Hanya Holm and Alwin Nikolais for students in the Department of Modern Dance. She is a current member of the Society of Dance History Scholars, Utah Dance Education Organization, Council of Dance Administrators, and the National Association of Schools of Dance. Office Phone: 801 581-7327 |