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Denise
Damon Wade
has
been a professional performer in both the United States and
abroad.
She spent over eight years in New York City, working with Igal Perry,
performing with the Peridance Ensemble, and serving as
Assistant Director of Peridance, NYC. Upon the invitation of
Artistic Director Ursula Bischoff-Mussaka, she moved to Stuttgart,
Germany for three years to perform with the TELOS Tanz Theatre and
teach for the Telos-Buhne. While in Europe she worked with many
diverse choreographers including: Amiel Malale, Erik Franklin, Nadir
Benbeleaid, Alexander Roy, Jochen Heckmann, Drago Boldin and Bruno
Amilhastre. Since returning to the United States, she has
performed with The Fairfax Ballet and Arlington Dance Theatre and for
many independent choreographers.
Professor
Wade’s
choreography has been presented through American College Dance
Festival, Dance Place,
Fairfax Ballet, Kilmarnock Center for the Arts, Palomar Hotel, TELOS
Tanz
Theatre, Jamestown
2007, and
the
Virginia Shakespeare Festival. She has taught modern,
ballet,
jazz,
ballroom and liturgical dance in both the United States and Europe
including
classes and workshops at Longwood University, Old Dominion University,
Radford University, TELOS Tanz Theatre,
Peridance,
New York City Park Service, the
Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia Adult Christian Formation
Conference
(Shrinemont), Williamsburg
Summer Music Camp, Russell
School of Ballet and other studios throughout Northern Virginia.
Wade received her MFA in Dance from the University of Michigan
and is an Associate Professor of Dance at the College of
William and Mary. |
