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Leah Glenn
received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance Choreographic Theory
and
Production from Southern Methodist University as well as her Teacher's
Certification in Labanotation from Ohio State
University.
While at SMU, she received her Pilates training from Colleen Glenn,
founder of
The PilateSystem. Ms. Glenn received her Bachelor of Arts degree in
Dance and
Management from Goucher
College.
While
there, she performed as a soloist for artist-in-residence, Gary
Masters, and
was a member of the PATH modern dance company. Ms. Glenn has also
received
extensive training from Jacob's Pillow, the Chautauqua Institute and
has worked
with the Philadelphia Dance Company where she worked under Milton
Meyers and
Denise Jefferson.
Prior to attending graduate school Ms. Glenn was Artistic Director of
Cecil
Dance Theatre for ten years where she choreographed numerous modern
dance
concert works and ballets including full-length productions of The
Sleeping
Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Coppelia. Ms. Glenn was
Assistant
Professor and Head of Dance at Hampton University
for two
years. While at Hampton,
she directed the Terpsichorean Dance Company and established the first
African
American chapter of the National Dance Association's Nu Delta Alpha
Honor
Society. Her choreography has been presented by the College of William
and Mary, Hampton
University
and the
Maryland School of Ballet and Modern Dance. Her reconstructions
of Pearl
Primus’ Bushasche Etude, the Parsons Etude,
the Limon Etude and Donald McKayle's Rainbow Etude
have been
presented by William and Mary. She has
also reconstructed the Rainbow Etude at Old Dominion University
and Hampton
University.
In addition to her
original work and reconstructions, she also co-choreographed Journey of Destiny, the
retelling of the settlement of
Jamestown, which was
part of the Jamestown 400th Anniversary Celebration. Her most recent original work, Transcending
Rhythms, was presented at
the 2009 International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference. She
is
currently a member of Gravity Optional Dance Company and an Assistant
Professor
of Dance at The College of William and Mary. |
