The Fredonia Dance Ensemble is hosting a guest artist who will offer two free classes in September open to the entire campus community.
Kista Tucker, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Kista Tucker Insights, will teach a mixed level Modern Dance class on Friday, Sept. 20, from noon to 2 p.m., and on Thursday, Sept. 26, Tucker will teach a Laban Movement class from 5 to 7 p.m., all in Dods Hall Room 148. Both events are free.
Tucker will be at SUNY Fredonia for a week-long guest artist residency with the Fredonia Dance Ensemble. She is choreographing a piece for the dance ensemble’s annual concert in February.
On Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in Dods Hall Room 148, Tucker and her cast of Fredonia dance students will perform a free showing of the dance she is staging with the Fredonia Dance Ensemble. The showing will be followed by a question and answer session with Tucker and the dancers.
Tucker has performed and presented her work throughout the United States and in Europe, Japan, Mexico, and Canada. She has a wide range of performance experiences ranging from a major role in Kurt Jooss’ “The Green Table” to her own “Randolph County.” Last May, Tucker’s company performed a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Tucker has been associated with the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies Board of Directors and Management Committee and was elected to two terms on the Congress on Research in Dance Board of Directors. She has taught at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Ohio State University, Sam Houston State University, The University of South Florida and SUNY Brockport.
