Guest Artists

Guest Artist Residencies

Guest Artist Residencies enliven and amplify the experience of CSULB dance majors. Through one  or two-week residencies, professional choreographers and dancers from around the world set new or restaged dances on our students, giving them a taste of the rehearsal process that is a part of a professional career.

  • Sidra Bell, Artistic Director Sidra Bell Dance New York 
  • Janis Brenner, Choreographer, New York City 
  • Frank Chaves, Artistic Director, River North Chicago Dance Co. 
  • Leah Cox, Education Director, New York Live Arts Norbert De La Cruz, Choreographer 
  • Mike Esperanza, Choreographer, BARE Dance Company 
  • Melecio Estrella, Bandaloop, Joe Goode Dance 
  • Marjani Forté-Saunders, Choreographer, Co-founder, LOVE|FORTÉ A COLLECTIVE 
  • Maria Gillespie, Artistic Director, Oni Dance, Los Angeles 
  • Kate Hutter, Co-Founder, L.A. Contemporary Dance Company 
  • Laurel Jenkins, Trisha Brown Dance Company 
  • Holly Johnston, Artistic Director, Ledges and Bones Dance Project 
  • Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director,Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance 
  • Zippora Karz, Repetiteur, Balanchine Trust 
  • Alex Ketley, Artistic Director, The Foundry 
  • Sharon Kinney, Repetiteur, Paul Taylor 
  • Stephen Koester, Choreographer, University of Utah, Faculty 
  • Stephanie Lapis, Repetiteur, Doug Varone and Dancers 
  • Fiona Lummis, Repetiteur, Nederlands Dans Theatre 
  • Victoria Marks, Choreographer, U.C.L.A., Faculty 
  • Robert Moses, Artistic Director, Kin Dance Company 
  • Shyamala Moorty, Choreographer
  • C. Kemal Nance, Choreographer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 
  • Tere O’Conner, Choreographer, New York City 
  • John Pennington, Choreographer Pennington Dance Group
  • Kameron Saunders, Dancer and Choreographer
  • Dolly Sfeir, Choreographer
  • Kensaku Shinohara, Choreographer
  • Patrick Simoniello, Ballet Master River North Dance Chicago
  • Shawn Stevens Dancer, Repetiteur Twyla Tharp Dance Company
  • Eddie Taketa, Repetiteur, Doug Varone and Dancers
  • Micaela Taylor, Artistic Director, TL Collective
  • Colleen Thomas, Choreographer
  • Donna Uchizono, Choreographer, Artistic Director of Donna Uchizono Company
  • George Willis, Charles Weidman Repetiteur
  • Megan Williams. Repetiteur, Mark Morris Dance Group
  • Kevin Williamson, Choreographer
  • Dan Wagoner, Choreographer
  • Bill Young, Artistic Director Bill Young and Dancers

Guest Artist Classes and Workshops

Guest Artist Classes and Workshops provide opportunities for students to interact with a wide array of dance professionals. Below is a partial list of guest artists who have enhanced the education of CSULB dancers.

  • Kyle Abraham, Artistic Director, A.I.M.
  • Janis Brenner, Artistic Director, Janis Brenner & Dancers 
  • Jennifer Backhaus, Backhaus Dance
  • Genevieve Baker, Artistic Director, L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
  • Lillian Barbeito, BodyTraffic Dance Company
  • Bill Bohl, Managing Director, DDO Artists Agency/The Movement
  • Leslie Carothers-Aromaa, Colburn School, formerly with Joffrey Ballet
  • Evelyn Cisneros-Legate, Boston Ballet, formerly with S.F. Ballet
  • Robert Cohan, Artistic Dir. London Contemporary Dance School
  • Misty Copeland, Soloist, American Ballet Theatre
  • Lauren Kias, Cast of Hamilton
  • Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Dance Scholar
  • David Dorfman, Artistic Director, David Dorfman Dance
  • Glen Eddy, Cal Arts Faculty, formerly with Netherlands Dance Theater
  • Glenn Edgerton, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
  • Arturo Fernandez, Alonzo King Lines Ballet
  • Joe Goode, Artistic Director, Joe Goode Performance Group
  • Rennie Harris, Artistic Director, Rennie Harris Dance Company
  • Alaine Haubert, American Ballet Theatre
  • Millicent Hodson/Kenneth Archer, Rite of Spring Centennial
  • Kevin Iega Jeff, Artistic Director Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
  • Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Co.
  • Zippora Karz, former Soloist, New York City Ballet
  • Alex Ketley, The Foundry
  • Jmy James Kidd, Director, Pieter Performance Space
  • Shouze Ma, Choreographer, Beijing, China
  • Cheryl Mann, Choreographer & Dance Photographer, Cheryl Mann Productions
  • John Malashock, Artistic Director, Malashock Dance
  • Patrick McCollum, Choreographer The Band’s Visit, CSULB alum
  • Sergio Mejia, Commercial dance choreographer
  • Colleen Neary, Artistic Director Los Angeles Ballet
  • Colleen O’Callaghan, Ventura Ballet, formerly with ABT
  • Rocio Ponce, Professional Flamenco choreographer
  • Summer Lee Rhatigan, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance
  • Melanie Ríos, Glaser Artistic Director, The Wooden Floor
  • John Selya, ABT, Come Fly Away, Movin’ Out
  • Robbie Shaw, Choreographer/Screendance creator
  • Eddie Taketa, Doug Varone and Dancers
  • Rosanna Tavarez, Countertechnique, LA DANSA DANSA
  • Doug Varone, Artistic Director, Doug Varone and Dancers
  • Wendy Whelan, Former Principal Dancer, Associate Artistic Director, New York City Ballet