This August we have Elijah Gibson teaching at our Summer Intensive. Elijah has a well rounded background in dance training with an emphasis in Contemporary. We can't wait to have our students train with this master instructor during the 2nd week of our Summer Intensive. To find out more about Elijah Gibson, please read below.
Gibson founded Social Movement Contemporary Dance in 2019 after an international
career as a professional dancer and a career in Higher Education. Originally from San
Diego, California, he began dance with the San Diego Civic Dance Association and
attended the San Diego School for the Performing Arts. Gibson continued his education
and studied dance in college and received his Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, with a focus on dance history, somatic studies, and
pedagogy. Gibson joined the world-renowned Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago
where he toured nationally and internationally for eight years, performing the works of
the late Gus Giordano, Margo Sappington, Christopher Huggins, Jon Lehrer, Mia
Michaels, Liz Imperio, Randy Duncan, Tony Powell, Ron De Jesus, and Davis
Robertson among many others. He’s also had the privilege of guest performing with
Instruments of Movement, Cirqua Rivera Dance Theater, Thodos Dance Chicago, and
Especialty Tap Chicago just to name a few. He has performed and taught throughout
the United States as well as in Germany, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Costa
Rica, Latvia, Spain, Ecuador, Canada, and Mexico. Mr. Gibson has served on the
faculties of RDA Midwest, Gus Giordano Jazz Intensive, American College Dance
Festival Association, Jazz Dance World Congress, Dance Masters of Wisconsin,
Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, Leon Dance Arts NY, Embrace Dance
Convention, and Key West Modern Dance. Dance companies have performed his
choreography nationally and internationally such as Nomi Lamad, Inaside Dance
Chicago, Thodos Dance Chicago, Jayson Tisa Dance Company, City Dance Company
of Houston, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago II, and Naway Dance Company, as well by
university dance ensembles throughout the country. Mr. Gibson has been on faculty at
Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Sam Houston State University, and the University of Texas at Austin.
Gibson has been fortunate to have dabbled in every aspect of the arts from dance,
theater, and film.
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