Philip Gardner

Dance Training: Missouri Concert Ballet-Ludmilla Dukoudovsky, Alexandra Zaharias Joffrey Ballet School-Jaques Cesbron, Meredith Baylis, Trinette Singleton, Francesca Corkle Trisha Brown School Performance Company Affiliations: Movin' Out Broadway Susan Marshall Martha Clarke-Vienna Lusthaus (cast member, dance captain) Lucinda Childs Co. Stephen Petronio Carol Armitage Liz Gerring Daring Project-Margot Sappington, Valentina Koslova Tharp! Eliot Feld Metropolitan Opera Ballet Joffrey Ballet Joffrey II Joffrey Concert Group Missouri Concert Ballet Choreographic Experience: Assistant to Martha Clarke in New York Theater Production of Vienna Lusthaus, Works for Lincoln Center Productions of Belle Epoch, Shaker Ann Lee Assistant to Twyla Tharp in works for Tharp! Co. Assistant to Carol Armitage in work for New York City Ballet Teaching Experience: Steps on Broadway Ballet Arts Broadway Dance Center Ovation Dance Center Class Description: Philip Gardner's ballet class emphasizes proper alignment and technique as a tool not only for good line and consistent advancement, but also as a realistic application and vehicle for longevity-geared toward the professional dancer. Using classical conventions as well as concepts taken from other forms we will learn to dance with an expressive style, work with our limitations, and try to understand and avoid injury.