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The Juilliard School

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Sunday, 11/9
1:00-3:00pm
Kaylin Maggard, Contemporary

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The Juilliard School
New York, New York

Under the leadership of Melissa Toogood, dean and director, Juilliard Dance develops artists of the 21st century—trained in ballet, modern, and contemporary dance forms. With the establishment of the dance division in 1951—by then-president William Schuman with the guidance of founding division director Martha Hill—Juilliard became the first major teaching institution to combine equal instruction in both modern and ballet techniques.

In the four-year dance program, which leads to a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, students learn the great traditions of both past and present. Juilliard dancers enjoy unparalleled opportunities to work with today’s leading choreographers and perform both new and existing repertory. In addition to receiving high caliber training and giving performances, dancers learn about the craft of choreography and immerse themselves in other facets of the field. Juilliard, which is located at Lincoln Center in New York City, prepares dancers for all the possibilities that lie ahead.

Juilliard dance alumni include the choreographers and directors Robert Battle, Pina Bausch, Jessica Lang, Lar Lubovitch, Andrea Miller, Ohad Naharin, Bobbi Jene Smith, Paul Taylor, and Sylvia Waters. Juilliard dancers are dancing in companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ballet BC, Ballet Hispánico, Ballett des Saarländisches Staatstheater, Ballets Jazz Montréal, Batsheva Dance Company, Boston Ballet, Gibney Company, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Kidd Pivot, L.A. Dance Project, Limón Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Rambert as well as in several Broadway productions.

The Juilliard Dance Division, proud recipient of the 2015 Capezio Award, was the first educational institution to receive the honor.

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Kaylin Maggard

Kaylin Maggard

Born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, Kaylin began her training at Columbia Performing Arts Centre. She is a 2021 graduate of The Juilliard School, where she received a BFA in Dance. Kaylin was the recipient of the Joseph W. Polisi Artist as Citizen award, as well as a YoungArts winner in modern dance and a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts semifinalist. Upon graduating, she danced five seasons with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company and is currently a company member with ZviDance in New York City. She also works as the Rehearsal Assistant for the Dance Division at The Juilliard School. Well-versed in both traditional and contemporary styles, Kaylin has embarked on several freelance endeavors in live theater dance performance, choreographing, and improvisation. With great interest in psychology, Kaylin is passionate about integrating the ways in which the mind can directly affect our physical being.