Mark Dendy

Mark was the artistic director of Mark Dendy Dance and Theater from 1983 to 2000,

touring the world and performing in NYC at the Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, Dance

Theater Workshop and Performance Space 122 to considerable acclaim. He is the recipient

of many awards and grants including the prestigious Alpert Award in the Arts. In 1997,

he won a New York Dance and Performance Award, “The Bessie” for sustained achievement

with his troupe. Since 2000, he has been focusing on a career in musical theater. In that

year he won an OBIE, The Joseph Calloway Award, and a Drama Desk Nomination for his

choreography for Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party and went on to choreograph for the Radio

City Music Hall Rockettes under the direction of Graciela Danielle. Mark choreographed the

Broadway musical Taboo. In 2004 he choreographed Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan

Opera under the direction of Julie Taymor and Ritual at The Washington Ballet. Current projects

include Boublil and Shonberg’s The Pirate Queen, due on Broadway next season and Kirsten Childs’

new musical The Miracle Brothers, at the Vineyard Theatre.