Upcoming and Past Events
2018
April 21 Invited Panelist, Dance Education Panel, Texas Christian University
2017
Oct. 19-22 "Performing Trump's Ameritude" - Conference Presentation, Dance Studies Association
May 4 "Integrating the Arts in the Classroom and Beyond" - Showcase for Teaching Innovation and Reinvention, UC Berkeley
2016
Aug 8 - 19 Bentley High School - Musical Theater Summer Workshops
May 6 - 8 "Missed Connections" - Choreography for Berkeley Ballet Theater's Spring Show
April 9 Bay Area Dance Exchange - Leader for Choreographic Showings and Feedback, Mills College, CA
Mar 17-28 Guest Speaker & Workshop Leader, CAAST China Promotion Tour - Guangzhou & Beijing, China
Feb. 22 "Improvisation and the Divine" - Guest Lecture, Stanford University, Dance 152 (Introduction to Improvisation in Dance)
Jan 28-31 Guys and Dolls (Choreographer), The Bentley School
2015
Dec 12 Jingle Jam Workshop - Guest Faculty, Ballet, Alhambra, CA
Aug - Dec UC Berkeley, Dept. of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies (TR Writing About Performance)
Aug 10 - 16 Director, San Leandro Ballet Camp (Bdazzled Dancers)
May 29-31 "Do You Know Maya Angelou?" Berkeley Ballet Theater Spring Show
"8 Easy Pieces" - Rehearsal Assistant (BBT)
March - June Adjunct Faculty - Santa Clara University (MWF Dance History)
Adjunct Faculty, The Bentley School (MTR Intro & Intermediate Dance)
Feb. 6 Guest Speaker - Center for Arts, Religion, and Education an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union
2014
Dec. 13 Guest Instructor - Jingle Jam Workshop, Alhambra, CA
Nov. 13-16 Conference Presentation at CORD/SDHS Writing Dancing/Dancing Writing, Iowa City, IA
June 15 Ph.D. Graduation at University of California, Riverside
April 24 - 26 Conference Presentation at the Lived History of Vatican II, Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
2013
Nov. 23 - 26 Conference Presentation at the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD
Nov. 18 - 22 Gluck Fellowship Residency
Nov. 14-17 Conference Presentation at the CORD/SDHS Special Joint Conference at UCR
October Research Residency at New York Library for the Performing Arts and with Omega Liturgical
Dance Company in New York City including a special guest performance at a Sacred Dance Guild
Concert at the Trinity Church
July 13 - 27 Research Residency - Ballet Magnificat Summer Teacher's Workshop
June 16 - 22 Mellon Dance Studies Summer Seminar, Brown University
May 21 Summerscape Performance at Dance Xchange, Temecula
May 19 Jayvee Dance Center Annual Recital
May 16 Summerscape Performance at UCR Graduate Concert Sharing, Riverside
April 28 Summerscape Performance at Dance on the Edge, ArtWalk San Diego
April 19 - 21 Paper Presentation DUC/CORD Conference at UCLA
"Soulography: Choreographing American Christian Bodies"
March 16 - 31 Research Residency in Berkeley, CA including performances at Newman Hall
Feb 28 - March 4 Research Residency in Kent, Ohio
2012
December 8 The Dream to Dance Foundation presents its 1st Annual Nutcracker, Glendale, CA
Michelle T. Summers, Artistic Director
Nov 8 - 11 Congress on Research in Dance Conference, Albuquerque, NM
"Pole Dancing for Jesus: The Healthy, the Holy, and the Sexy" - Paper Presentation
UCR Alumni & Friends Reception (Organized by Michelle T. Summers)
November 7 UCR Ph.D. Oral Examinations
Sept. 12 - 27 Gluck Teaching Residency, Riverside Public Schools
July 24 - 29 Sacred Dance Guild Festival Research Residency
Generously Funded by BYPED Grant and Sacred Dance Guild Scholarship Fund
June 20 - 27 UCR Ph.D. Written Examinations
April 21 Guest Faculty, Contemporary Ballet, Pasadena Dance Festival
April 13 & 14 Dance Under Construction Conference, Riverside, CA
"Stephen Colbert, Liturgical Dancer, or How to Make a Ridiculous Liturgical Dance"
Jan 10 - Mar 13 Gluck "Move More" Teaching Residency, Moreno Valley Public Schools
2011
Dec 14 - 20 Sacred Dance Guild Archive Research Residency, University of New Hampshire
Generously Funded by a UCR Humanities Grant
Nov 21 Guest Speaker, University of Wisconsin Dance Department
Advice for Graduating Seniors
Nov 5 Dance Performance, DanceSpot LA
Choreography by Elizabeth Terschuur
April 13 & 14 Graduate Student Concert, Dance Performance
"Borderline Bodies" - Choreography by Minerva Tapia
April 2 "Flash Mob Line Dance" - A Choreographic Collaboration with Rachel Carrico
Culver Center for the Arts, Riverside, CA
March 26 The Body in History, The Body in Space Graduate Student Symposium, Harvard University
"Between Theology and Embodiment: The Practice of Liturgical Dance in the Sanctuary Space"
2010
Dec 18 The Nutcracker, Montage Arts, Santa Ana, CA
Rehearsal Assistant and Principal Dancer
Nov 17 Guest Speaker, University of Wisconsin Dance Department
Advice for Graduating Seniors
July 8-11 Society of Dance History Scholars Conference, University of Surrey, London
"The Electronic Counterpart: The Body and Spectacle in David Dorfman's underground"
July 11-17 Summer Institute in Performance Studies, Northwestern University
July 10 Fiddler on the Roof, Montage Arts
Choreographer: Michelle T. Summers
Feb 16 Dance Performance "Vertigo," Dance Moves, Temecula, CA
April 21 Invited Panelist, Dance Education Panel, Texas Christian University
2017
Oct. 19-22 "Performing Trump's Ameritude" - Conference Presentation, Dance Studies Association
May 4 "Integrating the Arts in the Classroom and Beyond" - Showcase for Teaching Innovation and Reinvention, UC Berkeley
2016
Aug 8 - 19 Bentley High School - Musical Theater Summer Workshops
May 6 - 8 "Missed Connections" - Choreography for Berkeley Ballet Theater's Spring Show
April 9 Bay Area Dance Exchange - Leader for Choreographic Showings and Feedback, Mills College, CA
Mar 17-28 Guest Speaker & Workshop Leader, CAAST China Promotion Tour - Guangzhou & Beijing, China
Feb. 22 "Improvisation and the Divine" - Guest Lecture, Stanford University, Dance 152 (Introduction to Improvisation in Dance)
Jan 28-31 Guys and Dolls (Choreographer), The Bentley School
2015
Dec 12 Jingle Jam Workshop - Guest Faculty, Ballet, Alhambra, CA
Aug - Dec UC Berkeley, Dept. of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies (TR Writing About Performance)
Aug 10 - 16 Director, San Leandro Ballet Camp (Bdazzled Dancers)
May 29-31 "Do You Know Maya Angelou?" Berkeley Ballet Theater Spring Show
"8 Easy Pieces" - Rehearsal Assistant (BBT)
March - June Adjunct Faculty - Santa Clara University (MWF Dance History)
Adjunct Faculty, The Bentley School (MTR Intro & Intermediate Dance)
Feb. 6 Guest Speaker - Center for Arts, Religion, and Education an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union
2014
Dec. 13 Guest Instructor - Jingle Jam Workshop, Alhambra, CA
Nov. 13-16 Conference Presentation at CORD/SDHS Writing Dancing/Dancing Writing, Iowa City, IA
June 15 Ph.D. Graduation at University of California, Riverside
April 24 - 26 Conference Presentation at the Lived History of Vatican II, Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
2013
Nov. 23 - 26 Conference Presentation at the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD
Nov. 18 - 22 Gluck Fellowship Residency
Nov. 14-17 Conference Presentation at the CORD/SDHS Special Joint Conference at UCR
October Research Residency at New York Library for the Performing Arts and with Omega Liturgical
Dance Company in New York City including a special guest performance at a Sacred Dance Guild
Concert at the Trinity Church
July 13 - 27 Research Residency - Ballet Magnificat Summer Teacher's Workshop
June 16 - 22 Mellon Dance Studies Summer Seminar, Brown University
May 21 Summerscape Performance at Dance Xchange, Temecula
May 19 Jayvee Dance Center Annual Recital
May 16 Summerscape Performance at UCR Graduate Concert Sharing, Riverside
April 28 Summerscape Performance at Dance on the Edge, ArtWalk San Diego
April 19 - 21 Paper Presentation DUC/CORD Conference at UCLA
"Soulography: Choreographing American Christian Bodies"
March 16 - 31 Research Residency in Berkeley, CA including performances at Newman Hall
Feb 28 - March 4 Research Residency in Kent, Ohio
2012
December 8 The Dream to Dance Foundation presents its 1st Annual Nutcracker, Glendale, CA
Michelle T. Summers, Artistic Director
Nov 8 - 11 Congress on Research in Dance Conference, Albuquerque, NM
"Pole Dancing for Jesus: The Healthy, the Holy, and the Sexy" - Paper Presentation
UCR Alumni & Friends Reception (Organized by Michelle T. Summers)
November 7 UCR Ph.D. Oral Examinations
Sept. 12 - 27 Gluck Teaching Residency, Riverside Public Schools
July 24 - 29 Sacred Dance Guild Festival Research Residency
Generously Funded by BYPED Grant and Sacred Dance Guild Scholarship Fund
June 20 - 27 UCR Ph.D. Written Examinations
April 21 Guest Faculty, Contemporary Ballet, Pasadena Dance Festival
April 13 & 14 Dance Under Construction Conference, Riverside, CA
"Stephen Colbert, Liturgical Dancer, or How to Make a Ridiculous Liturgical Dance"
Jan 10 - Mar 13 Gluck "Move More" Teaching Residency, Moreno Valley Public Schools
2011
Dec 14 - 20 Sacred Dance Guild Archive Research Residency, University of New Hampshire
Generously Funded by a UCR Humanities Grant
Nov 21 Guest Speaker, University of Wisconsin Dance Department
Advice for Graduating Seniors
Nov 5 Dance Performance, DanceSpot LA
Choreography by Elizabeth Terschuur
April 13 & 14 Graduate Student Concert, Dance Performance
"Borderline Bodies" - Choreography by Minerva Tapia
April 2 "Flash Mob Line Dance" - A Choreographic Collaboration with Rachel Carrico
Culver Center for the Arts, Riverside, CA
March 26 The Body in History, The Body in Space Graduate Student Symposium, Harvard University
"Between Theology and Embodiment: The Practice of Liturgical Dance in the Sanctuary Space"
2010
Dec 18 The Nutcracker, Montage Arts, Santa Ana, CA
Rehearsal Assistant and Principal Dancer
Nov 17 Guest Speaker, University of Wisconsin Dance Department
Advice for Graduating Seniors
July 8-11 Society of Dance History Scholars Conference, University of Surrey, London
"The Electronic Counterpart: The Body and Spectacle in David Dorfman's underground"
July 11-17 Summer Institute in Performance Studies, Northwestern University
July 10 Fiddler on the Roof, Montage Arts
Choreographer: Michelle T. Summers
Feb 16 Dance Performance "Vertigo," Dance Moves, Temecula, CA