Michelle T. Summers
Michelle T. Summers
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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

Contact Michelle T. Summers:
For artistic or academic lectures, residencies, and presentations please contact michelle@michelletsummers.com