Christopher K. Morgan – Director of the Dance Omi International Dance Collective (USA)
is a choreographer, performer, teacher and arts facilitator who divides his time between New York and Washington DC. All of his work stems from his belief in the urgency of live performance art in an increasingly isolating, commercial, and digital world. A skilled facilitator committed to artist development, 2011 will mark Morgan’s sixth summer directing Dance Omi.
Said to be "charming and poignant" by The New York Times, Morgan’s choreography has been presented in 18 countries on 5 continents, in venues including The Kennedy Center (Washington DC), La Mama (New York City), Theater Artaud (San Francisco), The Maly Theatre (Moscow, Russia) the Hong Kong Cultural Center (China) and the South Lawn of the White House. In 2007, Morgan was named Choreographer in Residence & Rehearsal Director for Washington, DC based CityDance Ensemble (www.citydance.net), where he has been instrumental in the organization’s recent dynamic growth. His 2010 work +1/-1, was hailed as “exquisitely athletic... the kind of crooked choreography where the simple quiver of fingertips is enough to spark goose bumps” (artspost.net) and subsequently won the 2010 Dance Metro DC Award for Outstanding New Work. +1/-1 was co-commissioned by CityDance Ensemble and the Sarreyet Ramallah Dance Company to Open the 5th Annual Ramallah International Dance Festival, marking the first collaboration of its kind and the first time a US dance company opened this festival. From 2005 until 2008 he also created work independently for his New York based pick up company, Muse.
Morgan is currently on faculty at American University in Washington, DC. Other teaching credits include Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Shawbrook (Ireland), Iwanson Schule (Munich), Stephens College (Missouri), and the University of Idaho among many others. Performing credits include Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Malashock Dance & Co., Verb Ballets, Kevin Wynn, Shapiro & Smith, Selfish Shellfish (Germany) and as a soloist with the Washington National, Houston Grand, San Diego and New York City Operas. While dancing with choreographer David Gordon, Morgan had the honor of dancing roles originated by Mikhail Baryshnikov. He was in the original Olivier nominated cast of Fabulous Beast Dance Theater’s Giselle. TV and film credits include a PBS Great Performance with Placido Domingo, and on film dancing with Kate Winslet and Christopher Walken.
For more info visit www.christopherkmorgan.com.
