Intermediate Modern Dance
Master Class
with Mark Morris Dance Group
Company Member David Leventhal
Time: Saturday August 21
Location: Dance Fremont 11:45 – 1:15PM
Cost: $15
David Leventhal has danced with the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) since 1997. He performs principal roles in Morris’ The Hard Nut, L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, and Romeo and Juliet, on Motifs of Shakespeare. He has worked extensively in opera, performing in Morris' productions for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, English National Opera, New York City Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. He is on the faculty of the Mark Morris Dance Center, and teaches technique and repertory classes for students of all ages at schools and universities in the U.S. and abroad, including UCLA, University of Michigan, Harvard University, University of Washington, American Dance Festival and the Governor's School for the Arts (Virginia) among others. He has conducted educational outreach projects for the New York City Board of Education, the Virginia International Arts Festival, English National Opera, Wolftrap Foundation, and Dance Umbrella (UK). David is the program manager and one of the founding teachers of the MMDG/Brooklyn Parkinson Group's Dance for PD program, which offers dance classes for people with Parkinson's disease in Brooklyn, and in more than 20 cities in the US and abroad. Raised in Newton, Mass., he attended Brown University where he received a B.A. with honors in English Literature. He received his early dance training at Boston Ballet School.
