Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Leigh Dillard Season 2 Episode 27

Leigh W. Dillard retired as Professor Emerita, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, in 2015. She taught dance at CSB/SJU for fifteen years and was Chair of the CSB/SJU Theater Department for eight years. She was honored with the Linda Mealey Faculty/Student Collaborative Research and Creativity Award in 2015. Currently, Ms. Dillard is teaching dance to seniors as part of a research project funded by the Aroha Foundation. She has also been working as a choreographer and movement coach at Saint John’s Preparatory School, North Hennepin Community College and the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University Music Department. Ms. Dillard has served on a variety of artist grant panels, including the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation. Ms. Dillard was co-founder and Artistic Director of New Dance Ensemble, a professional repertory company in Minneapolis, 1981-91. Ms. Dillard received a Master of Fine Arts, Dance, from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1973, and a Bachelor of Arts, Dance, from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, 1971. She has been a FGNA certified Feldenkrais practitioner since 1997.