Sean Curran Body Percussion Class

NOTE: Location changed to Pardee Hall room 120.

A dance and body percussion workshop for dancers and non-dancers by Sean Curran Company/ Free and open to the public.

 Sean Curran began his dance training in traditional Irish step dancing as a young boy in Boston, Massachusetts. He went on to make his mark on the dance world as a leading dancer with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, with whom he received a New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award for his performance in Secret Pastures. Curran was an original member of the New York City cast of the Off-Broadway percussion extravaganza STOMP, performing in the show for four years. The Sean Curran company was founded in 1997, has presented 27 premieres and toured to over 65 venues in the U.S., France, Germany, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Turkmenistan.

A graduate and faculty member of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Curran now serves as Chair of the Department of Dance. He has over 20 years of teaching experience in modern technique, improvisation, body percussion and composition as a visiting artist at the American Dance Festival, Harvard Summer Dance Center, Boston's Conservatory of Music, and over 100 U.S. university dance departments.

Sean Curran Company's residency is part of their appearance at the Williams Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8:00 p.m.