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MIRAH KELLC MORIARTY

Co-Founding Director [Download CV Here]

RODRIGO ESTEVA RAMIREZ

Co-Founding Director [Download CV Here]

EDUCATION ​

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Rodrigo Esteva Ramirez

  • MFA in Dance, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA — 2023

  • Trisha Brown School, NYC — 1997–1998

  • Nikolais/Louis School for Dance, NYC — 1993

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Mirah Kellc Moriarty

  • MFA in Dance, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA — 2018

  • BA, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT — 2009

  • Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH — 1997–1998

  • SNDO/School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands — 1996

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AWARDS & GRANTS

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  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2016)

  • NoVo Foundation (2024–2026)

  • Kenneth Rainin Foundation (2016)

  • FONCA Fondo Nacional de las Artes (1993–1994)

  • INBA/UAM Premio Nacional de Danza Finalist (1992)

  • Zellerbach Family Foundation (2007 & 2016)

  • Berkeley Civic Arts Grant (2018–19, 2021–22)

  • East Bay Foundation for the Arts (2008–09)

  • The Open Circle Foundation (2007, 2009, 2010, 2013)

  • NOH Space (2008)

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OFFICIAL FILM SELECTIONS

 

DANCE MONKS' short film, Fire in the Mountain, was officially selected for presentation at ODC State of Play Festival (San Francisco, CA); Bernal Heights Film Festival (San Francisco, CA); the 7th Annual Festival of Latin American Choreographers (FLACC) (San Francisco, CA); The Milk Bar (Oakland, CA); and Essence of Embodiment (NY).  They were also featured performers in the award-winning documentary, Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction (2010) directed by Monte Thompson which was awarded official selection at Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Mountainfilm Telluride, Earthvision Jury Competition at Santa Cruz Film Festival, Best Science Communication Film at Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival, Humanitarian Award at The Accolade Film Awards, and Finalist Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival. 

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DANCE COMPANIES
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• DANCE MONKS (NY/México) Co-founding Directors (1999-present)
• Pearson/Widrig Dance Theater (NYC) Mirah Moriarty (1998-2001) & Rodrigo Esteva Company Members (1994-2001) 
• AXIS Dance (Oakland) Rodrigo Esteva, Company Member (2007-8)
• En Dos Partes/ Gerard Delgado (Award-winning Mexican choreographer) Rodrigo Esteva, Company Member 1992-93
• David Dorfman Dance (NYC) Mirah Moriarty, Guest Performer (1993, 1996, 1998)
• Meredith Monk (NYC) Mirah Moriarty, Invited Guest Performer (1997)

• Cradle to Grave Arts/ Working Ground, Multi-generational company (VT) Mirah Moriarty, Company Member (1993-1997)

TEACHING RESIDENCIES AT UNIVERSITIES & CENTERS

 

• NECIA, Oaxaca, Mexico (2024)
• Tumáka't, Merida Mexico (2012, 2019)

• Danza Tupac, Lima, Peru (2012)
• Universidad Veracruzana (University of Veracruz) Xalapa, México (2012)
• Espacio Abierto, México City (2012)
• X Espacio, México City (2012)
• Dance Intensive, Playa del Carmen and Cancun, México (2012)
• Foramen Ballet, Cuernavaca, México (2012)
• Bard College, NY (2011)
• Connecticut College with PWDT (2011)
• Universidad de las Americas Puebla (University of the Americas), Puebla, México (2010)
• Goddard College (2009)
• University of California at Berkeley (2007)
• ODC Commons Dance Faculty, SF (2007-9)
• Middlebury College Dance and Theater Department, VT (2005)
• Universidad Ibero Americana (Ibero Americana University), México City (2003)
• University of Maryland with PWDT (2001)
• Jardín de las Esculturas, Xalapa México (2001)
• Universidad Veracruzana (University of Veracruz) Xalapa, México (2000)
• Keene State College with PWDT (2000)

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TEACHING RESIDENCIES AT FESTIVALS

 

• Ook'ot Festival Internacional de Danza, Founding Directors Mexico (2020)
• Festival Yucatán Escénica, Mérida, México (2012)
• Colegio Nacional de Danza Contemporanea Encuentro de Danza, Queretero, México (2012)
• Queen College Summer Dance Festival, NY (2011)
• BODY & SOUND Festival, San Fransisco (2010)
• Midsummer Arts Festival, NY (2009 & 2010)
• Festival de Nova Vitta Featured Artist, México City (2010)
• Summer Dance, NY (2007 & 2008 & 2009 & 2010)
• SF Summer Dance Intensive, SF (2006)
• CounterPULSE Contact Dance Festival, SF (2006)


TEACHING AT COMMUNITY CENTERS, YOUTH PROGRAMS & SCHOOLS
 

• Hijas del Campo, Brentwood (2024)

• Collin shelter, Oaxaca (2024)

• Malcolm X Elementary School, CA/ Dance Faculty (2016-2018)
• Oakland Unified School District, CA/ Dance Faculty (2015)

• Migrant Workers Ministry Summer Arts Camp, NY (2012)

• The Vanaver Caravan Institute Year-long Teaching Position, NY (2011)
• High Meadow School Teaching Residency, NY (2011)
• Marbletown Multi-Arts (MaMA), Teaching Residency NY(2011)
• Mountain Laurel School, Teaching Residency NY (2011)
• Berkeley Arts Magnet Verde/THE GREEN PROJECT, Co-Founder of Environmental Education through the Arts program, CA (2010)
• Highland Elementary School THE GREEN PROJECT, CA (2008-09)
• Berkeley High School Teaching Residency, CA (2009)
• Colegio Madrid (Madrid College) Guest Faculty, México City (2004)
• Academia Mexicana de la Danza (The Mexican Academy of Dance) Faculty, México City (2003)
• Centro de Movimiento (Movement Center) Founding co-director; educational outreach for children with disabilities and senior citizens (2001-2002)
• Centro de Investigacíones Coreográficas (CICO) Faculty México City (2002-2003)
• La Batuta Escuela de Musica (Batuta School of Music) Teaching Residency Cuernavaca México, (2000)
• CIE Sur High School Dance Faculty, México City (1990-91 1992-3)

SELECT PERFORMANCE PROJECT HISTORY
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DANCE MONKS, Founding Directors & Performers

 

• APAPACHO (2024-6)

• Breathe Here, CA (2023)

• The Wall Between US: Re-imagining Borders (2023)

• Tilden Park, CA/ Site-specific Fire in the Mountain (2019)

• BulbFest, CA/ Site-specific Commission The Tree & Me (2019)

• D.I.R.T Festival, SF/ The Wall Between Us (2018)

• La PeNa Cultural Center, CA/ Tlaoli: People of the Corn Artist-in-Residence (2016)

• Strawberry Creek, CA/ Site-specific NOMAD: The Blue Road (2014)
• Hollins University, VA/ Site-specific Tonali (2014)
• FAEL Festival de Artes Escenicas, Lima Peru (2012)
• Woodstock Library, NY (2012)
• Stone Ridge Library, NY (2012)
• MAMA Marbletown Multi-Arts, NY (2012)
• UNISON Arts, NY (2011)

• Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction/ Choreographers for Award-winning Film by Species Alliance (2010)
• Centro Cultural Viniculart (Viniculart Culture Center) Tlayacapan, México (2010)
• Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Massachusetts (2010)
• Berkeley Arts Magnet, CA (2010)
• Green Music Network: The Cave Series, CA (2010)
• KUNST STOFF arts, SF(2010)
• Festival de Nova Vitta (Nova Vitta Dance Festival), México City (2010)
• Midsummer Arts Festival, NY (2009 & 2010)
• OPUS 40, NY (2009)
• Goddard College, VT (2009)
• Highland Elementary School, CA (2007 & 2009)
• NOHSpace, SF(2008)
• CounterPULSE, SF(2007)
• Universidad IberoAmericana, México City (2004)
• Escuela Madrid, México City (2003)
• Universidad IBeroAmericana, México City (2002)
• Sala Miguel Covarrubias Universidad Nacional, México City (2002)
• Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Outside Moves Inside Festival (2001)
• Casa de Cultura Coatepec, México (2001)
• La Casa de los Ancianos, México (2001)
• Festival Internacional de la Danza (International Dance Festival), México City (2000)
• Jardin de las Esculturas, México (2000 & 2001)
• La Batuta School of Music, México (2000)
• Teatro de la Danza (Theater of Dance), México City (1999)

​PEARSON/WIDRIG DANCE THEATER (NY) Company members
 

• Connecticut College, CT A Curious Invasion (2011)
• L/A Arts, ME HereAfter (2001)
• Keene State College, NH HereAfter (2000)
• Virginia Commonwealth University, VA HereAfter (2000)

• Portland Museum of Art, ME A Curious Invasion (2000)
• The Joyce Theater, NY HereAfter (2000)
• The Judson Church, NYC Beginning to Begin (2000)
• Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, DC Ordinary Festivals (2000)
• Grace Street Theater HereAfter (2000)
• Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporañea Lima, Peru Ordinary Festivals (1999) • Bates Dance Festival A Curious Invasion (1999, 1997, 1995)
• Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, NY Ordinary Festivals (1999)
• Danspace Project at Saint Mark's Church, NY (1999)
• NYU Tisch School for the Performing Arts, NY Ordinary Festivals (1999)
• Central Park Summer Stage, NY Ordinary Festivals (1997)
• Central Park, NY A Curious Invasion (1996)
• PS 122, NY Ordinary Festivals (1993 & 1995)
• Maine Arts Festival, ME Ordinary Festivals (1995)
• Jacob ́s Pillow Dance Festival, MA A Curious Invasion (1994)
• Dance Theater Workshop (DTW), NY Do You Remember? (1993)


AXIS DANCE COMPANY (Oakland) Company Member (2007-08)
 

• University of Iowa Gallegher Bluedorn Center for the Performing Arts
• College of Staten Island, NY
• CSU Chico Presents, CA
• Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts & Friends of the Center Youth Program, CA

• San Francisco International Arts Festival, CA
• Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts, AL
• North Fourth Art Center, Out of the Ordinary Festival, NM

• Jewish Community Center, SF
• Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, AZ
• Palmdale Playhouse, Harvest Moon Festival, CA
• Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, FL

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Jess Curtis/GRAVITY (San Francisco/Berlin) Guest Artist

• CounterPULSE, SF (2006)

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Meredith Monk (NYC) Dancer
• Trinity College, Vermont (1997)

Apostalia Papadamaki (Greece/NY) Invited Dancer (1993-1996)

• Merce Cunningham Studio, NY (1993)


Susan Sterling (Argentina) Invited Dancer

• Dance Theater Workshop, NYC (1996)



SOLO WORKS

• Nikolais and Lois Dance Lab, NY Ollín (1993)
• The International Center, NY TransAtlantic Embrace (1996)
• La Boulanger SOHO, NY (1996)
• Teatro de la Danza, México City Sembrando una Garza en la Arena (1992)

En Dos Partes/ Gerard Delgado (Award-winning Mexican choreographer) Invited Dancer

• Finalist at Premio Nacional de Danza INBA UAM Palacio Bellas Artes, México City (1992)
• Universidad Nacional de México (National University of México) Sala Miguel Covarrubias, México
City (1992)


Rocio Sagaón & Dhjael Vinaver (México)

• Teatro del Estado, Xalapa Mexíco (1992)

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WORKING GROUND DANCE-THEATER  (Vermont) Company member (1994-1999)

 

• The Waterfront Project, 10 hours of daily performance for 10 days on the waterfront, Guest performer (1999)
• The Bakery Project, A site-specific performance and visual installation with flour and wheat growing in the floorboards (1998)
• The Mill Project, 10 hours of daily performance for 10 days in an old mill building with oral history recordings of mill workers (1994-5)

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