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Donald Byrd, Choreographer
 
Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd

Choreographer

 
 

Theatre/Broadway/National Tour:

The Color Purple book by Marsha Norman; music and lyrics, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray; Directed by Gay Griffin

*Tony Nomination


Theatre/Off-Broadway/Regional:

Intiman Theater (Seattle, WA)

Crowns by Regina Taylor, Directed by Jacqueline Moscou

Prince Music Theater (Philadelphia, PA)

Crowns by Regina Taylor, Directed by Jacqueline Moscou

Seattle Children’s Theater (Seattle, WA)

Glittra’s Mission by Saskia Janse, Directed by Onny Huisink

Center Stage (Baltimore)

The Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin and Louis Chauvin by Eric Overmyer, Directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr.—WORLD PREMIERE

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Directed by Irene Lewis

Police Boys by Marion McClinton, Directed by Marion McClinton—WORLD PREMIERE

The Misanthrope by Molière, Directed by Irene Lewis


Public Theater (New York, NY)

Dancing on Moonlight by Keith Glover, Directed by Marion McClinton

Blood Wedding by Lorca, Directed by Melia Bensussen

La Jolla Playhouse (La Jolla, CA)

The Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin and Louis Chauvin by Eric Overmyer, Directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr


Film:

Something New, dir. Sanaa Hamri Universal Focus Features

The Next Step, dir. Christain Faber


Dance Companies:

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company,

Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco)

Joffery Ballet of Chicago

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company

Dallas Black Dance Theater

Phoenix Dance Company (Leeds, England)

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Aterballetto (Reggio Emilia, Italy)

MaggioDanza di Firenze (Florence)

Oregon Ballet Theater
Ohio Ballet


Opera:


Carmina Burana,
Orff, (director/choreographer), New York City Opera

Aida, Verdi, San Francisco Opera


Education/Training

Yale University / 1967-1968

Tufts University / 1968-1973

Cambridge School of Ballet / 1969-1973

London School of Contemporary Dance / 1972

Alvin Ailey American Dance Center / 1973-1975


Current:

Artistic Director, Spectrum Dance Theater, Seattle, WA

 

Representation: Julie McDonald – Tony Selznick – Andrew Jacobs

Phone: 323-957-6680 Fax: 323-957-6688

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