Leah Marie Curran is is a freelance contemporary dance artist, dance instructor and arts administrator based in the Bay Area.
RESUME
Leah M. Curran
Email: leah@leahcurran.net
FREELANCE PERFORMANCE / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015
“Home” by Dana Lawton Dances
The Flight Deck, Oakland, CA
Belfast, Northern Ireland
“A Dedication” by Gretchen Garnett
San Francisco International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
2014
“Beyond This Moment” by Dana Lawton Dances
Center Stage, Santa Barbara, CA
Chamberet, France
“A Dedication” by Gretchen Garnett
Z Space as part of the RAW Dance 10th Anniversary Home Season
2013
“Beyond This Moment” by Dana Lawton Dances
Home Season, Ashby Stage, Berkeley, CA
“Buitenlanders” by Gretchen Garnett & Dancers
The Garage, San Francisco, CA
“Release Your Quest” by Troy Macklin
Shawl Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley, CA
“Rayographs and Solarizations” by Rebecca Ann Wilson
Mills Alumni Concert, Oakland, CA
“This Life” by Dana Lawton Dances
Mills Alumni Concert, Oakland, CA
Excerpts from “Beyond This Moment” by Dana Lawton Dances
Works in the Works, Berkeley, CA
Shawl Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley, CA
2012
“Activities for Tight Spaces” by Gretchen Garnett & Dancers
The Garage, San Francisco, CA
“Ashes,” “The Opening,” “This Life” by Dana Lawton Dances
Works in the Works, Berkeley, CA
Shawl Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley, CA
Temescal Arts Center, Oakland, CA
2011
“DuBeUs,” “Our Hospitality” and “Sandbox” by Leigh Riley
Home Season, CounterPULSE, San Francisco, CA
2010
“Six Years Dreaming” by Gretchen Garnett & Dancers
The Garage, San Francisco, CA
“Go West” by Aura Fischbeck
SF International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
“Intermediate Levels of Disturbance” by Gretchen Garnett & Dancers
SF International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
”Vertebra by Vertebra” by Kelly Bowker
SF International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
2009
“Edited for Time” by Gretchen Garnett
DUMBO Dance Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Women on the Way Festival, San Francisco, CA
“The Emergent Body” by Leigh Riley
SF International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
“Just Passing Through” by Gretchen Garnett & Dancers
SF International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
2008
“Edited for Time” by Gretchen Garnett & Dancers
Condor Dance Festival, Tempe, AZ
“Unbecoming” by Sara Pfeifle
Women on the Way Festival, San Francisco, CA
2007
“Unbecoming” by Sara Pfeifle
Women on the Way Festival, San Francisco, CA
Raw and Uncut, San Francisco, CA
Footloose Presents, San Francisco, CA
EDUCATION
California State University East Bay, Oakland, CA
Nonprofit Management – MBA Certificate Program, 2013-2014
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Emerging Arts Professionals 2013 Fellowship Program
The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Bachelor of Arts – Dance Performance and Choreography, May 2005
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, July 2005
- Graduated magna cum laude
- University of Montana Outstanding Senior – UM Dance Department
- University of Montana Outstanding Freshman – UM Dance Department
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Director of Operations, Oakland Ballet Company
July 2011-present
Company Manager, Samantha Giron Dance Company
November 2010-December 2012
Grant Review Panelist
City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program
Theatre Bay Area CA$H Grant Program
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