Blakeley White-McGuire Guest Artist-in-Residence
FALL 2021
Blakeley White-McGuire, the Department of Fine and Performing Arts' Fall 2021 Artist-in-Residence, teaches a class on Graham modern dance technique in the Ralph Arnold Annex dance studio on October 7, 2021. During her time at Loyola University Chicago, White-McGuire engaged with BA Dance students through her unique pedagogy and practice.
Dance majors in DANC 324 Majors Modern III practiced Martha Graham technique and theory twice a week. White-McGuire also worked with each BA Dance student during Friday workshop class, teaching a combined seminar series with a focus on improvisation and other topics.
For the fall Dance concert Nevertheless, She Persisted, Ms. White-McGuire staged two excerpts from Martha Graham’s 1937 tour de force, “Sketches From Chronicle” titled Steps in the Street and Prelude to Action.
GUEST ARTISTS
Choreography by Chicago guest artists for the Loyola Univeristy Chicago Dance program appear in annual Mainstage Dance Concerts and Senior Solo Showcases