Run For Your Life! -- Dudley Brooks's Resume

62 Oakwood St, Apt 4
San Francisco, CA 94110-1521
(415) 863-6007
dbrooks@runforyourlife.org
www.runforyourlife.org

Directorships and Memberships
Honors
Choreography and Stage Direction
Music Composition
Teaching Experience
Performing Experience
Study (principal teachers)
Education

Directorships and Memberships
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1998-Present, Artistic Director, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!...it's a dance company!
1997-2001, Member, Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee, San Francisco
1996-1998, Member, Board of Directors, San Francisco School of Circus Arts (now The Circus Center)
1992-Present, Artistic Director, Bay Area Youth Opera and Voices/SF (a presenting organization).
1988-1998, Co-Director, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!...it's a dance company!
1988-1992, Resident Choreographer and Stage Director, Bay Area Youth Opera

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Honors
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2007, finalist in Voice of Dance’s online video contest
2001, nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Performance (with Katherine Warner) for Autumn Songs (choreography by Virginia Matthews), with At Fifty—Still Dancing, at Dancers’ Group, San Francisco
1998, nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance for Lithe Spirit
1998, Run For Your Life! nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Set Design for Ka-BOING!

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Choreography and Stage Direction
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for RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!...it’s a dance company!
for Bay Aea Youth Opera
for Other Companies

For RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!...it’s a dance company!
(and previously, as an independent choreographer)
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Since 1986, choreographed

Baris Katek (traditional Balinese), choreographed (with Kompang Metri Davies) and performed
Bernie's Block (various composers), choreographed (with Matthew Child, Cynthia Shatz, and Deborah Bentley) and performed
The Breeze and I (Lecuona), choreographed and performed
Cinderella in Plaid, choreographed
Cirque du So Little -- the short version (Stravinsky), choreographed and performed
D was a Dancer (Brooks), choreographed (with Andrew Broaddus and Erica Hartono) and composed the music for
Facade -- an Entertainment (Sitwell / Walton), artistic coordinator, performer, and co-choreographer (with Matthew Child, Sandra Feusi, Rose Gray, Aidan O’Shea, Wendy Parkman, and Terry Sendgraff)
Five Nightmares (Mozart), choreographed
Halfway to the Stars (Cory & Cross, Hansen, Oler), choreographed and performed
Highway One (spoken acompaniment), wrote, choreographed, and performed
I Surrender, Dear (Barris), choreographed and performed
Jalan Kekiri Kekanan (Brooks), composed the score and choreographed
Ka-BOING! (various composers), choreographed (with Rose Gray) and performed
The Man I Love (Gershwin), choreographed and performed
Midway (Brooks, Krause), choreographed and performed
Misirlou (Roubanis), choreographed and performed
Odyssey in Plaid (various composers), choreographed (with Rose Gray) and performed
Persuasive Percussion Suite (various composers), choreographed (with Rose Gray and Matthew Child) and performed
A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Dance (various composers), choreographed (with Andrew Broaddus and Erica Hartono)
A Short Duet (Chopin), choreographed and performed
A Short Solo (Chopin), choreographed and performed
Les Sillyphides (Chopin), choreographed (with Matthew Child and Rose Gray) and performed
Les Sillyphides (Marin Ballet Version), choreographed
The Soldier's Tale (Stravinsky), made new verse translation, choreographed, directed, and performed
Something's Gotta Give (no music), choreographed (with Matthew Child) and performed
A Space Oddity (un voyage á la lunacie) (R. Strauss and J. Strauss), choreographed and performed
Travelogue (various composers), choreographed and performed
Upchairs Downchairs (Ibert), choreographed (with Matthew Child) and performed
Upchairs Downchairs (PBT version), Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Mateo, CA, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (choreographed)
Waterworks-in-Progress (Handel), choreographed (with Matthew Child) and performed
A Wonderful Thing (Mozart), choreographed (with Rose Gray) and performed

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for Bay Aea Youth Opera
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Choreographed, stage directed, and performed in six children’s operas by David Ahlstrom

Aesop's Fables
Bird City
The Bishop's Horse
The Secret Box with the Big Brass Combination Lock
The Song of the Golden Fish
Vishnusharman

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for Other Companies
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Dance of the Reed Flutes for the Dance-Along Nutcracker, San Francisco
“Dance of the Tumblers” from Lady in the Dark (Weil), for City Summer Opera, San Francisco (Don Cate, Director), choreographed and performed
Hair (Rado/Ragni/McDermott) for Stagelight Productions, San Jose (Jon Rosen, Director)
Little Mary Sunshine (Besoyan) for Openstage Repertory Theater, San Francisco (Jon Rosen, Director)
Lives of the Great Poisoners (Churchill / Gough) for City Summer Opera, San Francisco (David Parr, Director), choreographed and performed
“Shrinking / Growing Alice”, “Caterpillar Dance and Metamorphosis”, and “Tea Party” for A MAD Hatter Performance and Tea Party, for Moving Arts Dance, Walnut Creek, CA (Anandha Ray, Director)
“Shepherd’s Hey” for Morris Dances (Holst, Mark Morris, director), for New Shoes, Old Souls Dance Company, San Francisco (Linda Rawlings, Director)
A Short Solo set on Oakland Ballet (Karen Brown, Director)
Les Sillyphides (Marin Ballet Version) for Marin Ballet School, Santa Rosa, CA (Margaret Swarthout, Director)
Simplicius Simplicissimus (Hartmann) for City Summer Opera, San Francisco (David Ostwald, Director)
Singing in the Rain for San Francisco Girls Chorus
The Soldier’s Tale set on Independent Ballet Company, San Francisco (Sarah Claggett and Erica Hartono, Directors) and Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Mateo, CA (Carlos Carvajal, Director)
Springtime Mantleth Every Bough for San Francisco Girls Chorus
The Sunny Side of the Street for San Francisco Girls Chorus
Tomfoolery (Lehrer) for Openstage Repertory Theater (San Francisco) and Stagelight Productions (San Jose, CA and Raleigh, NC), Jon Rosen, Director
Upchairs Downchars (PBT Version) for Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Mateo, CA (Carlos Carvajal, Director)
Yu San (Harmony) for The San Francisco Circus (Lu Yi, Director)
Dance Director for photographer Narinder Dogra

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Music Composition
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Cermin Pelajar for Balinese Jegog (giant bamboo) ensemble
An Edward Lear Alphabet (vocal)
Jalan Kekiri Kekanan, choreography by Dudley Brooks
Lithe Spirit, choreography by Ni Luh Kompiang Metri
Pengecet Saja for Balinese Jegog (giant bamboo) ensemble
Three PIeces in a Japanese Mood (violin and piano)

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Teaching Experience
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Since 1969, taught

Company Ballet Classes, Improvisation Workshops, and all levels of Ballet and Modern, San Francisco Dance Spectrum, Carlos Carvajal, Director
Company Ballet Classes, The Yard, Martha's Vineyard, Patricia Nanon, Director (1983); Wendy Taucher, Director (2009)
Advanced Ballet, San Francisco Institute of Choreography, San Francisco
Beginning through Professional Ballet, Academy of Ballet, San Francisco, Alan Howard, Director
Beginning through Intermediate Ballet, New York Academy of Ballet, Florence Lessing, Director
Children's Ballet, Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Mateo, CA, Richard Gibson, Director
Nikolais-based Improvisation and Composition, San Francisco Dance Center
Improvisation and Composition, School of the Arts, San Francisco, Yvonne McClung and Elvia Marta, Directors
Improvisation Master Classes in Western States
Modern Technique and Mime / Improvisation / Physical Comedy, Marin Ballet School, San Rafael, CA, Margaret Swarthout, Director
Physical Comedy, San Mateo (CA) High School
Stilt Dancing, San Francisco School of Circus Arts
Dance for Clowns and Other Circus People, San Francisco School of Circus Arts
Comic Dance and Movement for Circus, San Francisco School of Circus Arts
Physical Comedy and Clowning for Dancers, Université de Paris, Nanterre, France
Physical Comedy and Clowning for Dancers, Dance Vision Festival, New York City
Physical Comedy and Clowning for Dancers, California Choreographers Festical, Laguna Beach, CA
Physical Comedy and Clowning for Dancers, Renaud-Wilson Dance Festival, CSUEB, Hayward, CA
Physical Comedy and Clowning for Dancers, Barriskill Dance Theatre School, Raleigh, NC
Private Ballet Classes, San Francisco, Berkeley, and New York City
Dance for Children and Clowning for Children, San Francisco Girls Chorus Summer Camp, Healdsburg, CA
Clowning Master Clases, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Jegog (Balinese giant bamboo musical ensemble), Academy of Arts and Sciences, San Francisco
Clowning, Summit Preparatory Charter School, Redwood City, CA

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Performing Experience
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With RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!...it's a dance company!
With Other Independent Choreographers
With Other Dance Companies
Theater
Music

With RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!...it's a dance company!
(and previously, as an independent choreographer)
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Since 1986, performed at

Bay Area Dance Series, Laney College, Oakland, California
Beleuvenissen Festival, Leuven, Belgium
Brady Street Dance Center, San Francisco
Buriel Clay Memorial Theater, San Francisco
California Choreographers Dance Festival, Laguna Beach, CA
Chamberworks, San Francisco
City Summer Opera, San Francisco
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
Community Free Methodist Church, Santa Cruz, CA
Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto, CA
Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco
D-Net Jam, Noh Space, San Francisco
Dance Action, San Francisco
The Dance-Along Nutcracker, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco
The Dance Collective, New York City
Dance in the Desert Festival, Las Vegas, NV
Dance Visions, Palo Alto, California
Down and Dirty Dance Series, San Francisco
Footwork, San Francisco
The Frieda and Marcel Ehrer Theater, San Francisco
Frolunda Kulturhus, Gothenburg, Sweden
Ghent Festival, Ghent, Belgium
Golden Gate Ballet, San Francisco
The Horse's Mouth, ODC Theater, SF
Invitation to the Dance Series, Marin Ballet, San Rafael, California
The Kruithuis, Groningen, the Netherlands
Levitan Gallery, New York City
Ludwig Forum fuer International Kuenst, Aachen, Germany
Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools, MA
McAteer Theater, San Francisco
McFarland Ballet Theater, San Francisco
Men Dancing, Theater Artaud, San Francisco
Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco
Moisture Festival, Seattle, WA
Mountain View (CA) Center for the Performing Arts
Move(men)t4 Festival, San Francisco
Mozart Festival, San Francisco
New Music Works, Santa Cruz, CA
Nikolais Centennial Alumni Concert, New York City
Nikolais Legacy Forum, Hunter College, New York City
Oakland Dance Series, Oakland, CA
ODC Theater, San Francisco
Guest Artist with Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Mateo, CA
Phyzgig, Portland, ME
Phyzgig South, Portsmouth, NH
Benefit for the Pickle Family Circus, San Francisco
Presbyterian Community Church, Pleasanton, CA)
PuppetLOVE Festival, San Francisco
Benefit for Project Open Hand, Theater Artaud, San Francisco
Raphael Weill School, San Francisco
Retail Dance Festival, San Francisco
Sabbattini Mime Theater, Ghent, Belgium
San Francisco Community Music Center
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Girls Chorus, Healdsburg, CA
San Francisco Institute of Choreography, San Francisco
Benefits for the San Francisco School of Circus Arts
San Mateo (CA) High School
Santa Cruz (CA) Chamber Players
School of the Arts, San Francisco
The Sequoias, San Francisco
Studio 101, San Francisco
Summerfest, Cowell Theater, San Francisco
Summertime Dance Project Series, Theater Artaud, San Francisco
Sunnyvale (CA) Performing Arts Center
Theater Artaud, San Francisco
Third Wave Studios, San Francisco
Trolley Dances, San Francisco
Université de Paris, Nanterre, France
Viva Variety, Theater Rhinoceros, San Francisco
The Yard, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
The Zephyr Theater, San Francisco

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With Other Independent Choreographers
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Since 1977, performed in concerts choreographed and presented by

Kent Baker
Marsha Wales Brown
Judy Dworin
Richard Garcia
Walter Gore
Hellmut Fricke-Gottschild
Doug Hamby
Tance Johnson
Eric Kupers
Clarice Marshall
Virginia Matthews
Antonio Mendez
Neila Mezynski
Mark Morris
Charles Moulton
Patricia Nanon
Carol Nolte
Sonny Pang
Anne-Marie Ridgway
Mark Taylor
Bronislav Tomich
Luise Wykell
Arnie Zane

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With Other Dance Companies
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Since 1968 performed with

California Academy of Performing Arts, Moraga, CA (Janet Carole, Director), Guest Artist
Chamberworks, San Francisco (Joanne Condrin, Director), Guest Artist
City Summer Opera, San Francisco
Dance Through Time, San Francisco
Janlyn Dance Company, Sunnyvale, CA (Janet Lynn Shaw, Director), Guest Artist
New Shoes, Old Souls Dance Company, San Francisco (Linda Rawlings, Director)
Nikolais Dance Theater, New York City (Alwin Nikolais, Director)
Pacific Ballet, San Francisco (Alan Howard, Director), Soloist
Partners Martynuk / McAdams, Hartford, CN, Guest Artist
Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Mateo, CA (Richard Gibson and Carlos Carvajal, Directors), Soloist
Redwood Empire Ballet, Santa Rosa, CA (Antonio Mendes, Director), Guest Artist
San Francisco Academey of Ballet (Janet Sassoon, Director), Guest Artist
San Francisco Dance Spectrum (Carlos Carvajal, Director), Dance Captain and Principal Dancer
San Francisco Opera Ballet (Norbert Vesak, Marika Sakellariou, and Victoria Morgan, Directors), Dancer and Mime
Tance Danz, San Francisco (Tance Johnson, Director), Guest Artist

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Theater
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1986-1988, The TIE Team (Theater in Education), Judie Messier, Director, San Francisco

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Music
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2003-Present, Balinese music with Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Wayne Vitale, Director, El Cerrito, CA

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Study (Principal Teachers)
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Ballet
Nikolais Technique
Limon Technique
Cunningham Technique
Jazz
Gymnastics
Contact Improvisation
Balinese Music and Dance
Physical Comedy, Circus Skills, and Improvisational Comedy
Music Composition

Ballet
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Carlos Carvajal, San Francisco
Richard Gibson, Peninsula Ballet Theater School, San Mateo, CA
Alan Howard, Pacific Ballet, San Francisco
Alonso King, Lines Ballet, San Francisco
Jocelyn Lorenz, New York City
Norbert Vesak, San Francisco Opera Ballet

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Nikolais Technique
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Nikolais-Louis Dance Theater Lab, New York City

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Limon Technique
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Lisa Burnett, San Francisco
Cheryl Chaddick, San Francisco
Della Davidson, San Francisco
Louis Falco Dance Studio, New York City
Josie Moseley, San Francisco

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Cunningham Technique
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Viola Farber, New York City
Margaret Jenkins, San Francisco

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Jazz
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Rec Russell, San Francisco
Lynn Simonson, New York City

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Gymnastics
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Colleen Mulvihill, San Francisco
Toby Towson, New York City

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Contact Improvisation
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Daniel Lepkoff, New York City
Sara Shelton Mann, San Francisco

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Balinese Music and Dance
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Gamelan Sekar Jaya, El Cerrito, CA. Teachers include I Made Arnawa, I Dewa Berata, I Wayan Budiarsa, I Wayan Dibia, I Ketut Rina, I Made Sidia, Emiko Saraswati Susilo, I Wayan Suweca, I Made Terip, and I Nyoman Windha
Islene Pinder, New York City
I Nyoman Wenten, Center for World Music, Berkeley

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Physical Comedy, Circus Skills, and Improvisational Comedy
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Linda Donald, New York City
Avner Eisenberg, San Francisco
First Amendment Comedy Theater, New York City
Bill Irwin, invitation-only workshops, New York City
San Francisco School of Circus Arts, San Francisco. Teachers include Lu Yi, Jeff Raz, and Diane Wasniak

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Music Composition
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