Education

Claire Elizabeth Barratt – inter-disciplinary artist – Curriculum Vitae

Arts Education

Degree

MFA – Creative Practice (performance)

2014 – 2016

Transart Institute for Creative Research – Berlin / New York – accredited by Plymouth University UK

Performance art pedagogy development

Advisors: Linda Montano, Dr. Laura Gonzalez

Full Time Professional Study

1986 – 1989

London Studio Centre Of Performing Arts – London UK

Musical Theatre – dance, drama, music, voice, plus Pilates

1985 – 1986

Laban Centre For Movement And Dance – Goldsmiths College, London UK

Contemporary Dance – dance, composition, plus relative history of dance, theatre, art, music

Apprenticeship

2004

Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation – New York, NY

Duncan technique, repertoire and history - Lori Belilove

Intensive Workshops and seasonal classes

2018

Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre – Asheville NC

Painting Dance: An Expressive Arts Exploration in Movement – Connie Schrader

2016

Philadelphia Free Form Festival – The Ice Box, Philadelphia PA

The Switching – Jumatatu Poe

Witch Bones – Alexander D’Agostino

2016

Transart Institute summer residency – Uferstudios, Berlin Germany

The Artist as Writer – Dr Laura Gonzalez

Wanderings, Musings and the Art of Getting Lost – Jean Marie Casberian

Polyplot: Extending Bodies and Voices – Lynn Book

2015

Transart Institute summer residency – Uferstudios, Berlin Germany

Skin – Dr Wolfgang Sutzl

Praxis Enrichment 2 – Andrew Cooks

Naming the Invisible – Jean Marie Casberian

Intensities – Extending Body and Voice - Lynn Book   

Art in the Echo Chamber – Jean-Ulrick Desert

2014

Transart Institute summer residency – Uferstudios, Berlin Germany

Praxis Enrichment – Andrew Cooks

The World as Sculpture – Dr Michael Bowdidge

Performing Our Chakras – Linda Montano

Double Lens – Anna Faroqhi

2006

Arts For Art at Roulette – SoHo NYC

Improvised music and dance workshops (by invitation only)

- William Parker and Patricia Nicholson Parker

2002

Cunningham Dance Studio – NYC

Cunningham technique

2002

Dance Space Center (now DNA) - NYC

Summer Intensive – including Alexandra Beller

2001

Butoh Festival - New Studio Of Dance – Asheville NC

Butoh dance - Zack Fuller (Min Tanaka/Body Weather Farm)

1998

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival – Becket MA

Choreography intensive - Elizabeth Keen and Sara Rudner

1998

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Knoxville TN

The History of Film in Modern Art. Film screening and lecture series - Dr. Norman Magden

1997

International Sacred Dance Guild Festival – Lake Junaluska, Maggie Valley NC

Liturgical dance, African dance, text and movement composition

1994

Oak Ridge Ballet – Oak Ridge TN

Choreography intensive - Tarin Chaplin

1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001

Unto These Hills, seasonal outdoor drama – Cherokee NC

Company classes – Ballet, Modern, Jazz

1981 – 1985

London Contemporary Dance School – London UK

Modern dance technique (Graham) and history, plus Composition with Jane Dudley

Continuing Education

2014 – Present

Weaverville Yoga Studio – Weaverville NC

Yoga – various styles and instructors

2007 – Present

Various venues - Asheville NC

Butoh dance - Julie Becton Gillum (Legacy Butoh)

2002 – 2004

Dance Space Center (now DNA) – NYC

Work-study program - Ballet, Modern, Yoga

2000 – 2002

Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre – Asheville NC

Company classes – Ballet, Modern

2000 – 2002

Common Ground African drum and dance – Asheville NC

African dance – Kelly Davis

1993 – 1999

Circle Modern Dance – Knoxville TN

Company classes – Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Improvisation

1993 - 1999

Studio Arts For Dancers – Knoxville TN

Ballet - Lisa Hall McKee

1983 – 1985

Rainbow Studios – Manchester UK

Ballet, Jazz, Fitness – Jarka Heller

1983 – 1985

Chester College of Further Education – Chester UK

Advanced Level Theatre Studies. Advanced Level Art with Art History

1981 – 1983

Northgate Arena – Chester UK

Modern dance – Patti Day

1980 – 1981

Trilby Piluso – Chico CA

Ballet

1980 – 1981

Elsa Jordan (Mary Wigman company) – Chico CA

Modern dance and Composition (private tuition)

1977 – 1989

Cello. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music examination syllabus to Grade 8

(private tuition) Teachers include: Jeremy Fletcher of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Miranda Taylor of the Royal Northern School of Music – Manchester

1975 – 1983

Hammond School of Dance – Chester UK

Royal Academy of Dance Ballet examination syllabus to Senior Grade level

1975 – 2016

Voice. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and London College of Music examination syllabuses to Grade 8 (private tuition) Janet G Barratt LRAM – (Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music)

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