Taryn Kaschock Russell
Taryn Kaschock Russell
Directorships
The Harkness Dance Center, 92Y - Director, September 2019 - current
The Juilliard School, Dance Division - Associate Director, 2018- 2019
Acting Artistic Director, 2017- 2018
Associate Director, 2016- 2017
Hubbard Street 2 - Director, 2008 - 2013
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - Rehearsal Director, 2007 - 2008
Contact information
Teaching experience
Universities
Faculty Positions:
The Juilliard School, Dance Division
Faculty - fall 2014 to spring 2019
SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Dance
Lecturer - fall 2014 to spring 2017
Residencies:
University of California, Irvine - summer 2012; University of North Carolina School of the Arts - spring 2012; University of Iowa - fall 2011
Master classes:
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, fall 2012; Adelphi University, spring 2012; Pepperdine University, spring 2011; College of Dupage, fall 2010; University of Alabama at Birmingham, fall 2009; University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, spring 2009; Colorado College, winter 2009; Truman State University, winter 2009; College of William and Mary, fall 2008
Companies, Schools and Organizations
2019
Abraham in Motion - guest teacher
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - company teacher
Ballet BC - guest teacher
Ballet Hispanico - faculty for ChoreoLab intensive
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - guest teacher
Kennedy Center Dance Lab (curated by Hope Boykin) - guest teacher
NYO-USA / Carnegie Hall - guest movement faculty
SongStudio / Carnegie Hall (curated by Renee Fleming) - guest movement faculty
2018
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - company teacher
Ballet Hispanico - company teacher
Juntos Collective - guest teacher
NYSSA - guest teacher, ballet intensive
MOVE(NYC) - guest teacher, guest speaker
2017
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - company teacher
Ballet BC - guest teacher
Ballet Hispanico - faculty for ChoreoLab intensive
New Orleans Ballet Association - guest artist
2016
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - company teacher
Ballet BC - guest teacher
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - guest teacher
Jessica Lang Dance - guest teacher
New Orleans Ballet Association - guest artist
NYSSA - summer faculty, ballet intensive
2015
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - company teacher
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - guest teacher
2014
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - company teacher
Ballet Hispanico - company teacher and coach
Gibney Dance Center - Open Professional Ballet Class
Hubbard Street 2 - guest teacher
Regional Dance America/Northeast Festival - faculty
The Joffrey Concert Group - guest teacher and coach
The Julliard School - staged Never Was - choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo *for Senior Showcase
The Playground - guest teacher / April sessions
2013
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - company teacher
Ballet Hispanico - company teacher
Complexions Contemporary Ballet - staged Never Was - choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo
Hubbard Street 2 - guest teacher
The Joffrey Concert Group - guest teacher
Pennsylvania Regional Ballet - summer intensive faculty
The Trey McIntyre Company - guest teacher
2012
Ballet Met - guest teacher
Aspen Sante-Fe Ballet - guest teacher
Columbus Dance Theater - guest teacher
2010
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company - guest teacher
2009- 2012
Hubbard Street Summer Intensives - faculty
2007 - 2013
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - company teacher
Lou Conte Dance School - faculty
2007
Thodos Dance Chicago - guest teacher
Danceworks Chicago - guest teacher
2010 - present
2010 - present
Choreography and Installations
March 2019
After Again - SUNY Purchase Senior Project Solo
April 2015
Psalm and Concertos - Purchase Dance Company, SUNY Purchase Spring Concert
March 2015
I Choose - SUNY Purchase Senior Project Solo
Octoboer 2014
Psalm and Concertos - Purchase Dance Company, SUNY Purchase Fall Concert
February 2014
yet to be - Ailey/Fordham BFA Senior Solo
November 2013
pulse suspended - Ailey/Fordham BFA fall concert
February 2013
Fracture - Hubbard Street 2, in collaboration with The Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra
October 2012
INSTALLATION:
"Elements of the Image" Hubbard Street 2, site specific creation danced within the Steve McQueen exhibit in Regenstein Hall in the Art Institure of Chicago
September 2012
INSTALLATION:
"Dance as a Learning Platform" Hubbard Street 2, site specific creation as part of a year long collaboration with 1871 technology center
May 2012
Not Yet One - Columbus Dance Theater
April 2012
distance - solo created for SUNY Purchase Senior showcase
March 2012
INSTALLATION:
"Capturing the Sublime" Hubbard Street 2, site specific creation performed along side members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center as part of a collaboration with both the Art Institute of Chicago and the CSO.
January 2012
Facets of the Same - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, premiered at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago as part of the Danc(e)volve Series
June 2010
INSTALLATION:
"Silver Clouds" - Hubbard Street 2, site specific creation performed within the Andy Warhol Silver Cloud exhibit, accompanied by a live cellist, in collaboration with The Illinios Institute of Technology
Performing experience
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 2002-2007
Significant repertoire:
Sechs Tanz/Jiri Kylian; No More Play/Jiri Kylian; Petite Mort/Jiri Kylian; Enemy in the Figure/William Forsythe; Tabula Rasa/Ohad Naharin; Minus 16/Ohad Naharin; Jardi Tancat/Nacho Duato; Gnawa/Nacho Duato; Love Stories/Lar Lubovitch; Cryptoglph/Lar Lubovitch; Full Grown Man/Trey McIntyre; Bardo/Toru Shimazaki; Lickety Split/Alejandro Cerrudo; Lady Lost Found/Danny Ezralow; SF/LB/Danny Ezralow; Group Therapy/Harrison McEldowney; Atelier/ Lucas Crandall; Uniformity/Jim Vincent
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 1997
Guest artist:
Don Quixote (the role of Cupid)/Terrence Orr; Ballet Imperial/George Balanchine; Rubies/George Balanchine
The Joffrey Ballet 1995 - 2002
Significant roles:
Appalachian Spring (the Bride)/Martha Graham; Rodeo (the Cowgirl)/Agnes de Mille; Taming of the Shrew (Kate)/John Cranko; Square Dance (female principal)/George Balanchine; Caught (solo)/David Parsons; Le sacre du printemps (the Chosen One)/Vaslav Nijinsky; Tensile Involvement (principal role)/ Alwin Nicholas; The Green Table/Kurt Jooss; Lilac Garden/Antony Tudor; La Vivandiere/Arthur St. Leon; Cante/Alonzo King; A Trifling/Randy Duncan; Light Rain, Suite Saint-Saens, Reflections, Viva Vivaldi, Kettentanz,Trinity/Gerald Arpino Repertoire