2026 Events and Presentations
Once Upon a Ballet: Storytelling in Ballet Culture Pedagogy, Production, and Scholarship
Adjudicated CORPS Member Presentations
Reimagining Scheherazade: From Fokine to King
Caroline Rocher Barnes | Assistant Professor, Towson University
Power, Peasants, and Practice-as-Research:
Rechoreographing Giselle to explore ethical balletmaking conditions through transferable dancer-centered practices
Julianne Cerreta | Independent Scholar
Steffi Carter | Independent Scholar
Updating the narrative of the traditional ballet technique class:
how shifts in technique class structure can better meet the physical demands on dancers
Jennifer Deckert | Associate Chair, University of South Carolina
Olivia Waldrop | Senior Instructor, University of South Carolina
Repertory as Memoir: The Life of Nicholas Magallanes as Seen Through His Roles
Steven Ha | Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
The Archive Isn’t Straight: Reclaiming the Queer Legacy of John Lind
Chelsea Hilding | Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
Finding Balance: Connecting Ballet and Music Through Collaborative Storytelling
Justine Sheedy-Kramer | Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Utah
Reworking the Swan through Possible Ballet
Silvia Susana Wolff | Professor, Federal University of Santa Maria
Stories Ballet Teachers Tell: bell hooks’s “confessional narratives” as Liberatory Pedagogical Praxis in the Ballet Class
Jessica Zeller | Professor, Texas Christian University
Pas de Quatre: Embodied Stories in a Plotless Ballet
Emma Capen | Associate Instructor, University of Utah
A Lost Feminist Perspective: Re-examining the power of the Wilis
Julia Cooper | Instructor, Colorado State University
Ballet exceptionalism: how ballet became elitist and resistant to change
Jennifer Fisher | Professor, University of California, Irvine
Transforming Ballet Education: Student Centered Pedagogy
Chris Kaiser | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
After the Final Bow- Unspoken Stories of Career Transitions in Ballet
Liz Lloyd | Graduate Student, Washington University
Breaking the Cookie Cutter Nutcracker Mold for the 21st Century
Timothy Lynch | Assistant Professor, University of Utah
From Curiosity to Revision: Locating the Self Through Contemporary Ballet Course Development
Bruce McCormick | Associate Professor, University of Southern California
Affect, Feeling, and Emotion: The Heart and Art of Storytelling in Ballet
Fiona Scruggs | MFA Candidate, Sarah Lawrence College
Telling the Story of DTH: Arthur Mitchell’s Love Letter
Joselli Deans | Associate Professor, University of Utah
Anjali Austin | Professor (Retired), Florida State University
Christina Pierangeli | Adjunct Faculty, Coppin State University
Keith Saunders | Associate Professor, Texas Christian University
Aging Gracefully, Teaching Powerfully: Menopause and Strength in Ballet Pedagogy
Kristin Marrs | Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Jennifer Weber | Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
Laughter and the Mad Scene
Beth Twigs | Assistant Lecturer, University of Wyoming
Ballet’s Storytelling Language: A Framework for Teaching Artistry
Chelsea Weidmann | Instructor, Project Move
Exploring Ballet-specific Identity through Dancers’ Adolescent Experiences
Erica Bauer | Graduate Student, Miami University (OH)
Collaborative Storytelling Workshop: Weaving Together Voices of Loss and Hope
Madeline Jazz Harvey | Associate Professor, Colorado State University
M | Tyler Schnese
THICK SKIN | Caroline Rocher Barnes
Unspoken | Ilana Goldman
The Wild Little Horse | Madeline Jazz Harvey
The Magic of Trees | Elizabeth Gillaspy
29th Annual CORPS de Ballet International Conference
Finding Center: Balancing Excellence with Wellbeing in Ballet
Virtual
July 6-10, 2027
We are busy planning this exciting event! This year’s schedule will feature half-days with alternating times to provide access to more of our membership.
Additional details and information coming soon.
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