hallie
dalsimer
(fall, 2011)
Hallie Dalsimer is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer based in Santa
Fe, New Mexico. From 2006 to 2009, she lived in New York and worked on various projects with Keith Thompson/ danceTactics Performance Group,Elizabeth Dishman/ Coriolis Dance Inc., Stefanie Nelson Dance Group, VIA Dance Collaborative, and Nicole Wolcott among others. She also appeared asa guest in "Underground" "with David Dorfman Dance at Lincoln Center Out of Doors and in Keigwin + Co's first production of "Bolero NYC." Hallie spent 16 months in Tel Aviv studying Gaga technique with Batsheva Dance
Company and in open classes. There, she performed in "Splash," by Joel Bray and "Decomposition," by Moran Sanderovich, and collaborated with multi-media artist Yaara Nirel on a short dance film. She has taught Gaga technique in Santa Fe and New York City. As Visiting Artist for the UMBC Dance Department in Fall, 2011, her courses include: Advanced Modern Technique, Improvisation, Dance Workshop and Repertory.
tzveta
kassabova
(fall, 2010)

Tzveta Kassabova was born in Bulgaria. At different
times she has been a gymnast, physicist, and
meteorologist. She has an MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland
College Park. As a dancer her main work
was with Ed Tyler. She has been part of David Dorfman
Dance and Sara Pearson/Patrik Widrig and has also
performed in works of Mark Haim, Nancy Bannon,
Maurice Fraga, Zoltan Nagy, Joshua Bisset, and Netta
Yerushalmy, among others. Her work as a choreographer
has been presented at Mulberry Street Theater, ADF,
Dance Place, and CSPAC. She recently received a Metro
DC Dance Award as Emerging Choreographer for her
duet 'to blue'. Some of the works that Tzveta created in
the course of the MFA program at University of
Maryland include: 'Bigodini' (2005), 'Alissa' (2006),
'DC' (2006), 'Grid' (2006), 'Sumiko' (2007), 'The stairs in
my house' (2007), 'Unfolding' (2007), 'to blue' (2007),
and 'Still new' (2008). She has collaborated on two site
specific projects 'Bathroom#1900' (2006) and
'Locus' (2008). She has enjoyed working in
collaboration with composers Rama Gottfried, Aleksei
Stevens, and Martin Gendelman, and choreographers
Brooke Belott, Lillian Cho, Katie Iacono, Ginger Wagg and
Laura Quatrocci. Tzveta has created costumes for 'Grid',
'Unfolding', 'Seanara Dear' and 'Locus'. As UMBC's visiting artist in
Fall 2010, she taught Advanced Modern Technique, Improvisation, Dance
Workshop and Repertory.

The Artist-in Residence Program
The Artist-in Residence program offers intermediate and advanced level dance students the opportunity to work intensively with a different visiting artist each year. The program brings nationally and internationally recognized dance artists of significance to UMBC for a full semester, usually in the fall. Students have the opportunity to take courses such as advanced modern technique, repertory, composition, dance workshop and/or improvisation with the visiting artist, and to learn new dance techniques and methods of choreography.
Past visiting artists: