Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Leigh Dillard Season 2 Episode 27

Leigh W. Dillard retired as Professor Emerita, College of Saint
Benedict/Saint John’s University, in 2015. She taught dance at
CSB/SJU for fifteen years and was Chair of the CSB/SJU Theater
Department for eight years. She was honored with the Linda Mealey
Faculty/Student Collaborative Research and Creativity Award in
2015. Currently, Ms. Dillard is teaching dance to seniors as part
of a research project funded by the Aroha Foundation. She has
also been working as a choreographer and movement coach at Saint
John’s Preparatory School, North Hennepin Community College and
the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University Music
Department. Ms. Dillard has served on a variety of artist grant
panels, including the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome
Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation. Ms. Dillard was
co-founder and Artistic Director of New Dance Ensemble, a
professional repertory company in Minneapolis, 1981-91. Ms.
Dillard received a Master of Fine Arts, Dance, from the
University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1973, and a Bachelor of Arts,
Dance, from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, 1971. She has been a
FGNA certified Feldenkrais practitioner since 1997.