Cornelius Carter

Cornelius Carter (born Greenville, Mississippi) is a dancer, choreographer, and professor emeritus of dance.[1] He is the director of dance at the University of Alabama and also the artistic director of Transition into Performance (TiP) and of the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre.[2]

Biography

Carter won a scholarship to The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, after high school. He received his M.F.A. in Dance from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and joined the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble and studied at The Ailey School on scholarship.

His first major appointment was as the new artistic director for one of the first contemporary dance companies and schools in Reykjavik, Iceland. He has been a faculty member at the University of Alabama since 1992 and was tenured in 1998. Carter has been a faculty member at the American Ballet Theatre, American Dance Festival (Moscow 1997 and Korea 2002), Bates Dance Festival, and Harvard Summer Dance Festival.[3]

Accolades

In 2001, Carter was named "Professor of the Year" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, the first dance teacher in over a decade to receive that honor.[4][5] Carter was also awarded the 2001-2002 Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award by the Alabama Alumni Association.

He was most recently Guest Rehearsal Director for Dance Brazil 2005 Season in Bahia, Brazil, and teaches and choreographs for the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive Program (2001–present) in New York City.

References
  1. Dunning, Jennifer (1999-08-02). "Dance Review; A Study In Ballet Both Clean And Lively". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  2. Hollis, Meghan (2009-11-16). "Student dancers put on professional performance". Crimson White. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  3. Chin, Gwin Joh (1995-05-14). "Dance; From Mountains to Shore, the Patter of Feet". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  4. Fanger, Iris (May 2002). "Cornelius Carter, Professor of the Year: The Teach-Learn Connection". Dance Magazine. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  5. "Professors receive national award". Black Issues in Higher Education. December 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
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