For the last few years Chris has been teaching open class for Dance Fremont, and was recently enjoying their role as the Managing Director of Dance Fremont. Chris is most proud of the class that they developed on the Romantic era of ballet with the assistance of Professor Hannah Wiley.Īfter graduate school, Chris began working with Spectrum Dance Theater as the Ballet Division Head, which then turned into the School Director. A highlight while attending the University of Washington was working with Chamber Dance Company performing works: To Have and To Hold and Moonlight by Shapiro and Smith, Petrousckha’s Room by Michel Fokine, Cloudless by Susan Marshall, and Center of My Heart by Douglas Elkins. Chris chose the University of Washington dance department because its curriculum and faculty is one of the best in the country, and Chris knew the program would prepare them for teaching at the collegiate level while assisting them to understand the importance of dance education. While at Cornish, Chris’ goals shifted from professional work to teaching dance in higher education, which led Chris to receive their Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington. Moving to Seattle in 2011, Chris completed their undergraduate degree with Cornish College of the Arts, while also performing with Seattle Dance Project and Men In Dance. Chris also enjoyed dancing on pointe with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performing as Doris Vidanya around the world, including Japan, Israel, France, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Finland, Spain, and Italy. Chris continued their career with David Taylor Dance Theatre, Scorpius Dance Theatre, and Center Dance Ensemble, guesting periodically with Queen City Ballet and Legacy Dance Theater. Chris started their professional career with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago as a second company member. Chris began their academic journey with the University of Arizona, taking time off periodically to work with professional dance companies. Johns, Arizona but grew up in South Phoenix. Montoya was born in the small town of St. Grant retired from PNB in June of 2022 and has shifted his professional career from one of on-stage performance work to teaching, training, and helping to guide the future of dance at DANCE CONSERVATORY Seattle.Ĭhris E. Grant has worked personally with most of the contemporary choreographers currently working around the world including David Dawson, Crystal Pite, Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Jean-Christophe Maillot, and Justin Peck. Grant has danced soloist and principal roles in the bulk of the company’s repertoire, eventually garnering himself a promotion to the rank of Soloist. Grant toured the world exclusively as a principal dancer to locations which included Japan, Russia, Greece, France, The United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Chile, Mexico and Brazil before returning to Seattle to rejoin Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2011. Grant joined Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, an all-male international touring company which uniquely and specifically parodies the great classical ballets. Grant moved to Toronto, ON, Canada and joined the National Ballet of Canada, dancing and creating roles by choreographers James Kudelka, John Cranko, and Mikhail Fokine. Grant was invited to join the company of Pacific Northwest Ballet by Kent Stowell and Francia Russell where he danced various roles in the company's repertoire. Grant trained extensively in the Russian Vaganova technique at The Harid Conservatory (Boca Raton, FL) before graduating high school and moving to Seattle, WA to train at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Grant began his training at the age of three in Huntsville, AL and continued to train throughout his entire school years at various schools around the country including the Greenville Ballet School (Greenville, SC) and the Northwest Florida Ballet (Fort Walton Beach, FL). Joshua Grant has been involved in the ballet field for over three decades and has had a professional ballet career spanning over two decades.
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