Alvin Mayes

Instructor

301.405.3194
1931 Clarice Performing Arts Center
amayes@umd.edu

 

 

Education/Training:

BS in Mathematics, University of Michigan 1969, Teaching certification 1970. Modern dance Elizabeth Bergmann and Gloria Newman. Choreography with Gloria Newman and Phyllis Lamhut.Partnering and support with Antony Tudor and Gloria Newman.

Areas of Specialization/Interest:

Choreography and Partnering.

Representative Productions:

Tahquamenon Falls, a contemporary ballet: commissioned by the Maryland Youth Ballet in 1993, reconstructed and performed at Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center in Rockville, MD, May 16 & 17, 2009.

Love Come Down: a dance concert with 22 dancers and 13 musicians; Dance Place, October 18 & 19, 2008.

Days of Stars, Moon and Dreams, "Evenings with my Dad viewing the northern night sky"; Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington in October 2007

The Colored Museum, April 19 – 28, 2007, and Sophisticated Ladies, October 17 – 25, 2003, choreographer; Scot Reese, Director, University of Maryland Department of Theatre. 

Representative Publications/Research Activities:

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, a multicultural, multigenerational non-auditioned and volunteer theater group performing Gilbert and Sullivan.

I work with a team of students from the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington preparing them for the Maccabi Games, which have been in New York, NY, Detroit, MI, Houston, TX, and Rockville, MD

Montgomery College Dance Company: Each spring I choreograph a work for the company, which include Ellipse, Eclipse 2009, Brentwood Sway 2007, and Kender in the Woods 2005

Honors and Awards: 2008 Edgeworks Dance Ensemble Men of Honor Recipient for leadership and involvement in the Greater Washington Metro community. 2007 Metro DC Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Education. 2004 American College Dance Festival, East Central Region- Adjudicator, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. 2003 Distinguished Scholar - Teacher Award for the Center of Teaching Excellence at the University of Maryland 1996 Arts Achievement Award presented by Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. The National Dance Association Plaudit Award -July 14, 1994 The Michigan Dance Association Plaudit Award for contributions to Dance and Dance Education - January 23, 1986.