Bio
Maura Keefe
Contemporary dance historian and dance writer Maura Keefe is a Scholar-in-Residence at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. She has led audience engagement programs at numerous locations including Princeton University, UCLA, the Goethe Institut, City Center and DANCECleveland. Her current research areas are the exploration of the choreography of talking dancing in contemporary dance and the relationships between dance
and sports. Keefe has an MFA in choreography and performance from Smith College, and a PhD in dance history and theory from University of California, Riverside. She is the chair of the Department of Dance at SUNY College at Brockport.
Pichet Klunchun
Director and choreographer Pichet Klunchun trained in the Thai classical mask dance form known as Khon, from age 16 with Chaiyot Khummanee, one of the best Khon masters in Thailand. He received his degree in Thai Classical Dance at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, and pursued theatre both as dancer and choreographer at high-profile events such as the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. Klunchun is a recent recipient of the 'Routes' ECR Princess Margriet Award for Cultural Diversity from the European Cultural Foundation.
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