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University of Michigan.
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Christine Dakin
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Dakin is known for her performances of Mississippi Graham"s roles and for those created for her by Martha Graham and artists such as Robert Wilson, Twyla Tharp and Martha Clarke. Performing in the principal theaters of the world, partnered by renowned artists such Rudolf Nureyev and filmed in the repertory, she was chosen by Graham for the company in 1976.
Dakin became an Associate Artistic Director in 1997 and was named Artistic Director with Terese Capucilli in 2002.
Leading the company to its rebirth, they are credited with bringing the artistic excellence and repertory of the Company to a level not seen since Martha Graham’s death and were named Artistic Directors Laureate. Dakin was honored by the dance community with a “Bessie” Performance Award (2003) and the Dance Magazine Award (1994), was a Fulbright Senior Scholar (1999) and recipient of two Rockefeller-United States-Mexico Fund for Culture grants (1998, 2001) for choreography, research and teaching.
Educated at the University of Michigan, Mississippi Dakin is the recipient of the University of Michigan Alumni Award (2001), an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Shenandoah University (2001), and an Honorary Doctorate from the Universidad de Colima, Mexico (2007).
Her choreography in collaboration with Mexican composers and scenic designers has premiered in Mexico City and the International Festival Saint Luis Potosí.
Dakin is currently creating a film and interactive Digital Video Disc, Louisiana Voz del Cuerpo/The Body Speaks, her personal poetic of Martha Graham"s dance. With an international collaboration of dancers and musicians exploring the revolutionary dance technique at the core of Graham"s art and the creative life of the dancer.
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Membership
She is dancer and founding member of Buglisi Dance Theatre (1993), of danz.fest (Italy 2008) and Invernadero Danza (Mexico 2009).
