Joan Woodbury
Company Co-founder & Managing DirectorJOAN WOODBURY is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and studied as the first Fulbright Scholar in dance with Mary Wigman in Berlin, Germany. She is a retired professor of modern dance from the University of Utah, where she taught for 47 years. Joan has choreographed more than 95 works for Ririe-Woodbury and has been commissioned by the Conservatoire Nationale in Portugal, Outlet Dance Company in Australia, Desert Dance in Arizona, the University of Hawaii and Julliard School of Music plus many others. She has danced and taught workshops and master classes throughout the United States as well as in Portugal, France, Yugoslavia, China, Canada, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, England, Ireland, Singapore and Italy.
Mrs. Woodbury is a recent inclusion in Dictionnaire de la Danse, the prestigious French dictionary of dance. In addition to over a dozen University of Utah Research Grants, plus a National Endowment for the Arts choreographic grant, Mrs. Woodbury has received other celebrated awards including Honors in the Arts awarded by the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Utah Governor's Award in the Arts for Arts Education, the Heritage Award from the National Dance Association, the Salt Lake Mayor's Award, and the Cathedral of the Madeleine Award. She has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Southern Utah University and an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts from the University of Utah. Presently Mrs. Woodbury's pet project is assisting in the acquiring and reconstruction of the works of American Treasure Alwin Nikolais.
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