Troy Ogilvie has danced for and collaborated with
choreographers - Andrea Miller, Sidra Bell, Zoe Scofield,
Gabriel Forestieri, Idan Sharabi, Itzik Galili, Shannon Gillen,
Margie Gillis (as a participant in The Legacy Project/Le
Projet Heritage), Austin McCormick, Harumi Terayama,
Patricia Noworol, and Belinda McGuire; violinist - Liv Heym;
theater company - Punchdrunk (in the role of Lady
Macbeth, Sleep No More); and director - Peter Sellars (in
the role of Mary Magdalene, The Gospel According to the
Other Mary). She teaches an improvisation class at Gina
Gibney Dance and Peridance and has recently given
workshops at Velocity Dance (Seattle), Breaking Ground
(New Orleans), New Studio on Broadway (NYU), and The
Playground NYC (Gibney Dance). Troy is one of the creative
directors for The McKittrick Hotel’s SUPERCINEMA and
McKittrick Masquerade parties. Additionally, Troy is a board
member of Springboard Danse Montreal as well as a
Founding Collaborator & Associate Director of Alexandra
Wells’ Movement Invention Project. She was one of Dance
Magazine’s 2011 Top 25 to Watch and graduated with a
B.F.A. from the Juilliard School in 2007.
Class Description
When gut, heart, and brain are trusted, a dialogue
forms between conscious and intuitive physicality. The
tension between abstraction and narrative - form and
content - adds context to this dialogue. Class physically
and mentally prepares dancers and/or actors to contribute
to this conversation whether they produce their own work
or interpret the work of others. Warm-up begins with
meditative form and graduates to rigorous alignment.
Blood pumping continues with improvisation techniques
and games; both known and unknown. Class finishes with
phrase work and related improvisations.
