{"id":218,"date":"2017-10-23T18:32:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T18:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theatreanddance\/facultystaff\/wynnfricke\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T21:11:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:11:56","slug":"wynnfricke","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/facultystaff\/wynnfricke\/","title":{"rendered":"Wynn Fricke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wynn Fricke, recipient of seven McKnight Fellowships in Choreography and Performance, produces, according to City Pages, precise and virtuosic work \u201cguided by extremes of physicality. Part of the pleasure of watching it is that the difficult appears effortless; the tiny and delicate, Herculean\u201d. Wynn danced with Zenon Dance Company from 1992 \u2013 2001 and since 1998 has created eight original works for the company including her most recent, The Mourning Tree<\/em>, which\u00a0premiered\u00a0in 2015\u00a0with live traditional Bulgarian Folk music performed\u00a0by Mila Vocal Ensemble. From 2005 \u2013 2007, Wynn served as Choreographer-in-Residence with Minnesota Dance Theatre, and in 2008, she was the Dayton-Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist at Carleton College. She has had choreographic residences in Yarlslavl, Russia, at the Blacklock Nature Sanctuary in Moose Lake, MN, and at the Company Development Residency at The Yard in Chilmark, MA.\u00a0 She is the recipient of grants from the Jerome Foundation, the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, the American Composers Forum, and Arts International and the Trust for Mutual Understanding. She has been honored with two Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance in the category of Outstanding Performance. Wynn has created work for additional dance and theatre companies including James Sewell Ballet, Ballet Arts Minnesota, Ragamala Dance, Frank Theatre, Minnesota Ballet, and\u00a0Borrowed Bones Dance Theatre. Her choreography, My Very Empty Mouth<\/em>, was recently performed by Zenon Dance Company at the Teatro Marti in Havana, Cuba. Wynn earned her MFA at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.<\/p>\n

Areas of Teaching Expertise<\/h3>\n

Choreography
\nModern Dance Technique<\/p>\n

Macalester Courses<\/h3>\n

Beginning Dance Composition
\nIntermediate Dance Composition
\nCultures of Dance
\nModern Dance Technique
\nExperiential Anatomy and the Mind Body Connection (not currently)
\nReading the Dancing Body: Topics in Dance History (not currently)<\/p>\n

Selected Productions<\/h3>\n

2018: Icon Sam commissioned by Sally Rousse, music by David Lang, Cowles Center, Minneapolis, MN
\n2016: Cold Air commissioned by Minnesota Dance Theatre, music by Peter O\u2019Gorman, Lab Theater, Minneapolis, MN
\n2016: My Very Empty Mouth, commissioned by Zenon Dance Company, music by David Lang, Teatro Marti, Havana, Cuba
\n2015: Slow Thaw, commissioned by American Dance Festival, music by Peter O\u2019Gorman, Reynolds Theater, Durham, N.C.
\n2015: The Mourning Tree, commissioned by Zenon Dance Company, music performed by Mila Vocal Ensemble, Cowles Center, Minneapolis, MN
\n2010: A Small View, commissioned by McKnight Foundation, International Festival of Movement and Dance on the Volga, Yaroslavl, Russia<\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n

\u201cDancing in the Footsteps of the Buddha.\u201d In Dancing with Dharma: Essays on Movement and Dance in Western Buddhism, edited by Harrison Blum, McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers 2016<\/p>\n

Professional Affiliations<\/h3>\n

Member: \u00a0American College Dance Association
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