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Biography
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Gary Galbraith
Mr. Galbraith, a principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company, has danced such prestigious roles as Jason in "Cave of the Heart", both the Husbandman and the Revivalist in "Appalachian Spring", the Minotaur in "Errand into the Maze", both The Couple in White and The Couple in Red in "Diversion of Angels", The Priest of Sacrifice in "Clytemnestra", The Christ Figure in "El Penitente", and The Cavalier in "Deaths and Entrances". Mr. Galbraith has been featured in new ballets created for the Graham Company, including Robert Wilson's "Snow on the Mesa" and "But Not For Me" by Tony Award winning choreographer Susan Stroman. Lucinda Childs choreographed a duet on him which was premiered by the Graham Company and which he later premiered in Cleveland. He has been a guest solo artist at international festivals such as the Men in Dance Festival in Salvador, Brazil, the Suzanne Dellal Dance Festival in Tel Aviv, Israel and the Berner Tanztage in Bern, Switzerland. Mr. Galbraith has also been a guest artist with the Modern Dans Toplulugu, the modern dance company of the State Opera and Ballet of Turkey. He has toured with that company internationally and has served as Assistant to the Director.
Prior to joining the Graham Company, Mr. Galbraith danced with the Jose Limon Dance Company, where he performed some of Mr. Limon's noted works internationally. He has also appeared as a guest artists with several noted companies. Mr. Galbraith has taught in workshops around the world and was on staff with the New York International Ballet Competition from 1993-2003.
In 2002, Mr. Galbraith created 'Kinetic Shadows', a dance work for 6 dancers and 5 musicians which requires the dancers and musicians to perform simultaneously but in two different locations using the newest technologies of Internet2. For the premiere, 3 dancers and 2 musicians were performing in Los Angeles and 3 dancers and 3 musicians were performing in Cleveland. With three video streams and complete surround sound, it broke many barriers and was a finalist in the Northern Ohio Live Awards.
Mr. Galbraith was honored by the graduate students of Case Western Reserve University with the 2005 Diekhoff Award for excellence in Graduate Teaching.
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