Dr Christine Knoblauch-O’Neal

Professor of the Practice in the Performing Arts and Director of the new MFA in Dance program for the Performing Arts Department at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.  Dr. Knoblauch-O’Neal performed for twenty years with such companies as American Ballet Theater, the National Ballet, Dancers, the Cincinnati Ballet, Dancers, and the Dayton Ballet.  Ms. O’Neal danced in the film Turning Point, performed as Kristine in A Chorus Line, and toured with Dancers to Italy’s Spoleto Festival. 

 Dr. Knoblauch-O’Neal has choreographed over fifteen works for Washington University Dance Theatre.  Also, she has choreographed and performed in eight of her own works and the works of five international and regional choreographers in the faculty concerts, Dance Close-Up. She has authored several research papers and presented them in many international  conferences.

 Her awards include a bronze medal from the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, a State Department medal in recognition of her accomplishment in Varna, the Washington University in St. Louis’ ArtSci Faculty award, and, most recently, the 2009 CORPS de Ballet International Service Award.  She recently published, Revealing the Inner Contours of Human Emotion: Preserving the Ballets of Antony Tudor.* Her research interests include: the restaging of master dance works, storytelling and the embodied narrative.

Dr  Knoblauch-O’Neal will speak with us today about “ Story telling in Ballet”