Brian Murphy
Phone: 330.329.3625 Email: marph7@gmail.com
Professional Experience: (30 years experience) Performer, Instructor, Choreographer,Rehearsal Assistant, Producer
Verb Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Nashville Ballet, BalletMet, Richmond Ballet, New Orleans Delta Ensemble, City of Houston Ballet, Beckley Dance Theatre, Intercity Ballet, Hawaii Ballet Theatre, Loundon Performing Arts Company, Oil Regional Ballet, Ocala Dance Theater, Marshall University, Lincoln Center Big Umbrella Festival, Dancing Wheels, Erie Contemporary Ballet, Ashland Regional Ballet, Intercity Ballet Theater, Arts in Action, Academy of Arts by January, Kingston Ballet Theater, Fairfax Ballet, Indiana University Dance, Van Dyke and Company
Outreach programs: Produced, collaborator, partnerships Everyone loves Arts, Hip Hop for Health, Lippman School dance for everyone, Dance for All
Choreography
Trust, Untitled 1-10, Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Garde, Journey of Sunshine, Wizard of Oz, New Works (I, II), Moonlight Sonata, Little Match Girl, You and Me, Creative Works Project, Dance for 2, Mary Poppins, 42nd Street, Aida, Peter Pan, La Cage aux Folles, Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mama Mia, Little Match Girl, Elf, Scrooge, Oklahoma, Guys and Gals
Colleges: Instructor/Choreography: University of Akron, Marshall University:
Administrative
Artistic Director of Wayne Center Ballet: Teaching, choreograph main stage performances, developing, coordinating outreach program in the Wooster community, hiring teaching staff, maintaining budget and working, planning for future collaborations and community involvements
Organizations Producer, creator, collaborator
Firestone High School, Child’s Guidance Services, University of Akron Dance Institute, Summit Choir Society and University of Akron Choir Group, Cleveland Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, NEOS Dance Theatre, Children Concert Society, Akron Civic Theatre
Business:
Dance Masters (non-profit organization created to bring in art programming to local schools)
Pilates by Murphys Teach Pilates, wokshops
DanceforAll: Give opportunity for all populations to express themselves in movement.
Compilation of Ballet, Contemporary and Modern
“Journey of Sunshine” with Wayne Center Ballet. This is a 7min (Short Version)
Contemporary (Professional dancers with Wayne Center Ballet dancers)
Apriciy with Dancing Wheels Contemporary/Modern
Little Match Girl University of Akron. Contemporary/Ballet
Rehearsal video of Dancing Wheels “Trust.” 17min long Contemporary/Modern
Mary Poppins “Step in Time”, with All City Musical Tap