KR

Karl Rogers, originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, defected to the Midwest, where he graduated from Knox College, and then trained at the Dance Center – Columbia College, simultaneously serving as its Academic Program Coordinator.  He completed an MFA in Choreography from the Ohio State University in 2003, where in addition to teaching technique, composition, improvisation, and dance/theatre history, he was the first artist to receive the University’s top award, a Presidential Fellowship. After six years in Brooklyn, NY Karl is returning to Columbus, OH where he is pursuing a PhD in Dance and continuing to make dances, perform and teach. Last fall, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kenyon College; he has also been a guest teacher at colleges, universities and festivals around the world.  Most notably, Karl is on faculty and serves as the co-director of the Young Dancers Workshop at the Bates Dance Festival. Karl is a member of David Dorfman Dance and is excited the company will be premiering Prophets of Funk, an evening-length dance inspired by the history, culture and politics of funk and the music of Sly and the Family Stone. Karl has danced in projects for Nugent + Matteson, Colleen Thomas, Terry Creach, Melinda Ring, Tami Stronach. Hoi Polloi, and many others. Karl is also a certified yoga instructor.