Lindenwood University Fall Dance Concert, 2022

FALL DANCE CONCERT — 2022 10 | 11 served as a mentor and thesis committee member for a young man completing his MFA in Dance at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Janet loves dance, and loves to see people dancing. TRICIA ZWEIER (FACULTY) is an Associate Professor of Dance & The Dance Program Coordinator at Lindenwood University, where she teaches mostly contemporary and jazz techniques, dance history, dance & technology, and dance science courses. She earned a Master of Science in Kinesiology and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance, with a concentration in choreography, from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Zweier performed with Leverage Dance Theater, The Atlantic City Ballet, and Flatlands Dance Theatre, and international tours in the cruise line industry as a lead dancer and dance captain. Other performance credits include the works of Hanya Holm, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Sean Curran, Mark Dendy, and Nejla Yatkin. Her recent creative works seek to embody historical people, places, and events to bring underrepresented, forgotten, or misinter- preted historical narratives to the dancing body. These works have been showcased with Lindenwood University students in national festivals including The Boston Contemporary Dance Festival and The Detroit Dance City Festival. She has also been commissioned to create original work for The Center for Contemporary Dance Pre- Professional Student Intensive (Orlando, FL), The College of Lake County (Grayslake, IL), Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX), and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, amongst others. She is also a PBT/PCT certified teacher and a Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT-200). Her scholarly research focuses on integrating kinesiology with dance to promote healthy training practices. She regularly presents her research at conferences including The National Dance Education Organization, The Missouri Dance Organization, and The International Association for Dance Medicine and Science. Tricia serves as the Operations Coordinator for The Dance Science and Somatics Educators and Secretary for Modern American Dance Company’s Board of Directors. Ask her about The Dance Anatomy Coloring Book! (expected publication June 2023). www.triciazweier.com