
2008
Website- Boris
and Todd Clark are working on a new website called The DC Place which features video tours of places in DC beyond the monuments and museums.
Teaching- Boris
will be teaching dance at Middlebury College in Vermont for Fall 2008 and teaching at George Mason University for Spring 2009.
Performing- Boris
recently performed with Daniel Burkholder/The Playground in My Ocean Is Never Blue at the Bladensburg Waterfront.
Teaching- Boris
has graduated from Ohio State and is teaching at George Mason
University as an adjunct faculty member.
2007
Dance-A-Day- Boris
has a new project where he posts a new dance video everyday. It began
on May 11and he plans to put up a new video for a year. He collaborates
with David Morneau of 60x365.com every
week, usually on Friday's. Please visit danceaday.com
2006
GRAD SCHOOL- Boris
Willis presented his MFA Project Abandoned Revolution: A Live Video
Game at Ohio State University Nov 2-4 2006.
www.abandonedrevolution.com
He is working on his thesis about the video game production cycle as
a model for making dances.
2004
GRAD SCHOOL- Boris
Willis will be pursuing an MFA in Dance and Technology at Ohio State
in the fall.
COMMISSION- Boris
Willis and Sharon Mansur commission David Dorfman to create a new duet
which will premiere March 20, 2004 at Dance Place 3225 8th St NE Washington
DC.
2003
FELLOWSHIP- Boris
Willis has received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Virginia
Commission for the Arts program in choreography for 2003-2004.
ENTER RACE- Our
new work titled "Enter Race" will be performed September 17
and 18 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage at 6:00PM and October
25 at 8:00PM and 26 at 7:00PM. To see our Kennedy Center performance
live on the Internet click
here.
COMMISSION- We just
received the Kennedy Center Local Commissioning Grant to create a new
work which will be performed in September 2003. This performance features
collaborations with several prominent artists.
DANCE MAGAZINE- See
Boris Willis in the January issue of Dance Magazine under 25 to Watch
with City Dance Ensemble. Boris was said to be an "established
talent."
2002
FLOOR
PODS- Our latest venture into dance and technology involves a work
with dancers and a robot. See photos and videos of "Floor Pods"
by clicking here.
PRAXIS-
Boris was recently in Los Angeles, CA where he directed/choreographed
a reading of a new play Praxis-The Making of a New Revolution by Lara
Naughton.
NOMINATED!-
Boris Willis was recently nominated in the category of "Emerging Choreographer"
for the Metro DC Dance Awards to be held September 9, 2002.
KENNEDY
CENTER OPEN HOUSE- September 8, 2002 Boris Willis Moves has been
invited back to the Kennedy Center. After our smash debut performance
at the Millennium Stage, we have been invited to perform at the Kennedy
Center Open House on the Terrace Theater on Sunday September 8, 2002
Time: 4:00PM. This is very exciting for us and we want you to be a part
of it. Please show your support and come out to see us again. Why not
become a member of the HOST COMMITTEE?!
BECOME
A MEMBER OF THE HOST COMMITTEE: We must raise funds in order to
cover Kennedy Center performance production costs and to make sure this
is an even better show than last January. Please consider making a donation
of either $25, $50 or $100 to Boris Willis Moves. (This is not a tax-deductible
donation) Please send your donation to: Boris Willis Moves, P.O. Box
28007, Washington, D.C. 20038 $ All Donors: All donors will be listed
in the program and are invited to a reception to meet the dancers and
designers after the performance. Stay tuned for more details. $50 Donors:
Will receive a Boris Willis Moves T-shirt. $100.00 Donors- Will receive
a Boris Willis Moves T-shirt and will also be entered in a special drawing
to win a PDA, Drawing will be random and held at the post performance
reception.
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