Richard Haisma, artistic director of GEOMANTICS DANCE-THEATER,  is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) and  Master of Fine Arts (MFA).  After touring throughout Europe, South America and the Middle East with the Murray Louis Dance Company in the 1970s, and performing in Louis’ choreography with Rudolf Nureyev on Broadway,  he toured  his own solo  choreography throughout Europe and the United States in the 1980s and 90s.  He has been Guest Artist with the Dublin Dance Theatre (Ireland), the Laban Centre (London), York University (Toronto), Salem State College (MA), Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS) and SUNY/Potsdam. He has in recent years been on the dance faculties of the University of Rochester, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and, since 2004, SUNY/Brockport. He is currently also on the faculty of the Laban-Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in New York City. He frequently teaches contemporary dance in various cities in Italy. He is the Director of The Rochester School of Kinetics which offers “Visceral Motion Technique (VMT) ™ for all levels. For more information or to contact the choreographer or company see  www.projectivekinetics.org.

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