Leslie Conner

Introducing the choreographic debut of Leslie Conner at Texas Woman's University!

Bio
Leslie Conner earned her BFA in Dance and Minor in Music from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2009. During college, Leslie danced with the Kaleidoscope Dance Company and performed in the American College Dance Festival, Oklahoma Festival of the Arts, Kansas Dance Festival, Oklahoma Contemporary Dance Festival, and Performaticá Festival in Puebla, Mexico. She also created multiple pieces for the Student Choreography Concerts. Leslie has worked with numerous professional artists including Janice Garrett, Charles Moulton, Amy Querin, Loretta Livingston, Adam Parson, and Bill Evans. She has also studied at the Bossov Ballet Intensive in Pittsfield, Maine, and Janice Garrett’s Summer Dance Workshop in San Francisco. From 2009-2011 Leslie danced professionally with the modern and aerial dance company, Perpetual Motion, of Oklahoma City. She performed with the company in Oklahoma, Texas, and at the Rogue Festival in California. In the summers, Leslie enjoys teaching creative dance for students at Arts Adventure Camp in Tonkawa, OK. She has also served as an adjudicator for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute ballet program. Leslie has been teaching dance at various studios for 7 years. In 2011, Leslie began the graduate program at Texas Woman’s University to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance. As a dance artist, Leslie is interested in combining metaphor and literal gesture to create awareness and empathy within the audience. She values a solid technical foundation, the influence of music and musicality, and the cradling of open-mindedness.

Choreography
"Trivial Pursuits" (Work in Progress)