Rebecca Whitehurst

Whitehurst received her BA in Philosophy from Stanford, and then attended the CalArts MFA program in Choreography before embarking on a professional career with Diavolo Dance Theater. Freelancing as an actor, director, & choreographer in New York City led her to the Institute for Advanced Theater Training MXAT/A.R.T. at Harvard, where she received an MFA in Acting. She continues to work as an Equity actor.

While on a Fulbright Scholarship to Russia, Rebecca spent a year doing research, guest teaching and choreographing for actors at the Moscow Art Theatre School. Upon her return, she served as the Academy Director for Tapestry Dance, taught Modern Dance: Loie Fuller to Pina Bausch as well as Acting for Non-Majors: Russian Ensemble Training at St. Edward’s University, and choreographed for over a dozen local theater and dance companies in Austin, TX.

Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Theatre at Northern Arizona University where she designs movement for all departmental productions and teaches Acting, Playwriting, Voice & Movement, as well as Advanced Movement for the Actor.

Areas of interest include Philosophy & Dance, Tanztheater Choreography, Physical Dramaturgy and Intimacy Choreography, Global Dance History, Devised Theatre, Interdisciplinary Collaboration & Creation, and Russian Movement Training for the Actor and Director.   

RECENT PROJECTS
A RITE OF SPRING to Peter Stopschinski’s “Massacre of Spring”, creator-choreographer

Ramón Esquivel’s LUNA, choreographer-director

DEVISED, choreographer

Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST, choreographer/physical dramaturg

Qui Nguyen’s SHE KILLS MONSTERS, fight choreographer & director

CURRENT PROJECTS
Las Pascualas by Isidora Aguirre, intimacy choreographer

Holmes & Watson by Jeffrey Hatcher, dialect coach & fight choreographer