Patrick Corbin (born

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), is an American dancer and founder of CorbinDances.

Training

He began dance training at a young age in Potomac, Maryland and also studied at the Washington School of Ballet (being an apprentice with the

Washington Ballet The Washington Ballet (TWB) is an ensemble of professional ballet dancers based in Washington DC. It was founded in 1976 by Mary Day, and has been under the artistic directorship of Julie Kent since 2016. Septime Webre was artistic director for ...

where he danced in works by

Choo San Goh Goh Choo San (; 14 September 1948 – 28 November 1987) was a Singaporean ballet dancer and choreographer whose decade-long association with The Washington Ballet brought that company international acclaim. Childhood The son of Goh Kim Lok (1904 ...

). He also studied with the

School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet (SAB) is the most renowned ballet school in the United States. School of American Ballet is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Ne ...

(1983).

Work

He danced with the

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II (1984). He then joined the Joffrey Ballet (1985–1989), where he was introduced to the

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, William Forsythe, Mark Morris,

Frederick Ashton Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 190418 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue. Determined to be a dancer despite the opposit ...

, Laura Dean,

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Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav (or Vatslav) Nijinsky (; rus, Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, p=ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj; pl, Wacław Niżyński, ; 12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a ballet dancer and choreog ...

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, and Paul Taylor. He was with the

Paul Taylor Dance Company Paul Taylor Dance Company, is a modern dance company, formed by dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor (1930—2018). The modern dance company is based in New York, New York and was founded in 1954. Taylor originally performed in the companies of ...

1989–2005, becoming one of its most celebrated artists. He was the original "Johnny" in Paul Taylor's Company B. Corbin is featured in five

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Great Performances between 1988 and 2004 and in the 1998

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-nominated documentary ''Dancemaker''. In 2001, Corbin was the recipient of the NY Performance Award ( Bessie) for Sustained Achievement with The Paul Taylor Dance Company. He has since danced with

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (founded in 1968) is a dance company based in New York City and founded by Lar Lubovitch in the late 1960s. They have performed at Carnegie Hall, and worldwide. In 2003–04, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company celebrate ...

in “Men’s Stories” and he was one of the 43 dancers featured in David Michaelek’s film installation, "Slow Dancing" shown at the

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and the Music Center of Los Angeles. Corbin founded CorbinDances in September 2005, with its inaugural season in spring 2006, embracing modern, contemporary, and ballet disciplines. He has stated that he aims to collaborate broadly, reaching beyond dancers to include writers, directors, lighting designers, visual artists, and musicians. Recent performances include La MaMa Moves (April 2007),

Jacob's Pillow Jacob's Pillow is a dance center, school and performance space located in Becket, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires. The organization is known for a Summer dance festival. The facility also includes a professional school and extensive archives a ...

Inside/Out (July 2007) and the

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(July 2007). The company stages Corbin's work and that of Paul Taylor. Corbin, whose career has bridged the worlds of classical ballet, modern and contemporary dance, has been a guest faculty member at the

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and p ...

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and

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. He has taught professionally for

Miami City Ballet Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami Beach, Florida, led by artistic director Lourdes Lopez. MCB was founded in 1985 by Toby Lerner Ansin, a Miami philanthropist. Ansin and the founding board hired Edward Villell ...

and

San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet is the oldest ballet company in the United States, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet under the leadership of ballet master Adolph Bolm. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Fran ...

. He currently serves as associate professor of Practice at the USC

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School of Dance in Los Angeles, California.

References

External links

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