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Morgan M. Kulas
morgankulasartworks@gmail.com
/Academic Education
2023 - MFA, Interdisciplinary Art & Regenerative Culture, Confluence Concentration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
2008 - BFA, Acting Performance with Dance Concentration, The Theater Conservatory at Chicago College of Performing Arts, Chicago, Illinois
/Alternative Education
Yoga, Yoga Therapy, and Meditation Teacher Education (500hrs), Samadhi Center for Yoga, Denver, Colorado
Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy & Vedic Counseling (900hrs), American Institute of Vedic Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Western Herbal Medicine for Women (2,000hrs), Aviva Romm, New York, NY
Adaptive Yoga for folks with disabilities (100 hrs), Matthew Sanford, Minneapolis, MN
Lay Practitioner and Student of Engaged Buddhism with The Order of Interbeing as pioneered by Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village
Body-Mind Psychotherapy & Embodiment Practitioner Training, Susan Aposhyan, Boulder, Colorado
Releasing Stress & Trauma through Somatic Experiencing, Luis Mojica, New York, NY
Internal Martial Arts, Daoyin, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mimi Kuo Deemer, London, UK
/Awards
2018 - United States Air Force Chaplain Corps, Producing Excellence with Mindfulness Education, Avon, CO
/Recent Group Exhibitions
2023 - Care + Curiosity, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2023 - How to Survive, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
2023 - Confluence, La Calera, Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico
2022 - River Lab, South Street Seaport & Waterfront Alliance, New York, NY
/Social Practice
2021 - Meander Presents: ecological thinking and artistic practice, online festival presentation on peatland conservation with Ensayos Tierra Del Fuego, various locations in North America, South America, and Europe
2021 - Bog as Body + Body as Ruins + Ruins as Rebirth, interactive story map collaboration with Ensayos Tierra Del Fuego and Patagonia Peatland Initiative, Hartford, CT
2021 - Art of Awe, socially engaged eco-embodiment artist in residence with Eagle River Water and Sanitation Department, Edwards, CO
2016-2019 - Art of Awe, socially engaged walking practice, United States Air Force Chaplain Corps, Avon, CO
2012 - The Othello Project, a contemporary take on domestic violence through the lens of Shakespeare’s Othello, Visionbox Studio Theater, Denver, CO
/Youth Dance Education
2013 - 2023 - Dance Faculty & Choreographer, Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Edwards, CO
2005 - present - Freelance Guest Dance Educator & Choreographer
/2018-2023 Selected Choreographic Works
2023
Melt, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
Nightmare, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
Exactitude, choreography for Vail Youth Ballet Company, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
Selfing, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
2022
The Violence of Being Known, embodied performance to camera, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Excitable Heart, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
Migrations, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
Ghost Owl, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
The Net, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
Enter the Wild with Care, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
2021
Gorecki, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
Dark Matter, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
What the World Needs Now, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
All in a Day, choreography for Vail Valley Academy of Dance, Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
Peter Pan the Ballet, original production and choreography for Vail Youth Ballet Company, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
2018
Rhizome, choreography in collaboration with Vail Valley Academy of Dance performed at TEDX Youth Vail, Edwards, CO
Peter Pan the Ballet, original production and choreography for Vail Youth Ballet Company, Vilar Center for Performing Arts, Avon, CO
/Recent Publications
2023 - “Mysticopoetics.” University of New Mexico, MFA Performance Studies Thesis, 2023.
2023 - “Otra Vision: Women Who Weave.” University of New Mexico, 2023.
2022 - “Seven Generations to Home.” SeedBroadcast Agri-culture Journal, Edition 18, 2022, insert.