Contemporary | Assistant/Demonstrator to Mr. Myers
July 1 – July 21
Charles Scheland (he/him) is a New York City-based dance artist and teacher. Charles grew up in Germany, Austria, and the Washington D.C. area, and graduated summa cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance program. He is also a 2017 alumnus of the Contemporary Program at The School at Jacob’s Pillow. Charles is a dancer with Carolyn Dorfman Dance, and also dances for Michael Mao Dance and Site-Specific Dances. He previously danced for RIOULT Dance NY and has been a guest artist with Buglisi Dance Theater, New England Dance Theater, Princeton Dance Theater, Neville Dance Theater, and Alison Cook-Beatty Dance. He has performed works by Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Adam Barruch, Clifton Brown, Amy Hall Garner, Adrienne Hurd, Tracy Inman, Bill T. Jones, Juel Lane, Jessica Lang, Milton Myers, Elizabeth Roxas, Henning Rübsam, Paul Taylor, and others.
Alongside his own dancing, Charles teaches ballet and Horton technique. He is on faculty of both the Professional and Junior divisions of The Ailey School, Kanyok Arts Initiative, Steps on Broadway, and The School at Jacob’s Pillow. He has worked as an assistant and demonstrator for Milton Myers’ domestically and internationally since 2019, and at Jacob’s Pillow since 2021.
Outside of the dance studio, Charles works for Dance ICONS in Washington, D.C. as the Executive Assistant. He was the Research Associate on the recently published book You, the Choreographer, by Vladimir Angelov, published by Routledge. For more information on Charles, visit his Instagram at @cschels.
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