Contemporary Program | Guest Choreographer

A recipient of the Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship Award, Darrell Grand Moultrie has established himself as one of America’s most diverse and sought-after choreographers and master teachers. Moultrie’s premiere Ounce of Faith was performed by The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre during their engagement at New York’s Lincoln Center. The company then went on to perform the piece as part of their European Tour and engagement at New York’s City Center.

Moultrie has created and staged works for Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Ailey 2, Milwaukee Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Tulsa Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Washington Ballet, and NBA Ballet in Japan. On stage, he has provided movement and choreography for Jeremy O. Harris’s world premiere play Daddy directed by Danya Taymor, Witness Uganda at American Repertory Theater directed by Tony Winner Diane Paulus, Sugar in Our Wounds at Manhattan Theatre Club, the Off Broadway musical Invisible Thread at Second Stage, REDWOOD at Portland Center Stage, Evita and Pride and Prejudice at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, and he has collaborated with Tony Award-winning hoofer Savion Glover. Moultrie also choreographed El Publico, a new opera at the world famous Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain directed by Robert Castro and conducted by Robert Heras-Casado.

Moultrie was selected by Grammy Award winning artist Beyoncé as a choreographer on her record-breaking “Mrs. Carter Show” world tour. Moultrie is a proud New Yorker, born and raised in Harlem, and a graduate of P.S. 144, Laguardia High School, and The Juilliard School.

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