Catherine Gallant

Catherine Gallant

Catherine Gallant was inspired by Annabelle Gamson's performances in 1976. She began studying the Duncan technique and repertoire with Julia Levien in 1982. Catherine Gallant directs Dances by Isadora and Catherine Gallant/DANCE. Her choreography has recently been seen at at City Center Studios, Chashama, Joyce Soho, The Yard and at the former Merce Cunningham Studio. Ms. Gallant has received funding for her work from the Harkness Foundation for Dance, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Trust. She was the Assistant Director of the 92nd St. Y Harkness Dance Center from 1994-9 and is now the dance educator at PS 89 in Manhattan where her program explores dance with children in Pre-K through 5th grade. Catherine served on the writing committee for New York City’s Blueprint for the Arts in DANCE and presents dance education workshops for the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL), NDEO, NYCDOE, and New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts. Ms. Gallant is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and holds an MFA in Dance from Temple University.

Catherine Gallant 1991
2014 Green-Wood Cemetery
Catherine Gallant 2014

Affiliations

Dances by Isadora — Co-Director

Links

The Collection of Catherine Gallant

Catherine Gallant/DANCE

Dance Teacher Magazine - Making a Case for Dance, Sept. 2015

Dances by Isadora

Videos

Collection Title Date
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Common Shade July 2015
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Catherine Gallant Moment Musical April 2005
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora at Jacobs Pillow 7-13-17 INSIDE/OUT Series 2017-07-13
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Brahms Waltzes 2015 92Y NYCDOE Dance Educator's Concert 2015
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Schubert Andante 2014
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Valse Brillante 2014
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Brahms #4 2014
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Valse Brillante 2014
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Classical Duet 2014
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Maenod 2014
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Grande Marche 2013
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Roses from the South 2012
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Roses from the South 2012
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Reflets d'Allemagne 2011
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Grande March 2011
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Catherine Gallant performs three Scriabin Etudes 2009
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Gypsy 2009
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Death and the Maiden 2009
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Flames 2009
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Water Study (Elisabeth Schwartz and Catherine Gallant) 2007
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Catherine Gallant and Elisabeth Schwartz perform two different versions of Isadora Duncan's Water Study at the same time. 2005
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Scherzo 2004
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Harp Etude 2004
The Collection of Adrienne Ramm Isadora and the American Jewish Intelligentsia 2000
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Sister Mazurka 1995
Catherine Gallant and Dances by Isadora YouTube channel Dances by Isadora: Furies

Related items in the Archives

The Collection of Lynn Armentrout > Programs > Summerdance at Holy Trininty — The Duncan Dance Continuum — Jun 02, 1994

The Collection of Lynn Armentrout > Programs > "Isadora Fest" — Jun 02, 1996

The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Retrospective Isadora Duncan — 1993

The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Anita Zahn Memorial Celebration — Nov 05, 1995

The Isadora Duncan Archive Collection > Programs > Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century — Jan 20, 2017

Related references

Sulcas, Roslyn. When the Choreographer Won't Fly, the Dancers Rehearse by Skype, New York Times, 9/23/19 (subscription required).