Catherine Gallant
- Primary teachers: Julia Levien
- Additional teachers: Annabelle Gamson | Sylvia Gold | Hortense Kooluris
- Students: Natalia Brillante | Eleanor Bunker | Michelle Cohen | Jessie King | Shannon McMullan | Amelia Sanders | Francesca Todesco | Sandra Zarotney-Keldsen
- Began studying Duncan dance: 1982 (Third Generation)
- Areas of expertise: Performer, Teacher, Repertory Coach, Choreographer
- Location: New York, NY (USA - Northeast)
- Address: 1623 Third Ave. #21K New York, NY 10128
- Phone: (917) 673-3132
- Email: cgallant@dancesbyisadora.com
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.
Affiliations
Dances by Isadora — Co-Director
Links
The Collection of Catherine Gallant
Dance Teacher Magazine - Making a Case for Dance, Sept. 2015
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 > "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