Patricia W. Ward's Experience

Patricia W. Ward, MA, IDMA, Founder and Artistic Director of Moving Voices Isadora Duncan Cultural Exchange, typifies the Isadora Duncan philosophy within her own life as well as the Isadora Duncan curriculum she offers. 

Ms. Ward presents original Duncan works as well as Contemporary pieces reflecting the Duncan idiom within a variety of International venues.  These include public and private educational institutions, arts studios, museums, hospitals, arts therapies conferences and open air performance spaces.
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Credential Highlights:

• Threefold descending lineage via Dr. Jeanne Bresciani, Artistic Director and Director of Education of the Isadora Duncan International Institute, directly from Maria-Theresa Duncan through their students Hortense Kooluris and Julia Levien
• Certified Isadora Duncan Movement Analyst affiliated with the Isadora Duncan International Institute
• Anita Zahn Award for The Education of The Child
• Executive Producer/Director, Muses of Modern Dance, LLC
• Registered Dance Educator: National Registry of Dance Educators
• Program Coordinator for The Arts, Southern Virginia Higher Education Center
• Past Regional Panelist and is included in the Artist Roster for The Artists-in-Education Residence Program, Virginia Commission for the Arts
• Professional affiliations include National Dance Education Organization, Congress of Research on Dance, Society of Dance History Scholars, and The Sacred Dance Guild
• Adjunct Faculty: Virginia Community College System
• MA, Dance/Related Studies from University of North Carolina-Greensboro
• Post Baccalaureate degree in Dance from Randolph-Macon Woman's College
• BS, Biology from Virginia Commonwealth University