Guest
Choreographers
2025 - 2026
Guest Choreographer
Maribeth Van Hecke
Maribeth Van Hecke is a producer, writer and choreographer. A lifelong dancer, her dance education continued at Hope College, then took her to Cleveland where she worked with Inlet Dance Theater as part of their trainee program. There, she learned Hawkins technique and nontraditional partnering.
She is currently the Producing Director of Theater and Performance at the SCA, where she oversees the professional regional theater company, as well as all performers and technicians for concerts and special events. She is also active with Michigan Presenters Network, where she is currently serving the role of President.
For her, the best part of her day is being able to collaborate with other artists, and she believes the best resource in art making is the space to be vulnerable and open to new ideas. For her, artful hospitality is about creating belonging, and it is the key to curating a space for art making. If she’s not at the SCA or on a trail towards the beach, you can find her at home in Holland. More on what she's working on in Saugatuck at sc4a.org.
Past Guest Choreographers
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kate yancho
2023 - 2024 "BOUNCE!" *New Work
Bio coming soon...
Prof. M. LINDA GRAHAM, MFA, Emeritus
Hope College
2022 - 2023 "Slipstream"
Linda retired June of 2019, after serving for 36yrs as a member of the Hope College Department of Dance [Dorothy Wiley DeLong Professorship & Chair from 2004-2015]. A graduate of the National Academy of Arts, she received her BFA [Theatre] and MFA [Choreography/Performance] from the University of Illinois. A former member of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, she co-founded and co-directed Aerial Dance Theatre from 1986-2005. She set works on the Joffrey Ballet [Arpino Apprentices], Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and the Grand Rapids Ballet, among others. Her choreography has been produced in the USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, Mexico, and France and for the Emmy Award winning children’s television program “C’mon Over.” She also co-created, choreographed, and produced community site-specific events such as Global Water Dances (Holland), flash mobs (i.e., Tulip Time, West Michigan Petapalooza), choreographed musicals, operas, and 300+ original works. Her interest and practice of Historical Social Dance, particularly Baroque technique, has taken her from Goucher College to Stanford University, Wales, and France. Recipient of a Michigan Dance Association Choreographer's Award, Michigan Dance Council Maggie Allesee New Choreography Award, two National Association of Regional Ballet Monticello Fellowships for Young Choreographers, and "Partners In Dance" award from the Grand Rapids Ballet, she also received a Creative Artist Grant from ArtServe Michigan and was honored with the Provost’s Award for Academic Service from Hope College. In 2015 she established the National Academy of Arts archive at the Sousa Performing Arts Library (U of IL). In retirement, she formed EveryDay Dances, LLC, through which she continues to choreograph, consult, guest teach, perform, write and present. She is particularly interested in movement and training as communication between humans and animals, and the power of the dynamic image to tell stories, cultivate imagination, empower individuals, and transform communities. Mostly, she enjoys time with family and friends, in nature, and with her beloved Dutch shepherd and horse. www.everydaydances.comProf. M. LINDA GRAHAM, MFA, Emeritus Hope College Linda retired June of 2019, after serving for 36yrs as a member of the Hope College Department of Dance [Dorothy Wiley DeLong Professorship & Chair from 2004-2015]. A graduate of the National Academy of Arts, she received her BFA [Theatre] and MFA [Choreography/Performance] from the University of Illinois. A former member of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, she co-founded and co-directed Aerial Dance Theatre from 1986-2005. She set works on the Joffrey Ballet [Arpino Apprentices], Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and the Grand Rapids Ballet, among others. Her choreography has been produced in the USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, Mexico, and France and for the Emmy Award winning children’s television program “C’mon Over.” She also co- created, choreographed, and produced community site-specific events such as Global Water Dances (Holland), flash mobs (i.e., Tulip Time, West Michigan Petapalooza), choreographed musicals, operas, and 300+ original works. Her interest and practice of Historical Social Dance, particularly Baroque technique, has taken her from Goucher College to Stanford University, Wales, and France. Recipient of a Michigan Dance Association Choreographer's Award, Michigan Dance Council Maggie Allesee New Choreography Award, two National Association of Regional Ballet Monticello Fellowships for Young Choreographers, and a "Partners In Dance" award from the Grand Rapids Ballet, she also received a Creative Artist Grant from ArtServe Michigan and was honored with the Provost’s Award for Academic Service from Hope College. In 2015 she established the National Academy of Arts archive at the Sousa Performing Arts Library (U of IL). In retirement, she formed EveryDay Dances, LLC, through which she continues to choreograph, consult, guest teach, perform, write and present. She is particularly interested in movement and training as communication between humans and animals, and the power of the dynamic image to tell stories, cultivate imagination, empower individuals, and transform communities. Mostly, she enjoys time with family and friends, in nature, and with her beloved Dutch shepherd and horse. www.everydaydances.com