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
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