Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Classical & Contemporary Dance
Erma Lowe Hall 221
keith.saunders@tcu.edu | 817-257-7615
Hollins University Roanoke, VA
Master of Fine Arts in Dance (2017)
Dance Education Laboratory New York, NY
Foundations in Dance Education (Certificate Course, 2005)
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH (1988-1989)
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA (1971-1972)
Ballet Technique (All Levels)
Ballet Repertoire
Ballet Partnering
Junior Honors Seminar
Senior Honors Seminar
DanceTCU
Keith Saunders has practiced the art and science of ballet as a performing artist, teacher, ballet master, repetiteur, coach, company director, director of education programs, lecturer, adjudicator, and consultant over a 48-year professional career. A long-time dancer and ballet master with Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) under the direction of the late Arthur Mitchell, and Virginia Johnson (2010-2018), he has taught all levels of ballet while serving on the faculties of the DTH School, the BalletMet Dance Academy, the New Ballet School (Ballet Tech), Steps NYC, the 92nd St. Y, the University of Wyoming (Guest Artist-in-Residence), and the Snowy Range Dance Festival. He has choreographed works at the student, university, and professional levels, and taught numerous workshops and master classes in studios, schools, colleges, and universities across the United States and abroad. In 2017, Saunders earned an MFA in Dance from Hollins University (Roanoke, VA). He joined the TCU SCCDance faculty in 2018.
Corps de Ballet International
Arthur Mitchell, Karel Shook, & Dance Theatre of Harlem: Social Change Through the Arts
Presented at the Conference of the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD)
January 26, 2018 Los Angeles, CA
Arthur Mitchell & Dance Theatre of Harlem: Ballet, Inclusivity, and Social Change Through the Arts
Presented at the CORPS de Ballet International Conference
July 10, 2019 Tallahassee, FL
