Tyler Gilstrap restaged her dance “Crash
Rhythm” on the morning dancers and created a new choreographic work “Last
Dance” on the afternoon dancers. Ms.
Gilstrap earned her BFA in Dance from Southern Methodist University and performed
“Midsummer Marriage” with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany after
graduation. She has danced with Morales
Dance, Patrick Corbin, and Amy Marshall Dance Company and has been a guest
artist with the Dodge Dance Company and New York Theater Ballet.
Ms. Gilstrap has been a featured dancer in
such films as “Across the Universe”, directed by Julie Taymor, and “The Wackness”,
directed by Jonathan Levine. She was
also the assistant choreographer for the film, “Love and Other Drugs”. Ms. Gilstrap has taught hip-hop and modern
dance in Germany, Hungary, Italy and throughout the United States, and was a
founding member of Battleworks Dance Company, under the direction of Robert
Battle.
