Glenn Edgerton, Associate Artistic Director,
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Glenn joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as Associate Artistic Director in August 2007, bringing 29 years of professional experience and an international reputation.
He began his career at The Joffrey Ballet where, mentored by Robert Joffrey, he spent 11 years with the company, performing leading roles in its repertoire including works by Gerald Arpino, John Cranko, Frederick Ashton, among many others. In 1989, Glenn joined the acclaimed Nederlands Dans Theater 1 (NDT 1) where he danced for five years.
Upon retiring from performing in 1994, he was appointed artistic director of NDT 1, leading the company for a decade, presenting the works of NDT’s own Jirí Kylián, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, Mats Ek, Paul Lightfoot, Hans Van Manen and many more of the world’s most distinguished choreographers.
Glenn returned to the U.S. in 2004, teaching at UCLA and Loyola Marymount University, as well as participating in summer intensives at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance where he teaches and adapts/sets works of Jirí Kylián’s. He has been a guest teacher for many prestigious dance companies, such as American Ballet Theatre, The Joffrey Ballet and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.
Since April 2006, he has been director of the Colburn Dance institute along with Leslie Carothers-Aromaa at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, a position he retains concurrent with his positions at HSDC and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance.