Matthew Farmer
Matthew Farmer is currently the Dorothy Wiley DeLong Endowed Chair of the Dance at Hope College, the Co-Artistic Director of R.G. Dance Productions and the Co-Artistic Director of H2 Dance Co. Formerly the Director of Dance at Anderson University, Farmer has had great success as a director, educator, choreographer, performer, and author; co-authoring the book Introductory Modern Dance: A Teaching Manual. He is a former Associate Director and company member of LehrerDance, and former company member of The Peter Sparling Dance Co. under the direction of Peter Sparling. While dancing for Sparling, Matthew received his MFA from the University of Michigan in Dance Performance and Choreography. Farmer received his BA in Theatre and Dance from Hope College. As a soloist and guest performer, his performance credits include Dance Chicago, Dance in the Desert Festival, Men Dance Michigan, Next Step Dance, Chicago Humanities Festival, The Rein Orange Project (Germany) The European Cultural Bid (Liverpool, UK), The Roof (Germany), The Summer Stage (Belgium), and various national dance companies and festivals both home and abroad. His teaching and faculty credits include Hope College, The University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, Anderson University, Dancer’s Inc. National Conventions, Chicago National Association of Dance Maters, Southern Association of Dance Masters, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Interlochen, and a host of festivals and master classes throughout the United States and abroad; including Mexico, Ecuador, and the United Kingdom. Farmer’s choreography spans the field of dance, and can be seen on college campuses, professional dance companies, international festivals, summer theaters companies, competitive dance teams, and musical theater venues throughout the U.S and abroad (France, Mexico, and Scotland).