Personal Information

Title

Operations Manager | Resident Choreographer

Bio

Matthew began dancing at age 19 while a student of the University of New Mexico. His early inspiration to dance came from the late Tim Wengerd of the Martha Graham Dance Company and Matthew went on to perform with several ballet, modern and opera companies including The Lynda Martha Dance Company, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Fort Wayne Ballet, Boston Ballet2, Charleston Ballet Theater, Louisville Ballet, Ohio Ballet, the move, Ballet Met Columbus, Minnesota Opera and the James Sewell Ballet.

A choreographer of over 40 ballets, his work has won awards from the Regional Dance America and was selected for the Ballet Builders Showcase in New York. Matthew received an MFA in Dance from the University of Iowa in 1999.

Equally at home in the artistic, production and administrative realms of dance; Matthew has served as the Interim Artistic Director of Ballet Quad Cities for the 2006-07 season, founder and producer of “The Studio 2A Choreography Project” in Minneapolis, Development Associate/Special Events Manager at George Street Playhouse, and part time faculty member for the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Matthew also serves as Vice Chair on the Dance/USA Board of Trustees. He is married to former ARB dancer Brittany Fridenstine-Keefe.

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History

Member for

2 years 8 weeks