NEWS

2008

Teaching- Boris Willis has graduated from Ohio State and is teaching at George Mason University as an adjunct faculty member.

2007

Dance-A-Day- Boris has a new project where he posts a new dance video everyday. It began on May 11and he plans to put up a new video for a year. He collaborates with David Morneau of 60x365.com every week, usually on Friday's. Please visit danceaday.com

2006

GRAD SCHOOL- Boris Willis presented his MFA Project Abandoned Revolution: A Live Video Game at Ohio State University Nov 2-4 2006. www.abandonedrevolution.com He is working on his thesis about the video game production cycle as a model for making dances.

2004

GRAD SCHOOL- Boris Willis will be pursuing an MFA in Dance and Technology at Ohio State in the fall.

COMMISSION- Boris Willis and Sharon Mansur commission David Dorfman to create a new duet which will premiere March 20, 2004 at Dance Place 3225 8th St NE Washington DC.

2003

FELLOWSHIP- Boris Willis has received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts program in choreography for 2003-2004.

ENTER RACE- Our new work titled "Enter Race" will be performed September 17 and 18 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage at 6:00PM and October 25 at 8:00PM and 26 at 7:00PM. To see our Kennedy Center performance live on the Internet click here.

COMMISSION- We just received the Kennedy Center Local Commissioning Grant to create a new work which will be performed in September 2003. This performance features collaborations with several prominent artists.

DANCE MAGAZINE- See Boris Willis in the January issue of Dance Magazine under 25 to Watch with City Dance Ensemble. Boris was said to be an "established talent."


2002

FLOOR PODS- Our latest venture into dance and technology involves a work with dancers and a robot. See photos and videos of "Floor Pods" by clicking here.

PRAXIS- Boris was recently in Los Angeles, CA where he directed/choreographed a reading of a new play Praxis-The Making of a New Revolution by Lara Naughton.

NOMINATED!- Boris Willis was recently nominated in the category of "Emerging Choreographer" for the Metro DC Dance Awards to be held September 9, 2002.

KENNEDY CENTER OPEN HOUSE- September 8, 2002 Boris Willis Moves has been invited back to the Kennedy Center. After our smash debut performance at the Millennium Stage, we have been invited to perform at the Kennedy Center Open House on the Terrace Theater on Sunday September 8, 2002 Time: 4:00PM. This is very exciting for us and we want you to be a part of it. Please show your support and come out to see us again. Why not become a member of the HOST COMMITTEE?!

BECOME A MEMBER OF THE HOST COMMITTEE: We must raise funds in order to cover Kennedy Center performance production costs and to make sure this is an even better show than last January. Please consider making a donation of either $25, $50 or $100 to Boris Willis Moves. (This is not a tax-deductible donation) Please send your donation to: Boris Willis Moves, P.O. Box 28007, Washington, D.C. 20038 $ All Donors: All donors will be listed in the program and are invited to a reception to meet the dancers and designers after the performance. Stay tuned for more details. $50 Donors: Will receive a Boris Willis Moves T-shirt. $100.00 Donors- Will receive a Boris Willis Moves T-shirt and will also be entered in a special drawing to win a PDA, Drawing will be random and held at the post performance reception.

Photo:Todd Clark