Virginia Munday Dances
Virginia Munday is a dancer, choreographer and educator based in North Carolina. After growing up in Florida and attending Harrison School for the Visual and Performing Arts, she received her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. While in Illinois she worked with Sara Hook, Linda Lehovec, Michelle Boule, Philip Johnston, Rebecca Netl-Fiol and Kate Kupers. Virginia spent her summers training at the Cecchetti Council of America Summer Program, the Juilliard Summer School, Virginia School for the Arts, Bates Dance Festival, and the American Dance Festival. After college she dance in New York and performed with Kim Young, Kelly Knox, Candace Dubous, Valerie Green Dance Entropy, and Jennifer Schmermund/Fresh Blood Productions.
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Virginia went on to earn her MFA in Choreography, with Distinction, at Roehampton University of London in 2012. While in the program she studied with Erica Stanton, Stephanie Jordan, Simon Ellis, Lalitaraja Joachim Chandler, Ann David, and Sarah Huston. While at Roehampton Virginia met collaborator and dance artist Tiffany Gibson, and they joined forces. The duo presented their work at Roehampton University, Dance4 Nottingham and The Place, London. Their work was selected to be part of the Resolution! and Evolution! series and the duo were invited to be part of the Touch Wood platform. The Place artist development also invited them to workshops with Graeme Miller, Peggy Olislaegers, and Chris Haring/Liquid Loft. Virginia continues to make work for her students and herself sharing her work in the US and UK.
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Virginia enjoys sharing her passion for dance with students of all ages. She is currently a Lecturer in Dance at North Carolina State University. Her teaching credits include appointments at Santa Clara University, San Jose City College, Foothill College, West Valley College, Roehampton University Dance Society, and Cabrillo College. She has been a guest choreographer and teacher at Yerba Buena High School, Bayer Ballet Academy, Harrison Arts Center, Rochelle School of the Arts, and Hillsborough Community College. As a teaching artist with the Joe Goode Performance Group in San Francisco, Virginia shared creative practices with K–12 students throughout the Bay Area. Virginia served as Secretary of the California Dance Education Association from 2017–2019 and remains an active member of the organization, which advocates for dance education and educators across California.
Virginia is currently studying to become a Somatic Movement Educator in Body-Mind Centering® through Moving Within in Lorane, OR. She integrates this training with her interests in Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, and the Alexander Technique to bring somatic awareness into her dance technique classes. She also teaches yoga from a somatic perspective and holds a 500-hour Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT) certification through Yoga Alliance. Virginia enjoys teaching Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, and Yoga Nidra classes to college students. These practices deeply inform both her teaching and choreographic work. Virginia is also studying Authentic Movement with Mary Lou Seereiter and plans to incorporate this practice into her future teaching and creative offerings.