Rachel List
Rachel List was a member of the adjunct dance faculty at Queens College from Fall 1983 through Spring 1987, teaching ballet and choreographing for the Faculty dance productions. She returned in 1993 (as a sabbatical replacement) and rejoined the faculty in 2002.
Ms. List is also currently on the faculty of Hofstra University and the Peridance School, and has taught at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Barnard College, Bates Dance Festival, the Balettakademien in Stockholm, Sweden and Danse Projektet in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rachel List has been a member of the New York Baroque Dance Company since 1990, performing soloist roles in venues such as Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), the Meyerson Center (Dallas, TX) and the Handel Festival in Goettingen, Germany. Previously she performed nationally and internationally with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, The Vanaver Caravan, and Partridge/Benford/Dance/Music. Ms. List has taught master classes and given lecture/demonstrations in Baroque dance at a variety of schools and universities including the Juilliard School, Vassar College, Swarthmore College, Columbia University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, Bard Graduate Center, and Texas Woman's University. She was the movement consultant for the Pearl Theatre Company's production of Double Infidelities (Marivaux)and was the choreographer for their production of The Gentleman Dancing-Master (Wycherly). Ms. List has also choreographed for the Bronx Opera Company's recent productions of Dido and Aeneus (Purcell), A Tender Land (Copland), and Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach).
Ms. List created numerous works for her own company from 1985-'95 and continues to choreograph for students at Hofstra, Queens College, and Peridance. She was the founder and director of Manchester Dance, a summer workshop in Vermont from 1987-'97. Ms. List received her undergraduate degree through Empire State College (SUNY) and her MFA degree in Dance through the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee.
