Paul Zmolek
Paul is an award-winning interdisciplinary dance artist/educator whose dance/theatre/opera/performance/digital/installation works have been featured throughout the United States as well as Australia, Latvia, Portugal, Finland and Italy.
He has performed professionally with dance and theatre companies, directed Physical Theatre and a Youth Dance Improvisation companies in the Seattle area, a Dance/Theatre company in San Francisco, and Capoeira groups in San Francisco and Los Angeles, directed published and original theatrical works, choreographed stage combat in L.A., was founding member and movement specialist for a S.F.-based Theatre company, created collaborative performance works with master artists from Brazil, China, India, Spain, the Congo, and Japan, built/own/directed an inter-arts center, collaborated on the creation of a BFA in Performing Arts and a BA in Dance, created/directed an afterschool performing arts academy for youth in San Francisco’s Mission district, and served as Public Arts Planner for Pierce County in Washington state, managing 1% for the Arts Projects.
He has performed professionally with dance and theatre companies, directed Physical Theatre and a Youth Dance Improvisation companies in the Seattle area, a Dance/Theatre company in San Francisco, and Capoeira groups in San Francisco and Los Angeles, directed published and original theatrical works, choreographed stage combat in L.A., was founding member and movement specialist for a S.F.-based Theatre company, created collaborative performance works with master artists from Brazil, China, India, Spain, the Congo, and Japan, built/own/directed an inter-arts center, collaborated on the creation of a BFA in Performing Arts and a BA in Dance, created/directed an afterschool performing arts academy for youth in San Francisco’s Mission district, and served as Public Arts Planner for Pierce County in Washington state, managing 1% for the Arts Projects.
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Highlights of his performance career include creating roles in an original theatre production at the Lorraine Hansbury Theater under the dramaturgical supervision of Ed Bullins; the creation of title roles in the world premier of three ballets by Frank Zappa as the only human character interacting with life-sized puppets; performing in seminal works by Paul Taylor and Anna Sokolow; performing with master artists from around the world and within his own works.
Through early mentorship from Betty Toman and Evelyn Jensen, as well as being mentored by Toni Marich at his first university appointment, Paul's career as an arts educator is based in a foundation in Margaret H'Doubler Educational Dance and Virginia Tanner's approach to Creative Dance for Children. Paul has served as Theatre and Dance faculty at numerous universities throughout the United States, teaching arts education pedagogy at several. He has extensive experience as an Artist-in-Schools in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland as as a member of the Idaho Commission on the Arts, Directory of Teaching Artists. Currently Paul is teaching, directing and choreographing with Making Light Productions in Tallahassee, FL. |
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