Music, Theatre, Dance Faculty & Staff
Last Name
Powers-Klooster
First Name
Dana
Email
powerskd@gvsu.edu
Title
Dance, Adjunct Instructor
Website
About
Dana Powers-Klooster is a performer, choreographer, and educator. She recently moved to Michigan from the Philadelphia area, where had her choreography presented at the InHale Performance Series, the ETC Performance Series, the Koresh Artist Showcase, the Come Together Dance Festival, Eastern University, Ursinus College, Stockton University, and Bryn Mawr College. Dana received her MFA in Dance from the University of Iowa in 2014, where she was honored to be the recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship, and her BA in Dance and Spanish Area Studies from Kenyon College in 2006, cum laude. From 2007-2011, she worked as a freelance performer in New York City, performing works by Stephanie Liapis, Lindsey Dietz Marchant, Oliver Steele, Jennifer Kain, Elizabeth Wilkinson, and Deb Silver. Dana has been on faculty at the University of Iowa, Stockton University, Bryn Mawr College, and Ursinus College and she is currently an Adjunct Instructor at Grand Valley State University.