BIO

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Matthew Schroeder,

Matthew Schroeder is a New York City based dancer, choreographer, and teacher. who is a company dancer with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company under the direction of Igal Perry. Matthew received his BFA in Dance Performance from Chapman University where he was trained by notable teachers and choreographers such as Ido Tadmor, Jennifer Backhaus, Julianne O'Brien, Charles Maple, and Lawrence Rosenberg. He has performed all over the country with dance companies such as Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, Backhaus Dance, Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre, Redondo Ballet Company, and Michigan Ballet Theater, being featured in works for choreographers such as Igal Perry, Ido Tadmor, Desmond Richardson & Dwight Rhoden, Jessica Lang, Mats Ek & Talia Paz, Dolly Sfeir, Chanel DeSilva, Yin Yue, and Lula Washington to name a few. He has danced in music videos, dance & fashion films, live dance concerts & galas such as the Dance For Life Festival presented by Desmond Richardson and Phil Wilson. He is also a freelance choreographer whose work has been performed internationally, at Chapman University, and at local dance studios. Previously, Matthew was an apprentice with Backhaus Contemporary Dance, under the direction of Jennifer Backhaus, and is currently signed with Go 2 Talent Agency working bicoastally as both a concert and commercial dancer.

Artist Statement

As an artist, I seek to fuse and blur the line between aesthetic and human experience. Using a unique approach to ballet technique and fusing various other styles of movement, I focus on symmetry versus asymmetry, uniformity versus individuality, strong lines and pictures, and establishing the connection between humanism and experiences emotionally, physically, and mentally. I am inspired by people around me to create, respond, and interact with the relationships between people and with oneself. Ones unique stories and experiences deserve to be told, and once everything else is stripped away, we can be seen as one. This is shown through not only movement, but in all aspects of life, bridging the gap through presentation visual movement.

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