Faculty & Staff

Belinda McGuire
Lecturer
Dance
Degrees & Accomplishments
BFA in dance from The Juilliard School (2006)
Masters in Mental Health Counseling (in-progress)
Biography

Belinda McGuire is an American-Canadian dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and Artistic Director of Belinda McGuire Dance Projects, based in Brooklyn and Toronto.  She was co-awarded The Chrystal Dance Prize (2019) and recognized as a sponsored artist of USArtists International (2019). Residencies include, ICK Amsterdam, American Center for Art and Culture Paris, National Ballet of Canada and The Yard, among others. Belinda created the groundbreaking interactive dance film, Order in the Eye of the Beholder (2021). Through BMDP, Belinda has commissioned and performed in world premieres by Kate Alton, Sylvain Émard, Andrea Miller, and Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten, among others and has launched four one-woman shows, and four iterations of Offset Dance Fest (Brooklyn). Belinda has taught at Juilliard, Harvard, The Limón Institute, and Marymount, among others.