Wilson Mendieta
Associate Professor
College of Performing Arts; Department of Dance
Expertise:
Choreography; Musical Theatre; Arts Management
Office Location: Sandi Simon Center for Dance 011
Phone: (714) 744-7038
Email: mendieta@chapman.edu
- Education:
- Montclair State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Washington, Master of Fine Arts
Biography
Wilson is a graduate of the University of Washington with an MFA in Dance and a Nonprofit
Management Certificate from the Evans School of Public Affairs. He also received a
BFA in Acting and a minor in Dance from Montclair State University. Prior to earning
his MFA he lived in the New York City area where he worked as a performer for television,
radio spots, commercials, concert dance companies and Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals.
His choreography has been seen throughout the U.S., including The Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C., and has been invited to festivals in Venezuela and Australia. He's
taught at University of Minnesota, Purchase, Montclair State University, Tisch School
of the Arts, CAP 21, Steps on Broadway and Dance New Amsterdam, to name a few. His
research on how to better equip performing arts students to have sustained careers
in their fields has been invited for presentation at the International Conference
on Visual and Performing Arts in Athens, Greece, and the Hawaii International Conference
on Arts and Humanities in Oahu, HI. He also has served as a panelist for several arts
funding organizations including The National Endowment for the Arts.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- Choreographer: "Scarlet". Chapman University: Big Band and Jazz Combo Concert. Musco Center for the Arts, Orange, California, 2024.
- Choreographer. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Musical". Fullerton College: Theatre Department, Fullerton, California. March, 2022.
- Choreographer: "Exodus". Wayward Artist: Queer - A Dance Collaborative. Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California. September, 2022.
- Choreographer: "U B U". Chapman University: Faculty Dance Concert, Musco Center for the Arts, Orange, California, 2022.
- Guest Artist Residency. Utah Valley University: Department of Dance, School of the Arts, Orem, Utah. September, 2021.
- Re-staging of "Moonlight", (excerpt from "Notes from a Seance"). Shapiro & Smith Company. University of Washington: Chamber Dance Company, Meany Hall, Seattle, Washington. October, 2021.