Harrison McEldowney American

United States

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 choreographer

Choreography

Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...

 known for his theatrical work, for the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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 Closing Ceremonies and for Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

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's "Give My Regards to Broadway: A Salute to 125 Years of Musical Theater", 17 June 1991.

McEldowney was born and grew up in Texas. He is noted for his comic and witty choreography. He choreographed the 35th Anniversary Tour of American Bandstand and choreographed and directed the Australian Tour of More Dirty Dancing. McEldowney has worked with the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is an American dance company based in Chicago. HSDC performs in downtown Chicago and its metropolitan area and tours nationally and internationally throughout the year....

, River North Chicago Dance Company, the Civic Ballet of Chicago, Ballet Met (Columbus), Louisville Ballet

Louisville Ballet

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, Chicago Shakespeare Repertory, San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet, Ballet of Texas and the Configurations Dance Company where he is currently (Fall 2006) the Resident Choreographer.

McEldowney contributed choreography to the films Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition

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, Children on Their Birthdays

Children on Their Birthdays

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(uncredited), and the independent film Vanilla City.

Awards

• After Dark Award from Gay Chicago Magazine for performance and choreography
• 1998 Ruth Page Award for choreography
• 1999 The first Prince Prize (Prince Charitable Trusts, Chicago), commissioning an original work

External links

• "NFAA National Panel - Dance 2005: Harrison McEldowney" cached by Zoom Info 1 November 2005; also at Web Archive;
• "Guest Artists Fall 2006: Harrison McEldowney" Theatre & Dance College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin;
• "Harrison McEldowney, choreographer" BalletNotes BalletMet Columbus, Columbus Ohio;
• "Harrison McEldowney" Civic Ballet of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois;