MEREDITH RAINEY
choreographer
educator
artist
...Rainey makes us look inside his work and ourselves too.
- Merilyn Jackson The Philadelphia Inquirer
...If not life as you know it, art as you love it: serious but unpretentious, even fun.
- Merilyn Jackson The Philadelphia Inquirer
The dynasty jumps to a new generation in Meredith Rainey's wonderful new Slight Shifts.
- Elizabeth Zimmer The Philadelphia Inquirer
Here Rainey succeeds in weaving the drama right into the structure of the dance...
- Eileen Fisher Philadelphia Weekly
NEW COMMISSIONS
21/22 Season
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE
Velocity of Stillness (Premiere)
April 23 & 24, 2022
Goodhart Hall
Bryn Mawr, PA
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
Should It Be Said Quietly (Premiere)
December 2 & 4, 2021
Fringe Live Arts
Philadelphia, PA
SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA BALLET
Ver Lux (Premiere)
May 20 & 21, 2022
Prince Music Theater
Philadelphia, PA
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
Nine Without Narrative (Premiere)
June 2 - 4, 2022
Mandell Theater
Philadelphia, PA
TEACHING SCHEDULE
21/22
FALL 2021
University of the Arts
Drexel University
School of Philadelphia Ballet
WINTER 2021
University of the Arts
Drexel University
School of Philadelphia Ballet
SPRING 2022
University of the Arts
School of Philadelphia Ballet
SUMMER 2022
School of Philadelphia Ballet
Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts (EMIA)
Brandywine Ballet
MOBBallet Symposium
WHAT DANCERS SAY
"I really enjoyed Meredith's style of teaching and encouragement/way of giving corrections. I felt he really saw everyone and that was something I really appreciated
— Jorgie, student
WHAT'S IN MY CAMERA
A LONE ONE
Lately, I have been drawn to the singular thing in my surroundings. Maybe because I have been the lone one in the room, I feel some sort of solidarity with standing in a and holding a space. These three photos are part of a larger series that I am engaged in right now.
1. I swell 2. I float 3. I roll