Professor, Dance Program Coordinator and Artistic Director CCBC Dance Company
Melinda Blomquist holds an M.F.A. in Dance Choreography and Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Arts in Dance Pedagogy from Brigham Young University.
Melinda has presented her choreographic work at numerous venues nationally and internationally including the Mid-Atlantic and South-Central American College Dance Festival, Northwest Vista College, Towson University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Attakkalari Festival in Bangalore, India.
Currently Melinda is a Professor of Dance at the Community College of Baltimore County, and she also serves as the Program Coordinator and the Artistic Director for the CCBC Dance Company. Melinda has also worked with Trajectory Dance Project and the theatre and music departments as a choreographer for musical theatre productions in Arizona, Texas and Maryland including "The Fantasticks," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Good News" and "She Loves Me."
Melinda is involved in community outreach, focusing on promoting the importance of dance as an art form in public education. She has provided workshops and master classes in Texas, Alaska and Maryland to students at the elementary, middle and high school levels. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors for Deep Vision Dance Company and as past-president of the Maryland Dance Education Association.