Michael Estanich received his Master of Fine Arts degree from The Ohio State University in 2006 and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Denison University in 1995. His work currently focuses on long form choreography that investigates the choreographic issues of time, space, and perspective and how they relate to the act of seeing. Before coming to UWSP, Michael danced in Chicago, IL for six years with Mad Shak Dance Company under the artistic direction of Molly Shanahan. He has performed throughout the Midwest, Texas, and at Dance Theatre Workshop in NYC. While in Chicago, Michael also performed with Rebecca Rosen and Martha Mulligan and co-founded Motivity: A Choreographer’s Festival for young and emerging artists. His own choreography has been presented in galleries, festival, and dance venues throughout Chicago. In 1999, he was awarded a creative summer scholarship from the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago for the creation of a new work under the advisement of Shirley Mordine. Michael was a recent guest artist at Denison University in 2005 creating a new dance theatre work on eleven undergraduate students. He has taught for several years at the American College Dance Festival and performed in the Gala Concert in 2005. Michael worked as a graduate administrative associate in Membership at the Wexner Center for the Arts during his years at OSU. He has performed in works by Bebe Miller, Melanie Bales, Larry Keigwan, and Blake Beckham while at OSU, and performed in Mark Morris’ All Fours, reconstructed from Labanotation score by Valarie Mockabee and coached by Matthew Rose, at Ohio State in 2006.