Dance, Choreography
Lynne Wimmer, Tampa, Florida

Lynne Wimmer is a professor in the Dance Department at the University of South Florida. She received a BFA from the Juilliard School and an MFA from the University of Utah. Her professional career includes nine years as a member of Utah Repertory Dance Theater and a year and a half with the Ballets Felix Blaska in Paris, France. She has received choreographic grants from the arts councils in the states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Utah, as well as from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been performed by various university performing companies as well as the Repertory Dance Theater, the Tampa Ballet, the Juilliard Dance Ensemble, and several companies in Mexico and Costa Rica. She directed her own company for five years and is a recipient of two Fulbright Lecturer Awards—one to teach and choreograph in Mexico, and one to teach in choreograph in Costa Rica. Recently she has been awarded individual artist fellowships from Hillsborough County in addition to the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. A new area of exploration and passion for her is dance for camera.

To view samples of Lynne's work:

The House On J Street, 5min.

Strange Flower, 5min.