Matt Pardo is a dancer and producer. He holds with a Master of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is a member of the Actor’s Equity Union. Selected credits include Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, River North Chicago Dance Company (apprentice), Pittsburgh Opera, Groundworks Dance Theatre, “Einstein on the Beach” (Olivier Award – Best Opera), Lucinda Childs Dance Company, among others. Dance Europe Magazine selected him as a “Top 100 dancer in the world” for 2010/2011 and called him “an artist to watch”. Pardo is a co-founder and co-director of the producing organisation The Blanket, which is now producing Lucinda Childs Dance Company, among others. As a choreographer and teacher, he has worked for institutions such as the American Dance Festival, Point Park University, Elon University, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Centre National De Danse (Paris) and Slippery Rock University. Currently, Pardo serves as an associate professor at James Madison University.
As of: November 2024