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Marsha Tardy has worked both nationally and internationally as a performer, choreographer and administrator. She received her BFA in Dance from Arizona State University and her MFA in Performance and Choreography with an emphasis in Somatics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has performed in works by Gabriel Masson, Sean Curran, Pat Graney, Bill Evans, Ana Baer, Ivan Pulinkala, Stacie Flood-Pop and Kim Neal Nofsinger. Her choreography has been presented at various venues throughout the US, and at the Pavillion Noir in Aix-en-Provence, France. As an educator, she has taught at Vanderbilt University, Western Kentucky University, the University of Colorado, Fairview High School in Boulder, CO, St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, AZ, the Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, TN, and the Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts. As a certified yoga instructor, she has taught yoga at Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram in Eldorado Springs, CO, and 12south Yoga in Nashville, TN. She served as the Director for the Vanderbilt Dance Program from 2003 – 2007, where she divided her time between administration, teaching, choreography, and service. At Vanderbilt, Marsha designed and implemented the Certificate in Dance Studies Program, the Vanderbilt Summer Dance Festival, the FreeDance Friday Series, and a guest artist residency program which has included many noteworthy artist including; Gabriel Mason, Ivan Pulinkala, Kim Neal Nofsinger and the Jose Limon Company. Additionally, she has collaborated with Vanderbilt in France to develop a summer residency program that provides students with cultural exchanges in French and dance with the Ballet Preljocaj at the Pavillon Noir in Aix-en-Provence.