Chalk Dance Theater
Chalk Dance Theater is a performance collective founded by Kristin Marrs and Anne Marie Nest. Chalk Dance Theater seeks to entertain and enlighten through interdisciplinary performances and community outreach.
KRISTIN MARRS (she/her): Iowa native Kristin Marrs is a dancer, choreographer, and movement teacher. She is an Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Iowa Department of Dance, where she teaches a wide variety of courses across the dance and somatic curriculum. She is also a certified Alexander Technique teacher, and has a private studio in Iowa City where she works with students of all ages and abilities in improving alignment, breathing, postural tone, and ease of movement. She is a proud mama of two kids. www.kristinmarrs.com
ANNE MARIE NEST (she/her): met Kristin at the University of Iowa while she was professor of voice and speech in the Theater Department. Prior to her career in higher education, Anne Marie was a professional actor, working primarily in regional theaters and Shakespeare Festivals. Anne Marie now works as an executive coach and communications consultant for the Fortune 500 and AM Law 200. She is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, trained mediator through Columbia University, and certified CTI & ICF coach. www.annemarienest.com
MARE TREVATHAN (she/her) is an audiobook narrator, actor, director, teacher, traveler, aspiring gardener, animal enthusiast, coffee drinker and compulsive upcycler. In recent years, she performed in “Blind Date”-- pairing one audience member to one actor as they wandered the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art; worked with architects in Ahmedabad, India creating “dance about architecture''; directed with the disability-affirmative Phamaly Theatre Company; and facilitated “The Israeli-Palestinian Conversation”-- part immersive theater and part community dialogue. Mare teaches Voice Over at the Tony-winning Denver Center for the Performing Arts. maretrevathan.com