Vincent McCloskey

Vincent McCloskey received his early dance training at the Washington School of Ballet, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, and the Joffrey Ballet School. He danced in the early works of Dusan Tynek, performed as a supplemental dancer with the Mark Morris Dance Group from 2004-2006, and was a member of the Lucinda Childs Dance Company for many years. Since 2010 he has worked with the choreographer Pam Tanowitz, both as a dancer and as a rehearsal assistant, helping her stage works on the New York City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the dance department at Rutgers University, and her own company. He also assists Patricia Hoffbauer in staging her works, including at Barnard, the New School and NYU. In addition to teaching at NYU Tisch’s Open Arts department, he has taught at Gibney, ADF Winter Intensive, Paul Taylor's Summer Intensive, and at Barnard College since 2015.