Luna Dance Institute is pleased to announce the hire of our new fundraiser and teaching artist.

Katherine McGinity's love of dance began as a teen and developed into a career as a professional ballet dancer for Eugene Ballet, State Street Ballet, Inland Pacific Ballet, as well as opera and musical theater companies. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, Katherine has presented her own work and guest performed with The Thick Rich Ones and inkBoat. She is passionate about dance education and has taught all ages for 20 years. Katherine holds a BA in Dance and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley, an MA in Dance from Mills College and is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst.

Patricia Reedy first met Katherine in a Laban course taught by Peggy Hackney.  Katherine was assisting Peggy to accumulate hours toward her certification. She caught Patricia's attention for her extraordinary sensitivity and intelligence, even though relatively young herself. Later, they met up again in Patricia's Dance 253 class at Mills that Katherine now teaches. She first appeared at Luna as a performer in an inkBoat excerpt at Luna's 20th anniversary 20/20 Choreographer's showcase.

Katherine's involvement with the SFBA dance community also includes project management, arts outreach, company management and lighting and technical theater work. She will share her skills at Luna as a fundraiser and teaching artist.  One month into her position, she has worked with Nancy Ng to modernize our individual solicitation campaign, improve recordkeeping and enhance community relations, and she has already introduced us to a new volunteer! We are excited to implement some of Katherine's near-daily great ideas and have her share her teaching talents with our dancing students beginning in January.  

" Katherine jumped into the Luna team with her whole heart , soul & many gifts! She is so committed to what it takes to make an 

arts non-profit flow and when there is an ebb, she breathes, 

and keeps on going." - Alisa Rasera 

*Photo by Shamim Pakzad