Kurt Douglas

“We are never more truly and profoundly human than when we dance.” —José Limón

Kurt Douglas joined the Boston Conservatory faculty in 2015 and is an associate professor of dance, specializing in technique, repertory, and pedagogy for modern dance. Douglas also serves as artistic director for Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Summer Dance Intensive (SDI).

A graduate of New York’s LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, and originally from Guyana, Douglas earned his BFA in dance from Boston Conservatory and MFA in dance from Hollins University.

After graduating from the Conservatory in 2001, he joined the Limón Dance Company, where he performed in many of Limón’s most influential works. He received a 2002 Princess Grace Award and was honored by an invitation to perform for the royal family of Monaco. In 2007, Douglas became the first African American to portray Iago in The Moor’s Pavane, José Limón’s most famous work. Douglas was named one of Dance Magazine’s “Top 25 to Watch” in the January 2006 issue, and he received a Berklee distinguished faculty award in 2022.

Douglas has danced for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Ballet Hispánico, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and Aszure Barton & Artists, and has toured with the Tony Award–winning musical A Chorus Line throughout the United States, Japan, Singapore, and Australia.

Douglas continues to serve as répétiteur for the Limón Dance Company and on the faculty at the Limón Institute and Limón Dance Foundation in New York City.

Highlights

• Over 25 years working with the Limón Dance Company, Limón Institute, and Limón Dance Foundation.
• Current director of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee Summer Dance Intensive (SDI)
• Current board member for the Limón Dance Company (New York City) and North East Youth Ballet (Reading, Massachusetts)
• Current répétiteur for the Limon Dance Foundation
• Codirector of the Limón teachers workshop (New York City)
• Guest choreographer for the Huntington Theatre Company
• Former dancer with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
• Former dancer with Aszure Barton & Artists
• Former dancer with Ballet Hispánico of New York
• Former dancer with the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall, New York City)

Professional Awards and Recognitions

• Distinguished Faculty Award, Berklee College of Music (2022)
• Sono Osato Grant (2014)
• Princess Grace Award (2002)
• “Top 25 to Watch,” Dance Magazine, January 2006