Outside the Lines 3 is the final event of the 2015/16 three-part dance series that brings the audience into the evolution of the performance process. This unique format provides the viewer an opportunity to experience choreography in various stages of conception and development and articulates and illustrates the perspective and objectives of the artists and collaborators. Follow the artist and their creative journey over the course of the year.

This performance features undergraduate and graduate student works as well as critically acclaimed works by UC Davis Department Chair, David Grenke, who will be bringing in guest artists Robert Kleinendorst and Parisa Khobdeh from the renowned Paul Taylor Dance Company to perform.

As in previous events, there will be an opportunity for the audience to engage in dialogue and questions regarding the work and process.

Please join us for what is sure to be an exciting culminating season event.

Performances are in Wright Hall’s Main Theatre. Suggested donation: $5.

Curated by Theatre and Dance Department Chair, David Grenke

Parisa Khobdeh, born and raised in Plano, Texas, trained under Kathy Chamberlain and Gilles Tanguay. She earned her B.F.A. from Southern Methodist University and, while a student at SMU and the American Dance Festival as a Tom Adams Scholar, worked with choreographers Robert Battle, Judith Jamison and Donald McKayle, among others. She also attended Taylor and Graham Intensives in New York City. Ms. Khobdeh has choreographed dances to benefit human rights organizations, as well as for independent films. In 2006 she made her New York theatrical debut at the Stella Adler Studios in the lead role of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This. She premiered with the Paul Taylor Dance Company at the American Dance Festival in Summer 2003.

Robert Kleinendorst is originally from Roseville, Minnesota. He graduated from Luther College in 1995 with a B.A. in voice and dance.  After moving to New York, he danced with the Gail Gilbert Dance Ensemble, and Cortez & Co.  Mr. Kleinendorst also performed with Anna Sokolow’s Players Projects at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.  Having studied at The Taylor School since 1996, he joined the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company in August 1998.  Mr. Kleinendorst joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Fall 2000.