DMITRI PESKOV (EPHRAIM, UTAH) SERVES AS THE CHAIR OF THE DANCE DEPARTMENT AT SNOW COLLEGE. SINCE MOVING TO UT THREE YEARS AGO, HE HAS PRESENTED HIS CHOREOGRAPHY AT THREE REGIONAL AND ONE NATIONAL AMERICAN COLLEGE DANCE CONFERENCE GALAS , PERFORMED AS A GUEST ARTIST WITH GILEADI DANCE COMPANY IN SALT LAKE CITY AND ST PAUL BALLET IN ST PAUL, MN, PRESENTED NEW WORKS AT DANCE NOW FESTIVAL IN NY AND WAS ONE OF THE FOUR NATIONALLY SELECTED CHOREOGRAPHERS TO CREATE A NEW PIECE FOR REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE'S REGALIA COMPETITION. OTHER INTERESTS INCLUDE POETRY PUBLICATION IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN, VISUAL ARTS, AND YOGA/PILATES/TAICHI INSTRUCTION. BEFORE MOVING TO UT, DMITRI PESKOV USED TO LIVE AND WORK IN CHICAGO WHERE HE WAS AWARDED THE 2008 ARTIST FELLOWSHIP IN CHOREOGRAPHY FROM THE ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL AND THE 2012 CO-MISSION RESIDENCY FROM LINKS HALL. HIS DUET WITH PAUL CHRISTIANO FOR BOB EISEN AND FRIENDS WAS MENTIONED IN THE BEST OF DANCE 2014 BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. DMITRI WOULD LIKE TO THANK DIRECTOR LUDA LOPATINA SOLOMON FOR CASTING HIM IN ATHOL FUGARD'S TWO CHARACTER PLAY HELLO AND GOODBYE AS PART OF BLUEBIRD ARTS 2015 THEATRE SEASON AND PAUL SANASARDO FOR ALWAYS ENCOURAGING HIM TO WORK AS A SOLO MOVEMENT ARTIST.