CarliAnn Forthun Bruner has been teaching at Gonzaga University since 2019.
CarliAnn Forthun Bruner received her MFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and her BFA in Dance and minor in Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University. Her choreography has been presented by On the Boards, Seattle International Dance Festival, Inlay Dance, Velocity Dance Center, YAW Theater, Intrepidus Dance, and Terrain 11. She has performed professionally with Khambatta Dance Company, Intrepidus Dance, 127th St. Dance Company and as a freelance performer with Noam Gagnon, KT Niehoff, Rob Kitsos, Marla Eist, and Ashleigh Claire Miller. CarliAnn has enjoyed performing, teaching, and touring internationally in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Lithuania, and India.
In 2016, she formed Forthun+Rome Dance Theater with Ethan Rome. Since then, the company has created over a dozen new works including full evening length pieces and dance films. In 2018, the dance company received the year-long James Ray Residency Award to create a new dance work for the 2019 Seattle International Dance Festival. As a dance creator, CarliAnn investigates human interactions that are universal and transcend language, exploring the ineffability of life.
Courses Taught
Jazz Dance, Levels I, II, III
Contemporary/Modern, Levels I, II, III
Strategies for Dance Instruction
Arts Administration and Leadership
Contact information
Theatre & Dance Studios, Room 106
Phone: (509) 313-6083
Email: forthun-bruner@gonzaga.edu
Office Hours are by appointment.
