Bonnie Walker: director

A co-founder of Fish Hawk Wing Modern Dance, Bonnie Walker serves officially as the group's Art Director as well as a Contributing Artist.

Bonnie began dancing at age six and dappled in tap, ballet, jazz and tumbling until age 14. She re-kindled her love of dance when she matriculated at Smith College where she minored in Dance and thus studied dance history, choreography and took studio dance courses in everything from Baroque/Court Dance to Isadora Duncan Dance, with a focus on Modern Dance technique. After graduating from Smith, Bonnie moved to New York City to work in the financial software industry and spent most of her free time taking advantage of the many dance opportunities afforded to New York City residents. After an eight-year hiatus from dancing, Bonnie returned to dancing when she moved to Bend in 2005 and happened upon the Adult Modern class at the Terpsichorean Dance Studio, where she was actually looking for a pre-ballet dance class for her daughter. Unable to resist the temptation, Bonnie signed up for the class and resumed her dancing "career" with the Terpsichorean Modern Dance teacher, Rachael Wilson, and her performance group "White Elephant Project". As Rachael was finishing her Master's degree work and preparing to leave Bend, Bonnie took over as the Art Director for White Elephant Project and her official choreography debut was at the Gotta Dance's Company fund raiser at Tower Theatre, March 2008. Bonnie is very excited to continue the growth of modern dance in Central Oregon as the Director for Fish Hawk Wing.