See Blair Whitley in Preconceived Motions, a showcase of the choreographic talents of Colorado State University senior dance majors on Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8. Click here for details.

Blair Whitley was born and raised in Texas where she started dancing at Houston Northwest Dance Academy at the age of four and began formal training in high school at Suzanne’s School of Dance.

Blair entered Colorado State as a freshman in the fall of 2006, and has studied under renowned professors Chung-Fu Chang, Jane Slusarski-Harris, Melissa Corr, and Carol Roderick, as well as select guest artists Gabe Masson, Kim Neal- Nofinsinger, Katie Elliot, Jacob Mora, Andrew Skeels, and Jacques Hiem of Diavolo Dance Company. Blair’s choreography has been performed in both the Spring and Fall Dance Concerts as a part of CSU main stage professional shows.

In 2009 she performed with a select group at the American College Dance Festival in Murfressboro, Tennessee. As a member of the CSU Tour Dance Company since 2008, she traveled to Merida, Mexico to dance in the X Festival Internacional de Danza De Contemporanea, performing a full length work by Chung-Fu Chang. During this time she has served as an assistant to the director, and her choreography was selected for the company’s repertoire. Blair is a recipient of CSU’s Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship since the spring of 2008.

After college Blair plans to pursue a professional career in modern dance.