Kip Martin

Kip Martin has been dancing and teaching dance for over twenty years in the United States and abroad.  He is a graduate of the Riga Choreographic Institute in Latvia (formerly USSR).  He also studied privately with master teacher Peter Korogodsky of the Moscow Choreographic School.  While in Eastern Europe, Kip participated in an extensive tour of the Baltic Nations with his choreographed solo "All eyes on..." alongside Bolshoi star Ilse Liepa.

Kip has danced with the Cincinnati Ballet, Donald Byrd/The Group (NYC) and as guest artist with the Pennsylvania Ballet.  He continues to perform as a guest dancer with the Opera Company of Philadelphia.

Kip is active as both a teacher and a choreographer.  He has taught ballet and related courses for more than a decade in dance schools and studios as well as at the University of the Arts.  In 2002 Kip was invited to teach a series of master classes at Japan Women's College in Tokyo.  He also created "A Small Offering" for the Hashimoto Classic Ballet which was presented at Shinjuku Theatre, Tokyo.   

In 2005, Kip created "Echolalia" which he performed with his dance partner Sun-Mi Cho for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.  Kip presented the inaugural performance of his Namja Yoja dance group in June 2008 in Philadelphia. It featured Kip and Sun-Mi in four works choreographed by Kip. Namja Yoja was invited to perform in the 2008 DUMBO Dance Festival in Brooklyn, NY on September 26 and 27, 2009. Namja Yoja also appeared in the White Wave Cool New York Dance Festival in Brooklyn, NY, on January 31 and February 1, 2009.