Rate My Professor Kimberly Schroeder

Kimberly Schroeder is the Interim Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Delaware, within the College of Arts and Sciences. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Vocal Music Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As University of Delaware Dance Minor faculty, Schroeder oversees production management for the annual dance minor concert and functions as a master teacher, choreographer, and performer across a variety of professional venues. Her comprehensive teaching responsibilities include ballet, modern, jazz, tap, musical theatre dance, pilates, improvisation, composition, and pedagogy. She has trained extensively with guest artists in diverse techniques such as African, Fosse, Graham, Humphrey-Weidman, Limon, and Horton, enhancing her pedagogical and artistic depth.

Schroeder's distinguished career features choreography for over 40 musical theatre productions, non-musical theatre works, and concert pieces, including notable titles like Fiddler on the Roof, A Year with Frog and Toad, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and The Music Man. Her experience spans regional and national theatre circuits, national tours with the Missoula Childrens Theatre, and international performances in Jamaica, Ireland, and Canada. Certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, as well as members of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals and American Fitness Professionals & Associates, she incorporates bodywork principles into her practice. Schroeder has collaborated with symphony orchestras in Annapolis, Milwaukee, Richmond, Charlotte, Lincoln, Harrisburg, Kennett, Illinois, Saint Louis, and Winnipeg. Her upcoming season includes performances with the Delaware Theatre Company, Texarkana Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, and Victoria Symphony Orchestra in British Columbia. Through these extensive contributions in teaching, choreography, and performance, Schroeder profoundly influences dance education and the performing arts at the University of Delaware and in broader professional contexts.