Rate My Professor Marsha Barsky

Marsha Barsky serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University. She earned a B.F.A. in Dance and Choreography from Arizona State University in 1999 (Magna cum Laude) and an M.F.A. in Performance and Choreography from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2003. Barsky holds certifications including ShambhavAnanda Eldorado yoga teacher training from Boulder, Colorado (2002), completion of the North Carolina Alexander Technique Program under Robin Gilmore (2011), and licenses as a GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® trainer. Her career spans over 20 years fostering creative and collaborative dance initiatives in public and private sectors. Previously, she was Associate Professor and Director of Dance at Middle Tennessee State University, developing Tennessee's first bachelor's degree in Dance, and Director of the Vanderbilt University Dance Program. From 2008 to 2018, she directed and choreographed for Nashville-based Company Rose, presenting works at the Frist Art Museum and Southeastern venues. Barsky has taught at festivals and conferences throughout the United States, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Spain; served as Foreign Expert in Dance at Chengdu University, China (2017); and as visiting scholar at Carleton University's Kroeger College of Public Affairs, Ottawa, Canada (2020).