Dr. Martie Fellom
Professor Emeritus of Dance
Martie Fellom, professor in the Music and Performing Arts Department at Southeastern Louisiana University, received her Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University in 1985. While at NYU, she was a Shubert Fellow working at Shubert Archives, and she studied dance criticism and history with Deborah Jowitt and Marcia B. Siegel.
2016-2017 begins Dr. Fellom's 32st year on faculty at Southeastern.
Dr. Fellom has held the title Woman's Hospital Endowed Professor in Humanities and
presented Distinguished Professor lectures in 2011 and 2012: “The Last Dance,” dances
dealing with death and dying and “Can You See My Voice?,” dances with a political
agenda. From 2008-2010, she held the title Music and Dramatic Arts Endowed Professor
in Humanities. For Fanfare 2011 Dr. Fellom produced and directed a new version of
"The Firebird", written by Alan Marsh, Department of English at Southeastern.
In 2014 Dr. Fellom created a work for the National Water Dance Project. The work
premiered at Southeastern’s Katrina Memorial Fountain at 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 12, simultaneously with 80 universities, schools, and dance companies from 26 States
across the nation. Scroll down the page to view video at the following link; Southeastern
Louisiana University can intermittently be seen in the streaming video entitled National Water Dance 2014 - #2: https://nationalwaterdance.org/; also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpM31gBBEaU
Most recently, she has developed two online history courses: History and Survey of
Dance and Dance on Camera. Currently she is studying and working in the area of Dance
for the Camera and attended the Advanced Video Dance workshop with Douglas Rosenberg
in 2002.
"The Firefly Club," her video short with Mr. Marsh received the 2007 Gold Remi Award
in Dramatic Shorts and 2007 Gold Remi Award in Family/Children Films at Worldfest-Houston
International Film Festival. Her video short, "An Act of Bravery", received the 2005
National Telly Award, 2005 Aurora Award, 2004 Gold Remi in Performance Arts for Film
and Video Production from Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. "An Act of
Bravery" was also selected for presentation at the first 2005 Louisiana Dance Festival
in Baton Rouge. An Act of Bravery is available for viewing on the Southeastern's Department of Teaching and Learning
webpage entitled Stewards of children: http://www.southeastern.edu/acad_research/depts/teach_lrn/programs/stewards_of_children.html
"Wild Kingdom," her video short with Mr. Marsh and Mr. Claude A. Levet was selected
for screening at the 2004 Longbaugh Film Festival in Portland, Oregon and the 2004
Flint Film Festival in Flint, Michigan. "Wish," another video short with Mr. Marsh
and Mr. Levet, received two awards: 2002 Gold Remi in Experimental Films at Worldfest-Houston
International Film Festival and the 2002 Silver Award in Experimental Films at Crested
Butte International Reel Fest.
Dr. Fellom has been on the Board of Directors for the American College Dance Festival
Association (ACDFA) for two terms. She was the 1998 recipient of the Dance Award presented
by the Hammond Regional Arts Center and co-recipient with Fellom Ballet in 2000. She
received the President's Award for Excellence in Artistic Activity at SLU in 1995
and was the recipient of the 1993-94 Louisiana Dance Educator of the Year Award presented
by the Louisiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
(LAHPERD).
She toured with Ann Corio's This Was Burlesque and has performed with Moving South,
New Orleans Dance, and Southeast Dance Ensemble, and in 1994 her choreography was
nominated for a Big Easy Award in New Orleans. In 1993 her work was selected for performance
at the Gala Concert for ACDFA, the Contemporary Arts Center in 1988, 1992, 1994, and
1995, and Showcase 1997 at Roussel Hall in New Orleans.
Her work has been seen on Cox Cable in New Orleans for the 1992 Louisiana Jazz Composer
Series. She performed as the center dancer in a 1989 reconstruction of Ruth St. Denis's
and Doris Humphrey's 1920 Soaring.
Dr. Fellom was the South Central Regional Coordinator for the 2000 and 1992 American
College Dance Festival and has taught master classes for eighteen years for ACDFA.
She studied ballet with Lelia Haller and Valerie Smith in New Orleans and Modern Dance
with Bertram Ross in New York City.
Throughout the years she has taken workshops and master classes with Merce Cunningham,
Charles Weidman, Erik Hawkins, Bella Lewitsky, Mark Morris, Moses Pendleton, Ralph
Lemon, Finis Jhung, David Howard, Gus Solomons, Jr., Ruth Currier, Pearl Lang, Annabelle
Gamson, and Jennifer Muller. She also teaches at Fellom Ballet School in Hammond.
Contact Information
Dr. Martie Fellom
SLU 10534
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA 70402
Email: mfellom@southeastern.edu