John Malashock is Artistic Director of Malashock Dance, which he founded in San Diego after a distinguished performing career with Twyla Tharp’s company in New York. With Tharp, he performed world-wide, appeared in the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus, and performed in concerts with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Mr. Malashock’s work has been commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego Opera, and others, and he has garnered four Emmy Awards for his dance films. His choreography for Pearl Fishers has been seen in San Francisco, New York and Detroit, among other cities.