Director, Pilar Castro Kiltz graduated with honors from Princeton University with a Bachelors Degree in Music and a double minor in Theater and in Dance.
In May 2012, Pilar earned a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and her dance piece “Booze and Smokes” was selected by Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell to be performed at Radio City Music Hall as the opening of the 2012 Tisch Graduation salute.
Her first play, Liminal, was fully produced at Princeton University in April 2010. Called a “…phenomenal, unique piece of theater…likely to give you chills,” Liminal was written, directed and choreographed by Pilar with original music by Vince Dimura.
In Summer of 2011 Pilar founded Ensemble Dance, and since its inception has been both the Artistic and Executive Director of the dance theater company. In Fall 2012, Pilar earned an SDC Foundation Observership with Rob Ashford on Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johansson at the Richard Rogers Theatre. She is currently an Associate Member of SDC. Pilar directed her first play in New York City in December of 2012 for Variations Theatre Group's Harvest One-Act Theatre Festival, and in Fall 2013, Pilar was selected for the competitive Emerging Artist Residency at The Field.
In addition to her creations for Ensemble Dance, Pilar works in other theater and dance productions as a choreographer, movement consultant, actor and dancer, including 2014 performances with Sarah Holmes and with Ellis Wood Dance.
In May 2012 Pilar’s first scholarly article entitled “ ‘A Smart Dinner’ : Hollywood, Rouben Mamoulian and the Prokofievs,” was published in Three Oranges Journal. In addition to academic research, Pilar offers arts consulting and management services for other dance and theater companies.
Pilar is a choreographer, director, playwright, dancer, actor, singer and violinist. In all of her work, Pilar seeks to synthesize the many elements of the performing arts including dance, music and theater.
In May 2012, Pilar earned a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and her dance piece “Booze and Smokes” was selected by Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell to be performed at Radio City Music Hall as the opening of the 2012 Tisch Graduation salute.
Her first play, Liminal, was fully produced at Princeton University in April 2010. Called a “…phenomenal, unique piece of theater…likely to give you chills,” Liminal was written, directed and choreographed by Pilar with original music by Vince Dimura.
In Summer of 2011 Pilar founded Ensemble Dance, and since its inception has been both the Artistic and Executive Director of the dance theater company. In Fall 2012, Pilar earned an SDC Foundation Observership with Rob Ashford on Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johansson at the Richard Rogers Theatre. She is currently an Associate Member of SDC. Pilar directed her first play in New York City in December of 2012 for Variations Theatre Group's Harvest One-Act Theatre Festival, and in Fall 2013, Pilar was selected for the competitive Emerging Artist Residency at The Field.
In addition to her creations for Ensemble Dance, Pilar works in other theater and dance productions as a choreographer, movement consultant, actor and dancer, including 2014 performances with Sarah Holmes and with Ellis Wood Dance.
In May 2012 Pilar’s first scholarly article entitled “ ‘A Smart Dinner’ : Hollywood, Rouben Mamoulian and the Prokofievs,” was published in Three Oranges Journal. In addition to academic research, Pilar offers arts consulting and management services for other dance and theater companies.
Pilar is a choreographer, director, playwright, dancer, actor, singer and violinist. In all of her work, Pilar seeks to synthesize the many elements of the performing arts including dance, music and theater.