Phil Reynolds
Executive Director
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Phil Reynolds began his tenure as executive director of The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago in 1998. The Dance Center is Chicago’s leading presenter of contemporary dance and the only academic program in Chicago leading to a B.A. or B.F.A. in dance. Prior to moving to Chicago, he directed Catamount Film and Arts Company, an exemplary multidisciplinary presenter and local arts agency in northeastern Vermont for seven years. In 2008, Reynolds accepted a three-year appointment to represent The Dance Center as a National Dance Project Hub Site.
Phil has served on funding panels for Creative Capital’s Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund; The Japan Foundation; Dance Advance, a program of the Pew Charitable Trusts; Illinois Arts Council; Vermont Arts Council; Connecticut Arts Commission; Chicago Dancemakers Forum; and Chamber Music America. He was awarded the Chevalier de L’Order des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication in 2006. In 2004, he was recognized by the Chicago Tribune as a Chicagoan of the Year in the Arts, Dance. Mr. Reynolds received a B.A. from Middlebury College and an M.F.A. in arts management from Columbia University.