- Since 2003 the native New Yorker Peter McCoy has lived and worked mostly in Munich.
Under his S.L.F. Collaborative Dance Arts Munich, he has produced, choreographed and directed full-length works, as well as guest-contract choreographies for movies, tv commercials and live performances for contemporary ballet, dance theater, opera and musicals.
Until 1990 he has danced and choreographed in the USA for the Leja Dance Theater, “The Jamison Project” (Judith Jamison, former director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), “Philadenco Dance Company” (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Ballet, “Jubilation! Dance Company” (New York).
In 1991 Peter came to Europe and danced, choreographed and also collaborated with dancers, choreographers and companies such as “Les Nomades” (Vevey) and Béjart Ballet (Lausanne), with Patrick Dupond (former director Paris Opera Ballet), with Richard Wherlock (director Basel Ballet) at the “Bregenzer Festspiele”, the “Stadttheater Bern” (1999-2002), the “Stadttheater Koblenz” and “Stadttheater Ingolstadt”, as well as the “Theater am Gärtnerplatz” (Munich) a.o.
Since 1985 Peter has developed his own method to teach contemporary modern dance, contemporary ballet and fusion jazz dance, which he calls the “evolving symbio-dynamic method” ESD method for short. He has been teaching in the USA, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, France and Germany, and has given numerous workshop and master classes at the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Tamute Dance Theater (Zurich), Philippe Saire Company (Lausanne) and at various city and state ballet theaters such as Bern, Kassel, Koblenz, Nürnberg, Augsburg and the “Bregenzer Festspielhaus”
Peter received his dance training in the USA on scholarship at the prestigious institutions of the Alvin Ailey American Dance School, the Martha Graham School, Pennsylvania Ballet School, the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Boces Cultural Arts Center, Vanetts Cultural Workshop, Broadway Dance Center and Steps 74th Street New York.
- "Hr3" Commercial Spot (D: Roman Prochnow; P: Dog Ear Films
- Dancer and Choreographer
- "Kaiahealth" Commercial Spot/ App (P: Kaia Health Software GmbH)
- Actor
- "Fujitsu CCD Brian Film" Commercial Spot (P: Hertz6 GmbH)
- Actor
- "Caparol - A Power Of Surface" Commercial Spot (R: Luis de Maia; P: Namoto Film)
- "Felix-Burda-Stiftung" Commercial Spot (D: Roman Prochnow; P: Namoto Film)
- Dancer and Choreographer
- "Horizont-Stiftung" - Laudatio Film (D: Roman Prochnow; P: Namoto Film)
- Actor
- "Spiel des Lebens" - Varieté Theatre (P: Hotspot - KunstVollBühne)
- Chorography
- Commercial Spot "Mc Donalds" - (P: Soup Filmproduction)
- Chorography
- Guilia Company - Fashion Show Opening
- Dancer and Chorographer
- "Beautiful Baroque" - Shortfilm in Cooperation with Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
- Production, Director and Chorography
- "Human(S)Being" - ANIMAN McCoy Dance/Theater Company; Theater HochX Munich
- Production and Chorography
- Festival "Hier=Jetzt" : Human(S)Being II (Dancetheater)
- Dance Shortfilm: HUMAN(S)BEING
- Production and Choreography
- "ANIMAN" (Soloperformance) La Luna Dance Center Ancona
- Chorographer and Dancer
- Festival "Hier=Jetzt" : Human(S)Being (Dancetheater)
- Chorographer
- Commercial Spot "Tassimo" (R: Sandro Cannova)
- Shortfilm Yoga Dance "Anandansa - Jack Waldas" (D: Verena Eccardt,
Ch: Jack Waldas)
- Dancer
- Dance Theater Munich (D: Janine Gornig,
Ch: Selatin Kara/ Peter McCoy)
- Short Dance Film Documentary (R: Birgitta Trommler)
- Dancer, Choreographer and Directors Assistent
- “Artisten” (R: Petra Maria Grühn)
Teamtheater München
- Dancer, Actor, Choreographer
- Dance Theater Munich (D: Janine Gornig,
Ch: Selatin Kara/ Peter McCoy)
- ADIDAS E-Learning (R: Johannes Pröll)
Jilbee Sárl Luxemburg
- UAMO Kunstfestival
Einstein Kulturzentrum München
- Choreographer Danceperformances
- B&M Ballet-Gala: “September“
Carl-Orff-Saal Gasteig München
- Cinema movie “Buddy” (R: Michael Bully Herbig) – Warner Bros. Germany
- Musical „Ein Sommernachtstraum“
Open Air Heidenheim
- Dance&Soul Ballet-Gala
Bürgerhaus Pullach
- Dancevideo „The Next Ones“
der Münchener Band „Claire“
- B&M Ballet-Gala: “Grace”
KUBIZ Unterhaching
- „Beautiful Compromise“ Dance theater
Peter McCoy Dance Company München
- Production and Choreography
- „Laputa Nova“ Dance theater
Teamtheater München
- Choreographer, Dancer, Actor
- Shortfilm "Entrée" (R: Simon-Niklas Scheuring)
- Cinema Movie „Hier kommt Lola!“ (R: Franziska Buch) – Constantin Film
- Palazzo (Dinner Show)
Vienna, Austria
- „Bits & Pieces of Love“ Dance theater
Peter McCoy Dance Company München
- Production, Choreography and Dance
- „A Day in the Life“ short film
- Cinema Movie “Im Winter ein Jahr“ (R: Caroline Link) – Constantin Film
- Choreographer (Assistent)
- „Beyond Words“ Dance theater
Peter McCoy Dance Company München
- Production and Choreography
- “Errance” Dance theater (german premier)
Peter McCoy Dance Company München
- “Distortions” Dance theater
Peter McCoy Dance Company München
- Production and Choreography
- “Die Reise” Dance theater
- Production, Choreographer and actor
Choreography
- “Reasonable Facsimilies”
Luzern, Switzerland
- “Errance” Dance theater
Paris, France
- Production, Chorographer and Dancer
- “Synthetic Pleasures II” Contemporary Ballet/Neo-classic
Bern, Switzerland
- Der gebürtige New Yorker lebt und arbeitet seit 2003 schwerpunktmäßig in München. Dort verwirklichte er seitdem zahlreiche choreographische Arbeiten mit der Peter McCoy Dance Company, die sich - je nach Projekt - aus verschiedenen Künstlern zusammensetzt. Dazu gehören sowohl abendfüllende, eigens produzierte Stücke, als auch Auftrags-Choreographien für Filme, Werbespots und Live-Performances.
Bis 1990 tanzte und choreographierte er in den USA unter anderem für das Leja Dance Theater, bei Judith Jamison (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), der “Philadanco Dance Company” (Philadelphia), der “Jubilation! Dance Company” (New York) und den Penn Dancers (Pennsylvania).
Seit 1991 arbeitet er in Europa für Kampanien wie „Les Nomades“ (Vevey), Béjart Ballett (Lausanne), mit Patrick Dupond (Pariser Oper), mit Richard Wherlock (Basel), die Stadttheater Bern (1999-2001), Koblenz und Ingolstadt, das Theater am Gärtnerplatz (München) u.v.m.
Seit 1985 unterrichtet er Contemporary Modern Dance, nach seiner selbst entwickelten Methode, in den USA, der Schweiz, Österreich, Finnland, Frankreich und Deutschland. Zahlreiche Workshops gab er u.a. Beim Tamute Dance Theater (Zürich), Philippe Saire Company (Lausanne) und an verschiedenen Stadt- und Staatstheatern wie Bern, Kassel und Nürnberg.
Seine Ausbildung erhielt Peter McCoy an der Alvin Ailey School, der Martha Graham School und der North Carolina School of the Arts in den USA.