Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Choreographers

  • Artist Profile #93: Vicky Shick (New York, NY)

    Photo: Anjola Toro Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Current city: New York City Age: 63 High school: Performing Arts and Professional Children’s School (NYC) College: Hunter College – started as a full-time student in the late 60’s,  became a part-time student in my third year – I don’t have a degree – had fantasies of being a math…

  • Artist Profile #92: Alice Sheppard (New York, NY and San Francisco, CA)

      © Britten Traughber Hometown: A small village in the United Kingdom –rural, changing, picturesque and quiet. The sort of place that comes to mind when you say, “English village.” Current city: I divide my time between the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Age: 45 College and degree: Ph.D in Medieval Studies from Cornell…

  • Artist Profile #91: Abby Fiat (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Photo: Roz Newmark The Learning Environment Has Kept Me Whole:  An Interview with Abby Fiat ———————————— Abby Fiat, MFA, is a Professor Emerita of Modern Dance at the University of Utah where she taught and choreographed for 32 years. Both regionally and nationally, she has been a guest teacher for numerous colleges/universities, dance festivals, and…

  • Artist Profile #90: Netta Yerushalmy (New York, NY)

    Hometown: Shorashim, Israel Current city: New York, NY Age: 37 College and degree: NYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA) Website: www.nettay.com How you pay the bills: Commissions from dance companies/festivals/university departments, fellowships/awards, dancing for another artist, teaching dance in the city, and a few private yoga clients. All of the dance hats you wear: Choreographer,…

  • “Success in 10 Minutes or Less: Reflections on Life and Work as a Contemporary Artist” by Wally Cardona

    Ten years ago, Dance/USA published Dance from the Campus to the Real World (and Back Again), edited by Suzanne Callahan. Over the years, I have shared it with colleagues and occasionally paused to read an essay or two. Finding it on the bookshelf again today, I was drawn back into Wally Cardona's 4-page essay about being an…

  • Artist Profile #89: Jeanine Durning (New York, NY)

    Jeanine in rehearsal with Ros Warby for Deborah Hay's project with Motion Bank, Frankfurt Lab, 2012. Credit: Amin Weber Hometown: Cornwall, NY and NYC Current city: Newburgh, NY and NYC Age: 48 College and degree: BFA, Tisch School of the Arts, Dance Graduate school and degree: MA, Choreography, Amsterdam School of the Arts (age 43) Website: http://www.jeaninedurning.com/…

  • Artist Profile #88: Anna Sperber (Brooklyn, NY)

    Hometown: Brooklyn, NY  Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 38 Attended an arts high school? No, I attended Stuyvesant, a math and science HS, but I would take dance classes after school and on weekends (mostly at The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance where I had a Van Leir Fellowship, and Improvisation and Dance Making with…

  • Artist Profile #87: Jennifer Monson (Urbana, IL and New York, NY)

    Hometown: Claremont, CA Current city: Urbana, IL and New York, NY Age: 54 College and degree: Sarah Lawrence College, BA Website: www.ilandart.org How you pay the bills: University professor, grant support All of the dance hats you wear: Choreographer, improvisor, professor, teacher, curator, mentor, performer ——————– Describe your dance life in your….  20s: I moved to…

  • Artist Profile #84: Abigail Hosein (Oakland, CA)

    Hometown: Tuckerton, NJ Current city: Oakland, CA Age: 37 College and degree: BA in Psychology from Goucher College Graduate school and degree: MFA in Performance and Choreography from Mills College; I was age 23-24 Website: ahdanco.org How you pay the bills: Administrative Director and dance teacher at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center; web and graphic design through my company…

  • Artist Profile #82: Onye Ozuzu (Chicago, IL)

    Hometown: I was born in Pettisville, Ohio. I grew up back and forth between Nigeria (West Africa) and the Midwest (Tri-state area). Current city: Chicago, Illinois Age: 43 College and degree: Florida State University, BA English Literature/Economics Graduate school and degree: Florida State University, MFA Dance (I was 23-25) How you pay the bills: Chairperson, Department…