Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Choreographers

  • Artist Profile #70: Douglas Nielsen (Tucson, AZ)

    Douglas Nielsen Professor, University of Arizona School of Dance Choreographer, Teacher, Freelance Guest Artist   Photo by Ed Flores, Center for Creative Photography; contemporary photography from the Douglas Nielsen Collection Hometown: Saint Paul, Minnesota Current city:  Tucson, Arizona Age: 66 College and degree: Augsburg College; BA in Psychology/Sociology (1970) Post grad: Attended California Institute of the…

  • Artist Profile #68: Sara Rudner (New York)

    Now in its third year, the Life as a Modern Dancer Blog is posting new content as the 2014-2015 academic year begins. It is an honor to have dancer Sara Rudner be our first artist profile for the new academic year. – Jill Randall, Blog Director ———————- Photo: Nathaniel Tileston I was born in February 1944,…

  • Artist Profile #67: Stephan Koplowitz (Los Angeles, CA)

    Hometown: Washington, DC and Paris, France Current city: Los Angeles, CA Age: 58 College and degree: Wesleyan University, BA in Music Composition Graduate school and degree: MFA in Choreography from the University of Utah; began studying at the U at age 24 and finished my MFA when I was 27. Websites: skoplowitzprojects.com and  https://www.youtube.com/user/lanycart How you pay the…

  • Artist Profile #65: Victoria Marks (Los Angeles, CA)

    Hometown: Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey Current city: Los Angeles, California Age: 58 College and degree: Sarah Lawrence College – a BA degree with an emphasis in dance Website: www.victoriamarks.com How you pay the bills: Professor at UCLA All of the dance hats you wear: Choreographer, collaborator, teacher, producer/curator, mentor, occasional dance writer Non-dance work you do: University…

  • Artist Profile #64: Tandy Beal (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)

    Hometown: Born in Hollywood, raised in NYC and Killingworth, CT Current city: Zayante, CA Websites:  tandybeal.com,   starstuffproductions.com, and my co-conspirator in all things, composer Jon Scoville: albertsbicycle.com How you pay the bills: teaching, choreographing, stage directing, artistic directing, grant writing All of the dance hats you wear: Oh dear… where does this list end… most of…

  • Artist Profile #63: Gretchen Pick (Minneapolis, MN)

    Hometown: St. Paul, Minnesota Current city: Minneapolis, Minnesota Age: 44 College and degree: Sarah Lawrence College, Liberal Studies Graduate school and degree: University of Milwaukee, MFA in Dance (Graduated in 2002 at age 32) How you pay the bills: Artistic Director of Young Dance, and freelance dance performance and dance education work All of the…

  • Artist Profile #60: Carrie Homuth (Minneapolis, MN)

    Hometown: Ankeny, IA Current city: Minneapolis, MN Age: 36 College and degree: University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, B.A in Dance Graduate school and degree: current student at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, MFA in Contemporary Dance choreography and performance. Began at age 34. Projected graduation is this August 2014. Professional website: www.livewiredance.com How you…

  • My Dance Week: Elizebeth Randall

    We are excited to launch our new monthly series, My Dance Week. Once a month, an artist will sketch out or write out (literally) his/her week. One of the hardest things for a young dancer to envision is what a weekly schedule might look like – fitting in paying work, teaching, rehearsing, performing, training, family, friends,…

  • Artist Profile #58: Rebecca Lazier (Brooklyn, NY)

    Photo: Bentley Drezner Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 45 Attended an arts high school? Yes, from 14-17 I attended the pre-professional training program at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. College and degree: The Juilliard School, BFA Website: www.rebeccalazier.com How you pay the bills: Teaching at Princeton All of the dance hats you wear: Choreographer,…

  • Artist Profile #57: Shelley Senter (Brooklyn, NY)

      Hometown: denver, colorado   Current city: brooklyn, new york   Age: 54   College and degree: university of colorado at boulder – BFA performance track Graduate school and degree: american center for the alexander technique (ACAT),  age 32 Website: http://www.shelleysenter.com/ How you pay the bills: teaching alexander technique – privately and in academic institutions and various…