Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Choreographers

  • Another Blog to Read: Stance on Dance

    Photo: Gregory Bartning, from the Stance on Dance Blog Dancers: Kim Epifano and Bonnie Lewkowicz   Today I would like to highlight another blog, Emmaly Wiederholt's Stance on Dance. She is starting a series, highlighting dancers over 50. Through text and photography she will be capturing some amazing stories. Gregory Bartning's photos are also stunning. Two…

  • Artist Profile #41: Colleen Thomas (New York, NY)

    Hometown: Miami, Florida Current city: New York City Age: 45 Attended an arts high school? I attended PAVAC – Performing and Visual Arts Center. I went half day to my high school and half day to Miami Dade for PAVAC. This was before New World School of the Arts was founded. College and degree: SUNY Purchase and…

  • Artist Profile #40: Dana Lawton (Oakland, CA)

    Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA Current city: Oakland, CA Age: 46 College and degree: California Institute of the Arts, BFA Graduate school and degree: Mills College, MFA (age 27-30) Website: danalawtondances.org How you pay the bills: College Professor in Dance at Saint Mary's College of California All of the dance hats you wear: Professor, choreographer and…

  • Artist Profile #39: Jennifer Nugent (Brooklyn, NY)

    Hometown: Hollywood, FL Current city: Brooklyn, NY /Amherst, MA Age: 43 College and degree: I attended Miami-Dade Community College and New World School of the Arts in Miami; I never finished my BFA How you pay the bills: I am a member of the Bill T. Jones Arnie Zane Dance Company. I have 3 performances left with the company, then I…

  • Artist Profile #38: Annie Arnoult Beserra (Chicago, IL)

    Hometown: Grew up in Houston, moved to Atlanta for last 1.5 years of high school – definitely consider Houston my hometown. Current city: Chicago – been here since 1993. Age: 38 Attended an arts high school? No, but both of my high schools had excellent theater programs – and the one in Houston had an…

  • Artist Profile #37: Shaunna Vella (Oakland, CA)

    Hometown: Los Osos, CA Current city: Oakland, CA Age: 32 College and degree: B.A. in Performing Arts Dance and Psychology, Saint Mary's College of California Website: www.shaunnavella.org How you pay the bills: Teaching, dancing, foundation administration All of the dance hats you wear: Student, dancer, teacher, and choreographer Non-dance work you do: Part-time administrative work for…

  • Artist Profile #36: Daniel Charon (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Hometown: Moorhead, MN Current city: Salt Lake City, UT Age: 40 College and degree: North Carolina School of the Arts, BFA Dance Graduate school and degree: California Institute of the Arts, MFA Choreography and Integrated Media (age 38 – 40) Websites: www.danielcharon.com and www.ririewoodbury.com How you pay the bills: Artistic Director of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, independent teacher, commissioned…

  • Artist Profile #35: Janet Wong (New York City)

    Hometown: New York. Born in Hong Kong. Current city: New York Age: 47 College and degree: Royal Ballet School, London. Fordham University, New York (unfinished)  Website: www.newyorklivearts.org How you pay the bills: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co (New York Live Arts) All of the dance hats you wear: choreographer, teacher, repetiteur, director Non-dance work you do: I…

  • Artist Profile #34: Angie Hauser (Massachusetts)

    Angie Hauser photo by Julieta Cervantes Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA Current city: Florence, MA Age: 42 Attended an arts high school? No, I started dancing when I was 16. College and degree: University of South Carolina, BA in Art History    Graduate school and degree:  Ohio State University, MFA Dance (age 25) Websites: http://chrisaikenangiehauser.wordpress.com/  and http://bebemillercompany.org/ How you pay the bills: I…

  • Artist Profile #33: Dawn Robinson (Brooklyn, NY and Fort Lauderdale, FL)

    Photo credit: Bethanie Hines Hometown: Dallas, Texas Current city: Brooklyn, New York and Fort Lauderdale, Florida Age: 39 Attended an arts high school? Yes, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas College and degree: University of Utah, BFA in Modern Dance Website/Newsletter: http://mad.ly/c19013 How you pay the bills: I work…