Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Choreographers

  • Artist Profile #146: Donna Uchizono (New York, NY)

    Hometown: I grew up in various cities in Orange County, California – City of Orange, Costa Mesa, and Newport Beach Current city: New York City Attended an arts high school? I attended Villa Park High School which was not an arts high school. In high school my plan was to apply to medical school, as…

  • Making Dance and Giving It Away: Cid Pearlman Performance’s Year of Free

    Economies of Effort: 3. Photo credit: Beau Saunders Making Dance and Giving It Away By Cid Pearlman I’ve been making and producing dances for about twenty-five years – first in San Francisco, then Los Angeles, and now in the Bay Area, Santa Cruz and Estonia. Over the last few years I’ve been thinking a lot…

  • Artist Profile #140: Christy Funsch (San Francisco, CA)

    Hometown: Syracuse, NYCurrent city: San Francisco, CAAge: 49College and degree: BFA, Dance and English, Hamilton CollegeGraduate school and degree: MFA, Performance and Choreography, Arizona State University, at age 25Website: www.funschdance.org How you pay the bills: Adjunct Instructor, CCSF (City College of San Francisco) and Cabrillo College, other freelance teaching, freelance performer, Bartenieff Fundamentals/LMA/ergonomic coach All…

  • Artist Profile #139: Camille A. Brown (New York City)

    Photo: Whitney Browne Hometown: Jamaica, Queens – New York  Current city: Jamaica, Queens- New York  Age: 36  Attended an arts high school? Fiorella H. LaGuardia High School (aka The Fame School)  College and degree: University of North Carolina School of the Arts – BFA in Dance  Website: www.camilleabrown.org  All of the dance hats you wear:  Even though…

  • Artist Profile #138: Jennifer Edwards (New York, NY)

    Photo: Evi Abeler Hometown: Long Valley, NJ Current city: New York, NY Age: 43 College and degree: County College of Morris (AA), Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts (1 semester), NYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA). I took a year between high school and college because I had my son , so I…

  • Artist Profile #136: Tami Stronach (Brooklyn, NY)

      Hometown: Berkeley, CA Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 44   College and degree: BFA in Dance, SUNY Purchase    Graduate school and degree: MFA from Hollins/ADF at age 37   Websites: tamistronach.com and papercanoecompany.com   How you pay the bills: Teaching…I am now transitioning to adding performing for family audiences as a source of revenue,…

  • Deborah Hay’s Latest Book: Using the Sky

    I just finished Deborah Hay's latest book, Using the Sky: A Dance. Routledge published the paperback version in 2016. I know Deborah as a famous figure within the Judson Church crowd. I do not know her by face. My only experience of her work, experienced live, was probably 10 to 12 years ago here in…

  • Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein of RAWdance: On Duets, Upcoming Performances, and 12 Artists Choreographing on Them

    Why Double Exposure? By Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein The inception of Double Exposure dates back to Fall of 2012. We had a mixed repertory season planned for ODC Theater. In addition to making new work, we were hoping to revive a piece that we had performed abroad but never shared in the Bay…

  • Artist Profile #135: Amy Foley (San Francisco, CA)

    Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska Current city: San Francisco, California Age: 41 College and degree: Colorado College — BA in English with a Women's Studies minor How you pay the bills: I work as a teaching artist, performer, choreographer, and Pilates instructor. But my husband largely supports our family financially, allowing me to continue to do these…

  • Artist Profile #133: Rogelio Lopez (Oakland, CA)

    Hometown: I was born in Mexicali, Baja California Norte. I spent the first thirteen years of my life there, and then moved to Fresno, California for the next 12 years. My parents owned and operated a ranch in Mexicali where my siblings and I were all born. I was the youngest of twelve. By the time I was born,…