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Artist Profile #72: Lauren Grant (Brooklyn, NY)
Photo courtesy of Mark Morris Dance Group Hometown: Highland Park, IL Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 39 Attended an arts high school? No. I went to a wonderful public school with a very well-developed arts program. I studied ballet from age 3 and continued at private studios throughout my childhood. At my high…
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Artist Profile #71: Juliana Monin (Oakland, CA)
AXIS Dance Company in "Divide." Photo by Andrea Basille. Hometown: Moraga, CA Current city: Oakland, CA Age: 34 College and degree: Amherst College, BA Psychology How you pay the bills: I teach dance at Bentley Upper School in Lafayette, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley, and Frog Hollow Preschool in Berkeley. I’m also Rehearsal Director for…
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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…
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Blog Series: Becoming a Teaching Artist
New Book for Dance Teaching Artists From Blog Director Jill Randall: I am excited to announce my new book, with co-author Valerie Gutwirth, Dance Education Essentials: 55 Objects and Ideas for New Preschool-12th Grade Teaching Artists. This pocket guide provides valuable information and tips for new dance teaching artists. Subjects include: getting work, caring for…
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Artist Profile #69: Julia Burrer (Brooklyn, NY)
Photo: Vesa Loikas Hometown: Austin, TX Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 30 College and degree: State University of New York at Purchase College (SUNY Purchase), BFA in Performance How you pay the bills: I am very fortunate to dance for Doug Varone and Dancers, which is a paying job, however, I do find myself needing to bring in supplemental…
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Blog Series: Questions We Ask Ourselves
Teacher/Performer/Choreographer On teaching…..what is the interplay between being a teacher and being an artist? Is it "yes/and?" "Either/or?" How can teaching enhance your artistic work as a performer and choreographer? And, more broadly, consider: Why performing? Why teaching? What and how are you sharing? What and how are you a part of a community? ————————-
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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,…
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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…
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Artist Profile #66: Marlena Penney Oden (Brooklyn, NY)
Photo courtesy of Kate Weare Company; photo by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang Hometown: Chattanooga, TN Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 34 Attended an arts high school? Yes – Chattanooga Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (Middle & High School) College and degree: University of Oregon, B.S. Dance How you pay the bills: Managing Director, Spoke the…
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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…
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