Pam Tanowitz
Pam Tanowitz (born 1969) is an American dancer, choreographer, professor, and founder of the company, Pam Tanowitz Dance.[1] She is the first-ever choreographer in residence at the Fisher Center at Bard in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and is an assistant professor of professional practice at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts where she teaches dance and choreography.
Prominent dance companies such as the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and the New York City Ballet have commissioned works by Tanowitz.[2] Gia Kourlas, dance critic for The New York Times, describes Tanowitz as a "modern choreographer much admired for the way she recharges classical steps."[3]
Biography
[edit]Pam Tanowitz is a celebrated New York-based choreographer and founder of Pam Tanowitz Dance who has steadily delineated her own dance language through decades of research and creation. She is the first-ever choreographer in residence at the Fisher Center at Bard in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and is an assistant professor of professional practice at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Other honors include the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, LMCC Liberty Award for Artistic Leadership, Doris Duke Artist Award, Herb Alpert Award, BAC Cage Cunningham Fellowship, Bessie Awards, among others. She has created works for Australian Ballet, New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Paul Taylor American Modern Dance, The Royal Ballet, Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America, Vail Dance Festival, Juilliard Dance, Ballet Austin, and New York Theatre Ballet. Originally from New Rochelle, New York, Tanowitz holds degrees from Ohio State University and Sarah Lawrence College.
Awards and recognition
[edit]- 2009 Bessie Award
- 2010 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award[4]
- 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2016 Center For Ballet and the Arts Fellow[5]
- 2016 Bessie Juried Award[6]
- 2017 Baryshnikov Art Center Cage Cunningham Fellowship[7]
- 2019 first-ever Choreographer in Residence at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York[8]
- 2019 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts[9]
- 2020 Doris Duke Artist Award[10]
- 2024 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award
References
[edit]- ^ Nadel, Marc Raymond Strauss with Myron Howard (2012). Looking at contemporary dance : a guide for the internet age. Hightstown, NJ: Princeton Book Co. ISBN 978-0871273543.
- ^ Libbey, Peter (2018-06-25). "Martha Graham Dance Company's EVE Project Celebrates Female Power". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ Kourlas, Gia (May 10, 2013). "Kicking Off Uncomfortable Toe Shoes". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Pam Tanowitz :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
- ^ "NYU NEWS - the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU Announces 2016 Fellows, April 21, 2016 - NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ Barone, Joshua (13 July 2016). "Bessie Awards Announce This Year's Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Barone, Joshua (10 August 2017). "Baryshnikov Arts Center Prize Goes to Pam Tanowitz". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Libbey, Peter (31 January 2019). "Pam Tanowitz to be First Choreographer in Residence at Bard Center". The New York Times.
- ^ "Pam Tanowitz | the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts". 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Doris Duke Artist Awards | Unrestricted Support for Artists | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation". www.ddcf.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
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