Pam Tanowitz
Pam Tanowitz(born 1969) is an Americandancer,choreographer,professor, and founder of the company, Pam Tanowitz Dance.[1]She is a current staff member at Rutgers University'sMason Gross School of the Artswhere she teaches dance and choreography. Her work has been performed at notable performance venues such as theJoyce Theater,[2]theJoyce SoHo,[3]andNew York Live Arts,Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[4][5]
Prominent dance companies such as theMartha Graham Dance Company,thePaul Taylor Dance Company,and theNew York City Ballethave commissioned works by Tanowitz.[6]Gia Kourlas, a dance critic forThe New York Times,describes Tanowitz as a "modern choreographer much admired for the way she recharges classical steps."[7]
Biography[edit]
Tanowitz was born inthe Bronx,New York, in 1969,[1]and took ballet classes in high school.[8]She earned a BFA in Dance fromOhio State Universityand an MFA in Dance fromSarah Lawrence College,where she was mentored byViola FarberSlayton.[9]
Awards and recognition[edit]
- 2009Bessie Award
- 2010Foundation for Contemporary ArtsGrants to Artists Award[10]
- 2011Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2016 Center For Ballet and the Arts Fellow[11]
- 2016 Bessie Juried Award[12]
- 2017 Baryshnikov Art Center Cage Cunningham Fellowship[13]
- 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[14]
- 2019 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts[15]
- 2020Doris Duke Artist Award[16]
References[edit]
- ^abNadel, Marc Raymond Strauss with Myron Howard (2012).Looking at contemporary dance: a guide for the internet age.Hightstown, NJ: Princeton Book Co.ISBN978-0871273543.
- ^Mannino, Trina (March 2014). "Pam Tanowitz Dance:" Passagen "/" Pause Dance "/" Heaven on One's Head ": The Joyce Theater, New York". Dance Europe. pp. 78–79.
- ^Russo, Marilyn (Fall 2007). "Quoth the Raven". Vol. 21, no. 3. Attitude-The Dancers' Magazine. pp. 32–33.
- ^Sarah L. Kaufman (2019-06-01)."In a Ballet Across America world premiere, even the piano dances".The Washington Post.Washington, D.C.ISSN0190-8286.OCLC1330888409.
- ^Genter, Sandra (Fall 2013). "New York".Ballet Review.21(3): 11–12.
- ^Libbey, Peter (2018-06-25)."Martha Graham Dance Company's EVE Project Celebrates Female Power".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2019-04-03.
- ^Kourlas, Gia (May 10, 2013)."Kicking Off Uncomfortable Toe Shoes".The New York Times.Retrieved19 August2014.
- ^Burke, Siobhan (2021-03-28)."Pam Tanowitz:" I Would Rather Fail at Something Interesting Than Do Something Boring "".Dance Magazine.Retrieved2022-02-15.
- ^"Pam Tanowitz Dance About".Pam Tanowitz Dance.Retrieved19 June2014.
- ^"Pam Tanowitz:: Foundation for Contemporary Arts".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-03-04.Retrieved2015-02-12.
- ^"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 fromthe originalon 2016-08-18.Retrieved2016-07-29.
- ^Barone, Joshua (13 July 2016)."Bessie Awards Announce This Year's Nominees".The New York Times.Retrieved18 July2018.
- ^Barone, Joshua (10 August 2017)."Baryshnikov Arts Center Prize Goes to Pam Tanowitz".The New York Times.Retrieved18 July2018.
- ^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".ddcf.org.Retrieved2021-01-10.
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