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Pam Tanowitz (born 1969) is an American dancer, choreographer, professor, and founder of the company, Pam Tanowitz Dance. She is a current staff member at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts where she teaches dance and choreography. Her work has been performed at notable performance venues such as the Joyce Theater, the Joyce SoHo, and New York Live Arts, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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. Gia Kourlas, a dance critic for The New York Times, describes Tanowitz as a "modern choreographer much admired for the way she recharges classical steps."
Biography
Tanowitz was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1969, and took ballet classes in high school. She earned a BFA in Dance from Ohio State University and an MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was mentored by Viola Farber Slayton.
Awards and recognition
2009 Bessie Award
2010 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award
2011 Guggenheim Fellowship
2016 Center For Ballet and the Arts Fellow
2016 Bessie Juried Award
2017 Baryshnikov Art Center Cage Cunningham Fellowship
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
2019 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts
2020 Doris Duke Artist Award
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pam Tanowitz
- Ellie Harvie
- Dan Siegler
- Paul Taylor (choreographer)
- Annie Gosfield
- Kathleen Chalfant
- L.A. Dance Project
- Gideon Lester
- Patricia Delgado
- Bessie Awards
10 Lives (2024)
The Garfield Movie (2024)
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