Faye Driscoll

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Faye Driscoll
Born
Faye Driscoll

November 22, 1975 (1975-11-22) (age 48)
Venice Beach, CA
Occupation(s)Choreographer, Director
Awards Bessie Award
Website fayedriscoll.com

Faye Driscoll is an American dancer, choreographer, and director. Her works have been presented throughout the United States and around the world. On Broadway, Driscoll choreographed Young Jean Lee's play Straight White Men. Driscoll also choreographed Josephine Decker's film Madeline's Madeline. [1]

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Style

As an artist, Faye's goal is to be somebody in a world of "somebodies". Through choreography, she expresses interaction between others, comedy, humility and love. Faye intertwines choreography with traditional studio art as she makes dances that are mistaken for installations. Her choreography has also been seen as written plays rather than dance. Many of her performances include verbal elements as well as extensive use of props, that break away from the "real world" and focus more on fantasy. The viewer is placed on a rollercoaster as they view the performance, emotions such as joy, outrage, and discomfort are expected in a singular viewing. There is a sense of closeness and separation throughout her choreographed performances. Faye truly wants to surprise the viewer in what they expected from her choreography. [2]

Thank You for Coming

Made up of three installments, Thank You For Coming explores "the question of why we come together to make and watch live art now." [3] The first part, Attendance premiered in 2014 at Danspace Project. [4] Play premiered in the 2016 Next Wave Festival. [5] Space, which featured Driscoll alone, rather than with the ensemble of the first two pieces, premiered in 2019. [3]

Honors and awards

Driscoll has been called "a startlingly original talent" by the New York Times. [6] Her work has been presented at institutions such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, Wexner Center for the Arts, MCA Chicago, ICA Boston, Walker Art Center, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and others. [1]

Works and Performances

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