Pam Tanowitz

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Pam Tanowitz (born 1969) is an American dancer, choreographer, professor, and founder of the company, Pam Tanowitz Dance. [1] 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, [2] the Joyce SoHo, [3] and New York Live Arts, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Tanowitz was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1969, [1] and took ballet classes in high school. [6] 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. [7]

Career

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. [8] 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." [9] Roslyn Sulcas, dance critic for The New York Times, says "Tanowitz, who worked in relative obscurity for a long time, is a kind of choreographic collector, a passionate student of dance history, techniques and styles. Her work deploys physical ideas and images from Petipa, Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Nijinsky and more, but shifts lightly among them. And it doesn’t matter whether you know or recognize any of it. There is no insistence in Tanowitz’s work; its beauties flower and dematerialize before your eyes." [10]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Russo, Marilyn (Fall 2007). "Quoth the Raven". Vol. 21, no. 3. Attitude-The Dancers' Magazine. pp. 32–33.
  4. ↑ Sarah L. Kaufman (2019-06-01). "In a Ballet Across America world premiere, even the piano dances". The Washington Post . Washington, D.C. ISSN   0190-8286. OCLC   1330888409.
  5. ↑ Genter, Sandra (Fall 2013). "New York". Ballet Review. 21 (3): 11–12.
  6. ↑ Burke, Siobhan (2021-03-28). "Pam Tanowitz: "I Would Rather Fail at Something Interesting Than Do Something Boring"". Dance Magazine. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  7. ↑ "Pam Tanowitz Dance About". Pam Tanowitz Dance. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Kourlas, Gia (May 10, 2013). "Kicking Off Uncomfortable Toe Shoes". The New York Times . Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Sulcas, Roslyn. "Review: Pam Tanowitz's Witty Dance Secrets in London". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 Feb 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pam Tanowitz :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
  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.
  13. ↑ Barone, Joshua (13 July 2016). "Bessie Awards Announce This Year's Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  14. ↑ Barone, Joshua (10 August 2017). "Baryshnikov Arts Center Prize Goes to Pam Tanowitz". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  15. ↑ Libbey, Peter (31 January 2019). "Pam Tanowitz to be First Choreographer in Residence at Bard Center". The New York Times.
  16. ↑ "Pam Tanowitz | the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts". 4 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "Doris Duke Artist Awards | Unrestricted Support for Artists | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation". www.ddcf.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.


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