Stephan Koplowitz

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Stephan Koplowitz
Born1956
Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
EducationWesleyan University
(BA music composition)
University of Utah
(MFA Modern Dance Choreography)
Known for contemporary dance
site-specific art
media arts
SpouseJane Otto
Awards Alpert Award in the Arts
Bessie Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Website www.skoplowitz.com

Stephan Koplowitz is a director and choreographer and media artist specializing in site-specific multimedia performances. Since the 1980s, Koplowitz, an international site artist and former Dean of Dance at CalArts, [1] has dedicated himself to site-specific work. He has made work on and for the steps of the New York Public Library, in the halls of London’s Natural History Museum, in a German factory, and in the windows of Grand Central Station [2] Koplowitz was one of 14 artists included in the book Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces edited by Melanie Kloetzel and Carolyn Pavlik, published by Florida University Press, 2011 [3] In 2022, Koplowitz's book, On Site - Methods for Site-Specific Performance Creation was published by Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/on-site-9780197515242?cc=us&lang=en&

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