Kate Weare is an American choreographer. She is the founder and artistic director of the Kate Weare Company.[1]
Kate Weare | |
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| Born | May 21, 1972 Oakland, California |
| Education | CalArts (BFA '94) |
| Occupation(s) | choreographer, artistic director |
| Known for | founder, Kate Weare Company |
Early life and education
editWeare was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.[2] She attended the California Institute of the Arts, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1994.[3]
Career
editKate Weare has presented her choreography globally, in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Belgrade and Vienna.[4] Upon moving to New York City in 2000, she was twice asked to present work by Dance Theater Workshop, and presented work at Joyce Soho, Danspace at St. Mark's Church, Judson Church, DancemOpolitan at Joe's Pub, The 92nd St. Y, The Puffin Room, New York University's Frederick Loewe Theater, The Kitchen, WAX, BAX, and La Mama. She has collaborated and shared her concerts with many choreographers such as Paul Taylor and Karl Anderson.[5]
While she is a minimalist choreographer, emotionally she explores the areas of love, femininity, strength and sexuality. Her movement ranges from seductive partnering[6] and strong lifts, to witty gestures and lush movement phrases. She is interested in the kind of theatrical dance wherein narrative is implied but never specified and gives evidence of having thought deeply and fruitfully about her intentions. The New York Times noted: "Ms. Weare is simply the choreographer of her own piece."[7]
Kate Weare Company
editIn 2005, she founded the Kate Weare Company in New York City.[3] The company's dancers include Leslie Kraus, Douglas Gillespie, Bergen Wheeler, Luke Murphy, T.J. Spaur, and Adrian Clark.[8]
Awards
editIn 1999, San Francisco's Isadora Duncan Dance Award nominated Weare for her duet Skin/Skin. In 2001, Zwei, a film created with Canadian filmmaker Kenji Ouellet, screened at the Dancing for Camera Festival at the American Dance Festival, Dance Theater Workshop’s Film Festival and was an award finalist for the Dance on Camera Screening at Lincoln Center.[1] She was awarded with the 2006/2007 Joyce Soho Residency, and Gwen Welliver mentored her in the studio.
Weare was a 2009 Princess Grace Awards winner.[9] In 2014, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Kate Weare Company
- ^ Perron, Wendy (August 2008). "Quick Q&A: Kate Weare". Dance Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- ^ a b "Kate Weare". Joyce SoHo Artist Residency Program. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
- ^ International Index to Performing Arts (IIPA)
- ^ Seibert, Brian (25 March 2013). "Watching the Choreographer's Mind Churn". New York Times. New York, United States. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ Rockwell, John (March 3, 2006). "Dance Review: Ivy Baldwin and Kate Weare". The New York Times.
- ^ "Company Artists". Kate Weare Company. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ "Kate Weare". Princess Grace Foundation-USA.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Kate Weare". www.gf.org. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
External links
editReviews
edit- Dance review by Debra Jowitt on When Feathers Fly (Village Voice, December 2003)[permanent dead link]
- Dance review by Eva Yaa Asantewaa (Village Voice, March 2004) Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Dance review by Debra Jowitt on Letter? Letter (Village Voice, May 2005) Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine