Dawn Kramer
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
EDUCATION: BA, Sarah Lawrence College
EXHIBITIONS: De/Reconstruction
2003 solo, sound score by Kevin Pelrine; Walk In Progress 2001
co-choreographed with Seán Curran; Endangered Species 2001 commissioned
by ParkARTS, Boston co-choreographed with Micki Taylor-Pinney; Swan Song
#1 2000 to Bartok's Fourteen Bagatelles, live piano; Stairway 2000
Commissioned by First Night, 2000; Shout! 1999 to Tibetan bells and
Balinese Kecak; The Body Hesitates, 1998 with commissioned score by Jeff
Talman; "What We Here Possess" 1998 live American and Celtic
traditional music; Oddance 1997 duet with Sun Ho Kim; Bellow(s) 1996
duet for dancer and bagpiper; Handle with Care/Trate con Cuidado a dance
for eight women to Vivaldi's Winter; Jungle Gym Dance 1995 commission
for the Fleet Center's gala opening Memorial Day solo with original
text; Memorial Day/Standing on my Head 1994 collaboration with Peter
DiMuro; The 21st Tribe group dance with live percussion and voice; Mercy
1993 solo, in response to domestic violence; Reach sextet to Schubert's
adagio from last quintet; The Stonecutter, score by Yuval Ron, sets by
Bart Uchida
GRANTS: National Endowment for
the Arts Choreography Fellowships: Two-year fellowship, 1992-1993
Fellowships, 1990, 1989, 1981 National Endowment for the Arts Grants to
Dance Companies: Dance Collective, 1995, 1989 Massachusetts Cultural
Council: Project grant for "Myth, Sound & Motion," 1993 Two Mass
Productions grants through Dance Umbrella, 1990-1991 New Works grant to
collaborate with composers Fast Forward, David Moss, 1986 Annual company
grants through 2003 Ministry of Culture, French government Grant to
assist a three month residency at the La Napoule Art Foundation, France,
1989 Artists Foundation/Massachusetts Choreography Awards 1998
(Finalist), 1986, 1982, 1980, 1977 WBZ-TV Fund for the Arts Grant for
choreography, 1986 Newton Arts Lottery Awards 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988,
1985 Awards/Prizes "Ten Best" Dance Events of the Year, voted by Boston
Globe and Boston Herald critics 2003, 1998, 1995, 1988
PUBLICATIONS: Boston Globe; Boston Herald
RESIDENCIES: La Napoule Art Foundation
OTHER: Dawn Kramer is a founder of Dance Collective
which she co-directed for 30 years, creating and performing in at least
seventy works.