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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.