Kate Weare
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Kate Weare American Choreographer and Artistic Director
of 21st century
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Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...
of 21st century
Biography
- ’’’Kate Weare’’’ attended Cal Arts and received her Bachelors in Fine Arts in 1994. She is the artistic directorArtistic directorAn artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...
for the Kate Weare Company(composed of herself, Leslie Kraus, Adrian Clark, and Douglas Gillespie). While she is a minimalist choreographer, emotionally she explores the areas of love, femininity, and strength through her passionate personality. Her movement ranges from seductive partnering 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.”. Weare has presented her choreography globally, in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Belgrade and Vienna. Upon moving to New York City in 2000, she was twice asked to present work by Dance Theater WorkshopDance Theater WorkshopDance Theater Workshop, colloquially known as DTW, is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located as 219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and...
, 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 KitchenThe KitchenThe Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art and performance space located at at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...
, WAX, BAX, and La Mama. She has collaborated and shared her concerts with many choreographers such as Paul Taylor and Karl Anderson.
Accomplishments
- In 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 FestivalAmerican Dance FestivalThe American Dance Festival is a six and four-week school for dance and a six-week summer festival of modern dance performances, currently held at Duke University and the Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, North Carolina....
, Dance Theater WorkshopDance Theater WorkshopDance Theater Workshop, colloquially known as DTW, is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located as 219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and...
’s Film Festival and was an award finalist for the Dance on Camera Screening at Lincoln Center. She was awarded with the 2006/2007 Joyce Soho Residency, and Gwen Welliver mentored her in the studio.
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External links
- http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0410,footnotes,51650,14.html - 2004-03-02 Dance review by Eva Yaa Asantewaa
- http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0520,webjowitt,63996,14.html - 2005-05-10 Dance review by Debra Jowitt on Letter? Letter
- http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0352,jowitt,49682,14.html - 2003-12-23 Dance review by Debra Jowitt on When Feathers Fly
- http://www.iipa.chadwyck.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/quick/displayMultiItem.do?Multi=yes&ResultsID=117D8459742&&QueryName=articles&ItemNumber=3&ItemID=iipa00193629&journalID=JID00116009 Reviews in Dance Magazine by Allan Ulrich