Guest Artists
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
Guest Artists 2000-2001
Ronald K. Brown
Brooklyn born, Brown has worked with and learned from Jennifer Muller/THE
WORKS, Mary Anthony Dance Theatre/PHOENIX, Judith Jamison, Bessie Schönberg
and Ann Carlson. As a guest artist, he has taught contemporary dance at institutions
such as: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Ohio State University, Koteba Ensemble
d'Abidjan and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Brown's choreography
has been commissioned by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary
Dance Company, Philadanco, African American Dance Ensemble, Def Dance Jam
Workshop, Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, Cinque Folkloric Dance Theatre,
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Jennifer Muller/THE WORKS and Jeune Ballet
d'Afrique Noire. He has collaborated with a list of artists including: Composer/Designer
Wunmi Olaiya, Writers Craig G. Harris, G. Winston James, Cheryl Boyce Taylor,
Sandye Wilson, Colin Robinson, Allen Wright, Director Ernie McClintock's Jazz
Actors Theater, Choreographers Patricia Hoffbauer, Rokiya Kone and Composers
Robert Een, Oliver Lake, Bernadette Speech, David Simons and Don Meissner.
Brown has received the American Dance Festival's 1991 Humphrey/Weidman/Limon
Award, fellowships from the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund, National Endowment
for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts and a 1998 New York Dance and
Performance Award (Bessie). Brown is the Director and Choreographer for Ronald
K. Brown/Evidence. Incorporated in 1996, the company has presented work since
1985, performing in New York at: Performance Space 122, Dance Theater Workshop,
Aaron Davis Hall, Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church and for Movement Research's
Judson Memorial Church Monday Night Series. Evidence has also been seen at
numerous venues and festivals in the U.S. and abroad including: Lyon/Biennale
de la Danse, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, American Dance Festival, National
Black Arts Festival, Exit Festival and Colorado Dance Festival.
Susan Rethorst
Susan studied dance at Bennington College, where she met Judith Dunn, a participant
in the Judson Church performances. Tutorials with Dunn laid the groundwork
for Rethorst's artistic sensibility. From 1975 until 1995, Rethorst steadily
created dances out of New York City. She has worked in 'pick up' fashion,
but consistently with several dancers, the steadiest of whom are Vicky Shick
and Susan Braham. She has also developed a close peer relationship with the
choreographer Tere O'Connor, whom she collaborated with in 1992, and whom
she has invited to 'interfere' with her work on more than one occasion. In
1995, Rethorst relocated to Amsterdam, Holland. She continues to work, perform
and teach in both America and Europe. Rethorst was among the first to receive
a New York Dance and Performance Award ('Bessie') for Outstanding Achievement
in 1985. She has received many grants from the National Endowment for the
Arts from 1979-1994, as well as from the Creative Artist's Public Service
Program, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Foundation for Contemporary
Performance, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Emie Pagnano Memorial
Fund, the Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation. The Museum of Modern Art, The Kitchen Center, Dance Theater Workshop,
Danspace Saint Marks and Performance Space 122 have presented Rethorst's work,
as well as various dance theaters, universities and festivals throughout the
U.S. Internationally, her work has been produced by The Holland Festival,
Spazio Zero Rome, The Kunsthalle Basel, The Aix-en-Provence Festival, and
Jerusalem's Room Festival, among others. Commissions include those from the
Jerome Foundation, Creative Time, The Ram Island Dance Company, and the Maine
Festival of Arts, among others. Teaching engagements include Dansens Hus in
Copenhagen; the Laban Center in London; Festival 2000 in Helsinki; Dartington
College in England; and Movement Research in NYC.