Patrik Widrig

Associate Professor

301.405.3652
1925 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
pearsonwidrig@earthlink.net
www.pearsonwidrig.org

 

Education/Training:

BA, Education, Pädagogische Hochschule Rorschach, Switzerland (1981); Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab, New York City (1984-87); Alexander Technique/Somatic Training, Regina Wray, Ann Rodiger (1986-96)

Areas of Specialization/Interest:

Choreography, Performance, Video, Photography

Professional Affiliations:

Co-Artistic Director, PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER (1987-present)

Representative Productions:

15 full-evening dance theater works, 20+ solo and duet works. New York City: Lincoln Center, Joyce Theater, City Center Fall for Dance Festival, Central Park SummerStage, Symphony Space, Japan Society, DTW, The Kitchen, Danspace Project, P.S. 122, The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Project, Dancing in the Streets, NY Improvisation Festival, Swiss Dance Festivals, Ethnic Folk Arts Center. USA: Bard College, Bates Dance Festival, Clarice Smith Center, CAC (New Orleans), CEC (Philadelphia, PA), Flynn Center (Burlington, VT), Hopkins Center (Hanover, NH), Jacob’s Pillow, Kaatsbaan Arts Center (Tivoli, NY), Kennedy Center, Omaha Summer Festival, The Painted Bride (Philadelphia, PA), Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME), Redfern Arts Center (Keene, NH), Rutgers University, Wagontrain Project (Lincoln, NE). International: Austria, Brazil, England, India, Italy, Japan, Greece, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, Slovakia, South Korea, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Wales. Choreographic Commissions: Bates Dance Festival, Daejeon City Dance Company (South Korea), Pacific Northwest Ballet (Seattle), OnSite Performance Network, Dancing in the Streets, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Wave Hill. Guest Teaching: Hunter College, The Juilliard School, Montclair State University, UMT Missoula, Movement Research, NYU, Oberlin, Queens College, Skidmore, Tulane, UUtah, VCU, Wesleyan, UW Madison, Vassar. Video Projects: 20 short video works that stand alone as well as often becoming part of PWDT live performance projects. Photography Projects: street art photos of rural India and New Orleans.

Honors and Awards: National Endowment for the Arts grants (1992-2009), New York State Council on the Arts grants (1988-2009), Rising Visionary in the Arts Award, SUNY Stony Brook (1996).