Sara Pearson

Associate Professor

301.405.3451
1925 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
pearsonwidrig@earthlink.net
www.pearsonwidrig.org

 

Education/Training:

BA, Music/Dance, University of Minnesota, 1971; Nikolais Louis Dance Lab (1973-74), Alexander Technique/Somatic Training, Regina Wray, Ann Rodiger, Judith Blackstone (1976-96)

Areas of Specialization/Interest:

Choreography, Performance, Multi-Disciplinary Projects

Professional Affiliations:

Co-Artistic Director, PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER (1987-present); Sara and Jerry Pearson Dance Company (1980-86); Murray Louis Dance Company (1975-80); Nikolais Dance Theatre (guest artist 1974-76); Nancy Hauser Dance Company (1967-73)

Representative Productions:

15 full-evening dance theater works, 30+ 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, 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: Algeria, Austria, Brazil, Egypt, England, Finland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Greece, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, Slovakia, South Korea, Switzerland, Tunisia, Wales. Choreographic Commissions: ADF, 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, Redfern Arts Center, Wave Hill. Guest Teaching: Hunter College, The Juilliard School, Laban Centre London, Montclair State University, UMT Missoula, Movement Research, NYU, Oberlin, Skidmore, Tulane, UUtah, VCU, Wesleyan, UW Madison, Vassar.

Honors and Awards: American Choreographer Award (1990), NEA grants (1983-2009), New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (1989), New York State Council on the Arts grants (1986-2009), Rising Visionary in the Arts Award, SUNY Stony Brook (1996), First Prize, International Choreographic Competition, Nyon, Switzerland (1982).