Janis Brenner

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Janis Brenner is an American dance artist, choreographer, and singer. She is the Artistic Director of Janis Brenner & Dancers in New York City.[1][2]

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New York City, United States
OccupationSinger • Dancer
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Biography

Brenner has performed internationally in the field of contemporary dance.[3][4] Her honors include a 1997 New York Dance & Performance Award, otherwise known as the Bessie Awards, for her work in Meredith Monk’s The Politics of Quiet[5] and the Lester Horton Award for Choreography from the Dance Resource Center in Los Angeles.[6] Her work has been supported by organizations including the NY Foundation for the Arts, the Fund for US Artists at International Festivals, the U.S. State Department, Asian Cultural Council, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, UNESCO, and US embassies in Moscow, Jakarta, and Dakar. She has also received a commission for the interdisciplinary work, The Memory Project, from the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris.[2][7]

From 1990 to 2005, Brenner performed with Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble and continues to present several of Monk's solo works.[8][9][10] She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from the Hollins University/American Dance Festival graduate program in 2009. She was a faculty member of The Juilliard School until 2021, serving as a choreographic mentor for the Choreographers & Composers' course, and teaching creative process.[8][11] Brenner was on the board of The Gender Project in NY[12] and is on the advisory board of The Yard in Chilmark, Massachusetts.[11][13] In May 2006, Brenner was inducted into the Farmingdale High School "Wall of Fame" on Long Island as an honored alumna.[1]

She is current part of the faculty of Marymount Manhattan College[14] and at STEPS Conservatory.[1]

Choreography

Brenner's collection of works includes:

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Anima 1981 [15]
Primadonna 1981 [15]
Morning Dance 1981 [15]
Guilt 1985 [15]
Inviolentimes 1985 [15]
Small Town Girl? 1985 [16]
Still There 1987 [17]
Suspicions 1987 [18]
Pieces of Trust 1989 [19]
Anticipation 1989 [20]
The Shekhinah/Voices 1989 [21]
Liquid Sand/Current Winds 1989 [22]
Remains and Remembered 1990 [23]
Non Sinatra Songs 1991 [24]
Pieces of Trust (duet version) 1991 [19]
Layers 1992 [25]
Plateau #2 1993 [26]
Ton of Led 1994 [21][26]
The Memory of All That 1994 [27]
Shun-Woa (Original title: Uzu Maki) 1994/2007 [28]
A Matter of Time 1995 [29]
About Bob / What About Bob 1996 [30]
On the Rim of Thought 1998 [31]
Heart STRINGS 1998 [32]
Under Renovation 1998 [33]
The Memory of All That: Part I, Part II 1999 [34]
The L Word 2000 [35]
A "Peace" for Women 2000–2001 [36]
The Last Ones 2001 [37]
Common Ground 2001 [37]
The Gender Project: Women Hitting the Wall 2001 [38]
Contents May Have Shifted... 2002 [39]
Lake 2004 [28]
Laugh/Cry 2004 [40]
The Sound of Moving 2006 [41]
Natashka's Tanze 2006
Room 2006 [42]
The Awkward Stage 2007 [43]
Lost, Found, Lost 2007 [1]
Paradise Songs 2008
Corporeal Rupture 2008 [44]
Dancing in Absentia 2009 [45]
A Delicate Case 2010 [46]
Dance from the Heart: Men 2010 [47]
she was not needing to be changing 2018 [48]
Inheritance: A Litany 2022 [8]
She Remembers Her Amnesia 2022 [49][50]
Interesting Women (final scene only) 2025 [51]
The Memory Project Ongoing
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Awards

  • 1986 – New York Dance On Camera Festival award.[52]
  • 1993 – Richard Porter Leach Fellowship for the Arts from SUNY Empire State College.
  • 1996 – Lester Horton Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography for the collaborative work "Tom's Renaissance".[6]
  • 1997 – New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie Award) for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Meredith Monk's work "The Politics of Quiet".[1][53]
  • 1999 – New York Dance and Performance Nomination (Bessie nomination) for her performance in "Solo for Janis" choreographed by Richard Siegal.[1][54]
  • 2017 – Best Choreography Award for Eva Petric's Eden, transplanted at United Solo Theatre Festival[55][56]
  • 2018 – Best Production Award for Inheritance: A Litany at the United Solo Theatre Festival Off-Broadway[57]
  • 2019 – "Critic's Choice" Award from All About Solo Critics' Award for Inheritance: A Litany at the United Solo Theatre Festival Off-Broadway[58]
  • Copperfoot Award for Lost, Found, Lost at Wayne State University[59]

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