Stephan Koplowitz
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(BA music composition)
University of Utah
(MFA Modern Dance Choreography)
Stephan Koplowitz | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) Washington, D.C. |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA music composition) University of Utah (MFA Modern Dance Choreography) |
| Known for | contemporary dance site-specific art media arts |
| Spouse | Jane Otto |
| Awards | Alpert Award in the Arts Bessie Award Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Website | www |
Stephan Koplowitz is a director and choreographer and media artist specializing in site-specific multimedia performances. Since the 1980s, Koplowitz, an international site artist and former Dean of Dance at CalArts,[1] has dedicated himself to site-specific work. He has made work on and for the steps of the New York Public Library, in the halls of London’s Natural History Museum, in a German factory, and in the windows of Grand Central Station[2] Koplowitz was one of 14 artists included in the book Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces edited by Melanie Kloetzel and Carolyn Pavlik, published by Florida University Press, 2011[3] In 2022, Koplowitz's book, On Site - Methods for Site-Specific Performance Creation was published by Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/on-site-9780197515242?cc=us&lang=en&
- 2017 – Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Fellowship[4]
- 2015 – The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Choreographic Commission[5]
- 2014 – ColumbusAlive.com named Sullivant Travels, by Stephan Koplowitz, Best Dance of 2014[6]
- 2013 – Houston Press, awarded Natural Acts in Artificial Water, Best Ensemble Production of 2013[7]
- 2010 – Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah[8]
- 2007 Boston Globe named Koplowitz’ (iseea) one of the ten best dance works of 2007
- 2004 Alpert Award in the Arts[9]
- 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography [10]
- 2003 Dance Theater Workshop’s Artist Resource and Media Laboratory Fellowship
- 2000 New York Dance and Performance Awards (“Bessie”)[11]
- 1996 – Time Out Magazine’s Best Dance Production Award to Genesis Canyon
- 1994 – Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan University (class of 1979)[12]
