Alison Becker Chase (born January 3, 1946) taught the dance class at
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** Dartmouth Harbour
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that led to founding of
Pilobolus
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Life cycle
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Dance Theater in 1971. As a founding artistic director of Pilobolus she worked with the company from 1971 to 2006.
She was a
Guggenheim Fellow
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in 1980.
After leaving Pilobolus, she founded a new company, Apogee Arts (2006 biography from Apogee Arts), with a touring program called Alison Chase/Performance. Apogee was commissioned to create a site specific performance at Settlement Quarry in
Stonington, Maine
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in summer 2009 and 2010. The formal company premiered November 19, 2010 at the
Collins Center for the Arts
The Collins Center for the Arts, formerly the Maine Center for the Arts, is a performing arts center and concert hall located on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. It has been operating since 1986, hosting both local and na ...
in Orono, Maine.
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External links
Alison Chase Performance
Contemporary dance choreographers
American choreographers
Living people
1946 births
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