Kate Weare is an American
choreographer. She is the founder and
artistic director of the Kate Weare Company.
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Early life and education
Weare was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area
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.California Institute of the Arts
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, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1994.
Career
Kate Weare has presented her choreography globally, in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Belgrade and Vienna. Upon moving to New York City in 2000, she was twice asked to present work by Dance Theater Workshop
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Located as 219 West 19th ...
, and presented work at Joyce Soho
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, Danspace at St. Mark's Church, Judson Church
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, DancemOpolitan at Joe's Pub, The 92nd St. Y, The Puffin Room, New York University's Frederick Loewe Theater, The Kitchen
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, WAX, BAX, and La Mama. She has collaborated and shared her concerts with many choreographers such as Paul Taylor and Karl Anderson.
While she is a minimalist
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choreographer, emotionally she explores the areas of love, femininity, strength and sexuality. Her movement ranges from seductive partnering[ and strong lifts, to witty gestures and lush movement phrases. She is interested in the kind of theatrical dance wherein narrative is implied but never specified and gives evidence of having thought deeply and fruitfully about her intentions. The ]New York Times
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noted: "Ms. Weare is simply the choreographer of her own piece."
Kate Weare Company
In 2005, she founded the Kate Weare Company in New York City
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.
Awards
In 1999, San Francisco's Isadora Duncan Dance Award nominated Weare for her duet Skin/Skin. In 2001, Zwei, a film created with Canadian filmmaker Kenji Ouellet, screened at the Dancing for Camera Festival at the American Dance Festival
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, Dance Theater Workshop
Dance Theater Workshop, colloquially known as DTW, was a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies that operated from 1965 to 2011. After a merger it became known as New York Live Arts
Located as 219 West 19th ...
’s Film Festival and was an award finalist for the Dance on Camera Screening at Lincoln Center
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.Princess Grace Awards
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winner. In 2014, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography.
References
External links
Kate Weare Company
Axis Dance Company
Dance Theater Workshop
Reviews
* ttp://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0410,footnotes,51650,14.html Dance review by Eva Yaa Asantewaa (Village Voice, March 2004)
Dance review by Debra Jowitt on Letter? Letter (Village Voice, May 2005)
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American art directors
American choreographers
California Institute of the Arts alumni
Princess Grace Awards winners
Living people
1972 births