Jacob’s Pillow just named Liz Lerman as recipient of this year’s Dance Award (which comes with a $25,000 cash prize). If you’ve never familiarized yourself with Lerman’s work, now’s a great time to get acquainted with her particular brand of community engagement, creative research and interdisciplinary practice. Although she left the company she founded, Dance […]
Choreographer Liz Lerman has joined the faculty at Arizona State University in Tempe. As institute professor, she will direct cross-disciplinary programs through the new Ensemble Lab—a cooperative of artists and collaborators from diverse fields of study. A 2002 MacArthur Fellow, Lerman founded the Washington, DC–based Dance Exchange in 1976 and developed the groundbreaking feedback system […]
Watch these kids, but more importantly, watch the teachers! The first thing you’ll notice in this video is how many children are dancing. And if you’re like me, the next thing you’ll see is all the teachers (in orange and blue) who are on the floor, dancing full-out to keep the kids moving in unison and with […]