Tere O'Connor

Tere O'Connor (born 1958) is an American dancer, choreographer and educator.

Tere O'Connor
Born1958
Rochester, New York
OccupationDancer, choreographer
Years active1979 - present

Life and career

Tere O'Connor was born in Rochester, New York, and graduated in 1979 with a B.A. from State University of New York at Purchase. He performed in the companies of Rosalind Newman and Matthew Diamond,[1] and began working as a choreographer in 1982. He regularly collaborates with composer James Baker in works for the Tere O'Connor Dance company. O'Connor's works have been performed internationally. Notable dancers and choreographers including Lucy Guerin have danced with his company.[2]

From 1990-99, O'Connor was an instructor in Dance at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and he became a professor at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.[3] He also teaches at Movement Research in New York City. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Artists Advisory Board of Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church in New York City.

Honors and awards

Works

Selected works include:

  • 2001 Choke
  • 1999 Hi Everybody!
  • 1998 The World Is a Missing Girl
  • 1998 House
  • 1996 Mother
  • 1995 Greta in the Ditch
  • 1994 The Death of Generous Henry
  • 1988 Heaven up North[5]
gollark: > if someone is being offended, the person has a right for firecubes to stop doing what firecubes is doingno.
gollark: Idea: a spam filter which replies with fake messages such that spammers never know if they are talking to a real person.
gollark: Æ.
gollark: +>strlen \🦎
gollark: Cease apioformicity.

References
  1. White, David R.; Friedman, Lise (1993). Poor dancer's almanac: managing life and work in the performing arts. p. 350.
  2. "Lucy Guerin (1961-)". Archived from the original on 26 November 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  3. La Rocco, Claudia (6 November 2009). "Not a Patriarch, but a Leader All the Same" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  4. http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_recipients/tereoconnor.html
  5. "Tere O'Connor". Retrieved 14 January 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.