Kate Weare

Kate Weare American Choreographer and Artistic Director of 21st Century

Biography

:’’’Kate Weare’’’ attended Cal Arts and received her Bachelors in Fine Arts in 1994. She is the artistic director for the Kate Weare Company [ [http://www.kateweare.com Kate Weare Company ] ] . While she is a minimalist choreographer, emotionally she explores the areas of love, femininity, and strength through her passionate personality. 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 noted: “Ms. Weare is simply the choreographer of her own piece.” [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/arts/dance/03bald.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Kate+Weare&st=nyt&oref=slogin Ivy Baldwin and Kate Weare - Review - Dance - New York Times ] ] . Weare has presented her choreography globally, in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Belgrade and Vienna [ [http://www.mancc.org Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography - Home ] ] . Upon moving to New York City in 2000, she was twice asked to present work by Dance Theater Workshop, and presented work at Joyce Soho, Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, Judson Church, DancemOpolitan at Joe’s Pub, The 92nd St. Y, The Puffin Room, New York University’s Frederick Loewe Theater, The Kitchen, WAX, BAX, and La Mama. She has collaborated and shared her concerts with many choreographers such as Paul Taylor and Karl Anderson [ [http://iipa.chadwyck.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu Off-Campus Access | FSU Libraries ] ] .

Accomplishments

: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, Dance Theater Workshop’s Film Festival and was an award finalist for the Dance on Camera Screening at Lincoln Center. [ [http://www.kateweare.com Kate Weare Company ] ] . She was awarded with the 2006/2007 Joyce Soho Residency, and Gwen Welliver mentored her in the studio. .

=Notes and References= :http://www.kateweare.com Kate Weare Company website:http://www.mancc.org MANCC website:http://www.axisdance.org Axis Dance Company Website:http://www.dtw.org Dance Theater Workshop Website:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/arts/dance/03bald.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Kate+Weare&st=nyt&oref=slogin New York Times review by John Rockwell on Kate Weare and Ivy Baldwin at DTW:http://iipa.chadwyck.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu Deborah Jowitt’s review for Pauline Gospels (Village Voice in 2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0410,footnotes,51650,14.html] - 2004-03-02 Dance review by Eva Yaa Asantewaa
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0520,webjowitt,63996,14.html] - 2005-05-10 Dance review by Debra Jowitt on Letter? Letter
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0352,jowitt,49682,14.html] - 2003-12-23 Dance review by Debra Jowitt on When Feathers Fly
* [http://www.iipa.chadwyck.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/quick/displayMultiItem.do?Multi=yes&ResultsID=117D8459742&&QueryName=articles&ItemNumber=3&ItemID=iipa00193629&journalID=JID00116009] Reviews in Dance Magazine by Allan Ulrich