Stephan Koplowitz

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| birth_date = 1956

| birth_place = Washington, D.C.

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| nationality = American

| spouse = Jane Otto

| known_for = contemporary dance
site-specific art
media arts

| training = Wesleyan University
(BA music composition)
University of Utah
(MFA Modern Dance Choreography)

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| awards = Alpert Award in the Arts
Bessie Award
Guggenheim Fellowship

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| website = {{URL|http://www.skoplowitz.com/}}

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Stephan Koplowitz is a director and choreographer and media artist specializing in site-specific multimedia performances. Since the 1980s, Koplowitz, an international site artist and former Dean of Dance at CalArts,{{Cite web | url=https://artsmeme.com/2016/08/30/a-new-chapter-for-calarts-dance-dean-stephan-koplowitz/ | title=A new chapter for CalArts dance dean Stephan Koplowitz| date=August 31, 2016}} has dedicated himself to site-specific work. He has made work on and for the steps of the New York Public Library, in the halls of London’s Natural History Museum, in a German factory, and in the windows of Grand Central Station{{cite web|url=https://dancersgroup.org/2017/06/in-practice-stephan-koplowitz-making-site-work/|title=In Practice: Stephan Koplowitz on Making Site Work|website=dancersgroup.org|access-date=June 26, 2019}}

Koplowitz was one of 14 artists included in the book Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces edited by Melanie Kloetzel and Carolyn Pavlik, published by Florida University Press, 2011{{Cite book |doi = 10.5744/florida/9780813034003.001.0001|title = Site Dance|year = 2011|last1 = Kloetzel|first1 = Melanie|last2 = Pavlik|first2 = Carolyn|isbn = 9780813034003}} In 2022, Koplowitz's book, On Site - Methods for Site-Specific Performance Creation was published by Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/on-site-9780197515242?cc=us&lang=en&

Awards and fellowships

2017 – Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Fellowship{{Cite web | url=https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/about-us/news-media/rockefeller-foundation-announces-selected-bellagio-center-resident-fellows/ |title = The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Selected Bellagio Center Resident Fellows}}
2015 – The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Choreographic Commission{{Cite web | url=https://hewlett.org/newsroom/six-50000-commissions-for-choreographers-awarded-by-the-wallace-alexander-gerbode-foundation-and-the-william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation/ |title = Six $50,000 Commissions for Choreographers Awarded by the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation}}
2014 – ColumbusAlive.com named Sullivant Travels, by Stephan Koplowitz, Best Dance of 2014{{Cite news|url=http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2014/12/25/year-in-review-the-best-of-theatre-and-dance.html|title=Year-In-Review: Best of theatre and dance|first=Jay |last=Weitz |newspaper=Columbus Alive|access-date=2017-02-18|language=en}}
2013 – Houston Press, awarded Natural Acts in Artificial Water, Best Ensemble Production of 2013{{Cite web|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/best-of/2013/arts-and-entertainment/best-ensemble-production-6607542|title=Best Ensemble Production: Stephan Koplowitz's "Natural Acts in Artificial Water" |website=Houston Press|access-date=2017-02-18}}
2010 – Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah{{cite web |url=http://www.dance.utah.edu/index.php/people/detail/402/ |title=Stephan Koplowitz |publisher=Dance.utah.edu |access-date=2011-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117192306/http://www.dance.utah.edu/index.php/people/detail/402/ |archive-date=2011-11-17 }}
2007 Boston Globe named Koplowitz’ (iseea) one of the ten best dance works of 2007
2004 Alpert Award in the Arts{{cite web |url=http://www.alpertawards.org/archive/winner04/dance.html |title=CalArts Alpert Award in the Arts |publisher=Alpertawards.org |access-date=2011-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728162423/http://www.alpertawards.org/archive/winner04/dance.html |archive-date=2012-07-28 }}
2003 Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography {{cite web |url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/8084-stephan-koplowitz |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731084952/http://www.gf.org/fellows/8084-stephan-koplowitz |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-31 |title=Stephan Koplowitz - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |publisher=Gf.org |access-date=2011-12-16 }}
2003 Dance Theater Workshop’s Artist Resource and Media Laboratory Fellowship
2000 New York Dance and Performance Awards (“Bessie”){{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BIG+SURPRISES+ENLIVEN+BESSIE+AWARDS.-a067832269|title=Big Surprises Enliven Bessie Awards |website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2017-02-19}}
1996 – Time Out Magazine’s Best Dance Production Award to Genesis Canyon
1994 – Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan University (class of 1979)[http://www.wesleyan.edu/alumni/awards/distinguished/ Wesleyan University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306015316/http://www.wesleyan.edu/alumni/awards/distinguished/ |date=2013-03-06 }}, Distinguished Alumni Awards. Retrieved online 24 Jan 2012.

Selected works

2018 The Beginning as part of The Northfield Experience
2018 Past the Past as part of The Northfield Experience
2018 Reading Time as part of The Northfield Experience
2018 The Northfield Experience (production) – Commissioned by St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges in association with the city of Northfield, Minnesota{{Cite web|url=http://www.southernminn.com/northfield_news/news/article_ef9acdfc-426a-5179-891f-1b24daa39146.html|title = Award-winning director, local businesses set stage for the Northfield Experience}}
2018 – Mill Town – Commissioned by the Bates Dance Festival{{cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2017/08/05/dance-review-mill-town-movingly-evokes-humanity-amid-industry/|title=Dance review: 'Mill Town' movingly evokes humanity amid industry|first=Jennifer|last=Brewer|date=August 5, 2017|website=pressherald.com|access-date=June 26, 2019}}
2017 – Occupy (a site-specific journey through an urban garden)Commissioned by the AXIS Dance Company, co-presented with the Dancers' Group and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival{{cite web|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/axis-is-occupied-by-stephan-koplowitz-2445693505.html|title="Occupy" Is Not Your Average Site-Specific Work|date=June 21, 2017|website=Dance Magazine|access-date=June 26, 2019}}
2015 – Play(as) As part of Trolley Dances 2015, Commissioned by the San Diego Dance Theater{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/oct/22/about-trolley-dances-2015/|title=Trolley Dances brings site-specific dance from Waterfront to Balboa|first1=Barbarella|last1=Fokos|date=October 22, 2015|website=www.sandiegoreader.com|access-date=June 26, 2019}}
2014 – The Past is Up (Sullivant's Travels)
2014 – Horizon Time (Sullivant's Travels)
2014 – Learn, Capture, Repeat (Sullivant's Travels)
2014 – One Way: A Telematic Trio (Sullivant's Travels - A site-specific journey through the mind of a building-Commissioned by The Ohio State University Department of Dance and College of Arts and Sciences{{Cite web|url=https://www.columbusalive.com/article/20141223/ENTERTAINMENT/312239682|title = Year-In-Review: Best of theatre and dance}}
2013 – Red Line Time, a site-adaptive durational performance for all fourteen stations of LA Metro’s Red Line{{Cite news|url=http://thesource.metro.net/2013/04/04/dance-performances-at-red-line-stations-friday-and-saturday/|title=Dance performances at Red Line stations Friday and Saturday|date=2013-04-04|newspaper=The Source|access-date=2017-02-18|language=en-US}}
2013 – lines, tides, shores… A site-specific performance in three sections for the Cudahy Gardens, Milwaukee Art Museum {{Cite web|url=http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2013/06/12/uwm-summerdances-dancing-outdoors-with-stephan-koplowitz/|title=UWM Summerdances: Dancing outdoors with Stephan Koplowitz|website=Urban Milwaukee|access-date=2017-02-18}}
2013 – The Current Past, A site-specific performance for the North Point Water Tower, Milwaukee, WI{{Cite web|url=http://www.fortunespawn.com/2013/06/15/stephan-koplowitz-water-sight-milwaukeea-delectable-evening-of-imperfection/comment-page-1#comment-676193|title=Stephan Koplowitz: Water Sight, Milwaukee/A Delectable Evening of Imperfection |website=Fortune's Pawn|access-date=2017-02-18}}
2012 – Natural Acts in Artificial Water, part of Stephan Koplowitz: TaskForce {{Cite news|url=http://artsandculturetx.com/review-stephan-koplowitzs-natural-acts-in-artificial-water/|title=Review: Natural Acts in Artificial Water|newspaper=Arts & Culture Texas|access-date=2017-02-18|language=en-US}}
2012 The Chair Yields Gustavus Adolphus College,{{Cite web|url=https://news.blog.gustavus.edu/2012/04/16/150-students-and-alumni-to-perform-koplowitzs-our-place-in-place/|title=150 Students and Alumni to Perform Koplowitz's Our Place, In Place - Posted on April 16, 2012 by Matt Thomas '00|website=Gustavus Adolphus College|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=2017-02-18}}
2012 in situ, Eckman Mall, Gustavus Adolphus College
2012 The Old New Thing for the Torrey Atrium, Warren & Donna Beck Academic Hall, Gustavus Adolphus College
2012 (Re)Fraction, A site-specific performance in lighted windows of Christ Chapel , Gustavus Adolphus College
2009 Taskforce: Liquid Landscapes UK {{cite web |url=http://www.dartington.org/arts/taskforce |title=STEPHAN KOPLOWITZ: TASKFORCE - Liquid Landscapes |publisher=Dartington |date=2009-06-28 |access-date=2011-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001065131/http://www.dartington.org/arts/taskforce |archive-date=2011-10-01 }}{{cite news|author=Judith Mackrell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jun/20/stephan-koplowitz-liquid-landscapes-preview |title=Dance preview: Stephan Koplowitz: Liquid Landscapes, Plymouth and south Devon | Stage |work=The Guardian |date= 2009-06-20|access-date=2011-12-16 |location=London}}
2008 Five Entrances into a War Machine {{cite news|last=Sulcas |first=Roslyn |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/arts/dance/07stre.html?sq=stephan%20koplowitz&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1323457257-FypR2W/wGfQxA99A4SC3tw |title=Dance Review - 'Breaking Ground' - On the Fly - Dances by Jonah Bokaer, Tania Isaac, Stephan Koplowitz, Gus Solomons Jr. and Nami Yamamoto |work=The New York Times |date=2008-10-06 |access-date=2011-12-16}}
2008 Taskforce: Liquid Landscapes LA {{cite web|author=Ann Haskins |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2008-06-26/stage/fluid-dynamics/ |title=Fluid Dynamics: Stephan Koplowitz and TaskForce - Page 1 - Stage - Los Angeles |publisher=LA Weekly |date=2008-06-23 |access-date=2011-12-16}}
2008 Taskforce: Mapping IdyllWild {{cite web|author=Salaam |url=http://www.towncrier.com/stories/story.1.20080529.html |title=Idyllwild Town Crier Online |publisher=Idyllwild Town Crier |access-date=2011-12-16}}
2007 Revealed at Amherst {{cite web |url=https://www.amherst.edu/museums/mead/programs/2007/revealed |title=Stephan Koplowitz: REVEALED at Amherst College | Amherst College |publisher=Amherst.edu |access-date=2011-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105020155/https://www.amherst.edu/museums/mead/programs/2007/revealed |archive-date=2011-11-05 }}
2007 iseea {{cite web|url=http://summerstagesdance.blogspot.com/2007/07/iseea-stephan-koplowitz.html |title=Behind the Scenes @ Summer Stages Dance: (iseea) Stephan Koplowitz Friday July 20, 2007 |publisher=Summerstagesdance.blogspot.com |date=2007-07-22 |access-date=2011-12-16}}{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2010/05/23/ica_series_combines_movement_and_the_written_word/ |title=ICA series combines movement and the written word - The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=2010-05-23 |access-date=2011-12-16 |first=Karen |last=Campbell}}
2006 Revealed (NYC) {{cite web|url=http://www.dance-tech.net/video/revealed-by-stephan-koplowitz |title=Revealed by Stephan Koplowitz (camera obscura project) |publisher=dance-tech.net |date=2009-08-25 |access-date=2011-12-16}}
2006 A Walk Between Two Worlds {{cite news|last=Dunning |first=Jennifer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/06/arts/06dao.html |title='A Walk Between Two Worlds' Bridges East and West - New York Times |location=New York City;Vietnam |work=The New York Times |date=2006-05-06 |access-date=2011-12-16}}
2005 Light Lines {{cite web |url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_66686.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728173938/http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_66686.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-28 |title=5/10/2005 - Waterfront Grand Opening Is This Weekend - Happenings |publisher=Chattanoogan.com |access-date=2011-12-16 }}
2004 The Grand Step Project {{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/107727/sites_lines/index.html |title=Sites Lines - Health News |publisher=redOrbit |date=2004-12-02 |access-date=2011-12-16}}
2003 Terrarium {{cite book|title=The atrium project : Terrarium [excerpts] (VHS tape, 2003) |date=March 2011 |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |isbn=9780813036939 |oclc = 057265348}}
2001 (In)Formations {{cite web|author=The New York Public Library |url=http://legacy.www.nypl.org/press/2001/lpaopenhouse.cfm |title=Press Information |publisher=Legacy.www.nypl.org |date=2001-10-05 |access-date=2011-12-16}}{{cite web|url=http://movetheframe.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/dance-films-seen-through-the-lens-of-pro-sports-at-kinetic-cinema/ |title=Dance Films Seen Through the Lens of Pro Sports at Kinetic Cinema | Move the Frame |publisher=Movetheframe.wordpress.com |date=2009-04-02 |access-date=2011-12-16}}
2000 Aquacade for Asphalt Green
1999 Kokerei Projekt: Kohle Korper {{cite web |url=http://www.pact-zollverein.de/medien/_english/_pdf/press/ps1999/kokerei_e_rez.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - kokerei_e_rez. |access-date=2011-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426052441/http://www.pact-zollverein.de/medien/_english/_pdf/press/ps1999/kokerei_e_rez.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}
1999 Fenestrations2 {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/11/arts/this-week.html | work=The New York Times | first=Lawrence | last=Van Gelder | title=This Week | date=1999-10-11}}
1998 Babel Index {{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dance-the-architecture-of-life-1184548.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dance-the-architecture-of-life-1184548.html |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Dance: The architecture of life | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Nadine | last=Meisner | date=1998-11-13}}
1998 War with the Newts {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/12/arts/dance-review-watch-out-for-those-newts-they-re-a-threat-to-the-world.html | work=The New York Times | first=Jack | last=Anderson | title=Dance Review – Watch Out for Those Newts: They're a Threat to the World | date=1998-05-12}}
1997 Webbed Feats {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/19/arts/dance-review-street-and-web-art-flow-in-bryant-park.html?scp=3&sq=stephan%20koplowitz&st=cse | work=The New York Times | first=Jennifer | last=Dunning | title=Dance Review – Street and Web Art Flow in Bryant Park | date=1997-09-19}}{{cite web |url=http://webbedfeats.org/prod/welcome.html |title=Webbed Feats |language=en |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318130133/http://webbedfeats.org/prod/welcome.html |archive-date=March 18, 2008 }}
1996 Genesis Canyon {{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dance-genesis-canyon-natural-history-museum-london-1356299.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dance-genesis-canyon-natural-history-museum-london-1356299.html |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Dance Genesis Canyon Natural History Museum, London | location=London | work=The Independent | date=1996-10-02}}
1996 Off the Walls {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/10/nyregion/dancers-turn-museum-into-moving-theater.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTheater | work=The New York Times | first=Roberta | last=Hershenson | title=Dancers Turn Museum Into Moving Theater | date=1996-11-10}}
1993 Thicker Than Water {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/04/arts/dance-in-review-349593.html | work=The New York Times | first=Jennifer | last=Dunning | title=Dance in Review | date=1993-10-04}}
1991 The Governed Body {{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/09/13/extravaganza-can-thank-state-for-giant-stage/ | work=Chicago Tribune | first=Sid | last=Smith | title=Extravaganza Can Thank State For Giant Stage | date=1991-09-13}}
1990 Fall Weather Friend {{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/04/25/towson-state-dancers-offer-lively-diversity/ |title=Towson State dancers offer lively diversity - Baltimore Sun |publisher=Articles.baltimoresun.com |date=1994-04-25 |access-date=2012-02-21}}
1989 Big Thirst {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/20/arts/review-dance-troupe-performs-among-the-dinosaurs-and-such.html | work=The New York Times | first=Jack | last=Anderson | title=Review/Dance; Troupe Performs Among the Dinosaurs and Such | date=1989-05-20}}
1987 Fenestrations {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/09/arts/adventurous-performers-in-unexpected-places.html | work=The New York Times | first=Andrew L. | last=Yarrow | title=Adventurous Performers in Unexpected Places | date=1987-10-09}}
1986 Untitled (Ethiopia Suite) {{Citation|first=Stephan |last=Koplowitz|title=Untitled (Ethiopia Suite) 1986 Stephan Koplowitz & Stafford James (composer)|date=2017-02-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS0seAA6yGs|access-date=2017-02-18}}
1986 Famished {{cite web |url=http://calarts.edu/news/2009-apr-6/calarts-sharon-disney-lund-school-dance-presents-2009-spring-dance-concert-and-launc |title=CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance Presents the 2009 Spring Dance Concert and Launches The Next Dance Company | CalArts |publisher=Calarts.edu |access-date=2012-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603172620/http://calarts.edu/news/2009-apr-6/calarts-sharon-disney-lund-school-dance-presents-2009-spring-dance-concert-and-launc |archive-date=2012-06-03 |url-status=dead }}
1985 I’m Growing {{cite web |url=http://homepage.mac.com/scoop/archives/DANCE/dance04.html |title=Doing Double Duty |publisher=Homepage.mac.com |access-date=2012-02-21 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
1983 – Heart Throb Theater {{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19830624&id=1BpTAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004,3919593 |title=Heart Throb Theater is returning to Shire West |publisher=Deseret News |date=June 24, 1983 |access-date=2013-10-10}}

References

External links

[http://www.koplowitzprojects.com/ Official Website]
[https://www.youtube.com/user/lanycart Youtube Channel]
[http://www.photobooth.net/art/index.php?artistID=11 Photobooth]

Category:American choreographers

Category:1956 births

Category:Living people

Category:University of Utah alumni

Category:Wesleyan University alumni