Susan Rethorst
{{Short description|American choreographer, writer and teacher}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Susan Rethorst
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951|}}
| birth_place = Washington, D.C.
| website = http://susanrethorst.com/
}}
Susan Rethorst is an American choreographer, writer, and teacher.{{cite web|title=Who's at the Center? Susan Rethorst|url=http://www.pcah.us/news/23_whos_at_the_center_susan_rethorst|website=The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage|date=28 January 2013 |accessdate=6 March 2016}}
Biography
Susan Rethorst was born in Washington, D.C., in 1951.{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://susanrethorst.com/biography|website=Susan Rethorst|accessdate=6 March 2016}} She began creating modern dance works in 1975. Rethorst studied dance with Judith Dunn (of Judson Dance Theater) at Bennington College and graduated in 1974. Some of performance practices have included "dailiness" and "stealing".{{cite web|title=DU Archive|url=http://www.du.ahk.nl/people/susan05/|website=Dance Unlimited|accessdate=6 March 2016}}
Rethorst's work has been presented by the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, The Kitchen, Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, and other locations throughout the United States. Internationally her work has been produced internationally by the Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Teatro Spazio Zero (Rome), the Kunsthalle Basel, Danse A Aix Festival (Aix-en-Provence, France), The Room Festival (Jerusalem), among others.{{cite web|last1=Nicely|first1=Megan|title=On Choreographic Thinking|url=http://dancersgroup.org/2014/03/on-choreographic-thinking/|website=Dancers Group|accessdate=6 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/recipients/susan-rethorst|title=Susan Rethorst|website=Foundation for Contemporary Arts|accessdate=6 March 2016}}
As a teacher she has developed B.A. and post-graduate programs in Copenhagen, Cork, Salzburg, and Amsterdam, as well as the MFA Program in Choreography at the Amsterdam School of the Arts.
In 2012 her book A Choreographic Mind: Autobodygraphical Writings was published by the Helsinki Theatre Academy,{{cite book|last1=Rethorst|first1=Susan|title=A choreographic mind : autobodygraphical writings|date=2012|publisher=Theatre Academy Helsinki|location=Helsinki|isbn=978-9529765706}} which was named one of the Best Books of 2012 by The New Yorker.{{cite magazine|last1=Wilkinson|first1=Alec|title=Best Books of 2012|url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/best-books-of-2012|magazine=The New Yorker|date=13 December 2012 |accessdate=December 13, 2012}}
Performance work
- Long Sleepless Afternoons (1979)
- The Plunge (1981)
- Stealing (1982)
- Sons of Famous Men (1985)
- Beau Regard (1989)
- Picture This (1992)
- Little By Little, She Showed Up (1995)
- Behold Bold Sam Dog (2001)
- 208 East Broadway series (2007-2013)
- THEN (2014)
- Stealing from Myself (2018)https://www.artsjournal.com/dancebeat/2018/02/making-things-together/
Awards
- Bessie Awards (1985, 2008)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1999)
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2003)
- Alpert Awards in the Arts for Dance (2010)
- Pew Fellowships in the Arts (2014)
- Doris Duke Performing Artist Award Impact Award
References
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