Sara Rudner
Sara Rudner | |
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| Born | February 16, 1944 |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, choreographer |
Sara Rudner (born 16 February 1944) is an American dancer, choreographer and dance educator.
Life and career
Sara Rudner was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied dance at a neighborhood music school and ballet with Bella Malinka. She graduated with a BA from Barnard College and a MFA from Bennington College. She performed with Paul Sanasardo and also other groups, and in 1965 she became a founding member and in 1966 principal dancer for Twyla Tharp's dance company, where she continued to work for twenty years. She also performed solo and collaborated other artists, including Dana Reitz, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Christopher Janney.[1]
Rudner founded and directed the Sara Rudner Performance Ensemble, and has provided choreography for the Public Theater, the Santa Fe Opera, and the Paris Opera. She served as Director or the Dance Program at Sarah Lawrence College until 2019.[2] Rudner continues to perform professionally to good reviews.[3]
Honors and awards
- Bessie Award
- Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
- Dance Magazine award, 2009
- National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
- New York State Council on the Arts fellowship
Works
Selected works include:
- Dancing-on-View
- Heartbeat
- 33 Dances
- Dancing-on-View: Preview/Hindsight
References
- ^ "The 2009 Dance Magazine Awards". Dance Magazine. 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Sara Rudner, Dance Faculty Member and Former Dance Program Director, Retires After 20 Years". www.sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ McCaulay, Alastair (13 April 2008). "The Heart Leaps Whenever They Do". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2011.