Sheron Wray
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| Sheron Wray | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 41–42) England |
| Current group | JazzXchange |
| Former groups | London Contemporary Dance Company Rambert Dance Company |
| Dances | Contemporary |
Sheron Wray (born 1970 in England) is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and theatre director. She studied under Jane Dudley[1] at the London Contemporary Dance School, later performing with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre and the Rambert Dance Company, and forming her own company JazzXchange in 1992. She presently is associate professor of dance at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine.
As a performer, she is best known for her Jane Dudley's Harmonica Breakdown[2] and in her own Texterritory, a piece integrating live text message participation from the audience. Texterritory has been performed in Trafalgar Square as part of London's 2012 Olympic Bid, the Soho Theatre, New York University and other international venues.
She was awarded a NESTA fellowship in 2003.
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[edit] Companies
- National Youth Dance Company, 1986
- London Contemporary Dance Theatre, 1988
- Rambert Dance Company, 1994
- JazzXchange, 1992[3]
[edit] Notable Works
- Choreography for Carnival, 1999, opening ceremony of the Millennium Dome
- Red (as expected), 2001, Royal Opera House
- Lucky for Some, 2003, with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra, Barbican Centre[4]
- Harmonica Breakdown, 2003, New York City Center[5]
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[edit] External links
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