Donna Uchizono
| Donna Uchizono | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1955 US Army Base, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Choreographer, Dancer, Performer |
| Years active | 1983 - present |
Donna Uchizono (born 1955) is an American choreographer.
Life and career
Donna Uchizono was born on a US Army Base in Tokyo, Japan, and grew up in Southern California. In California she danced with the dance companies of Jeff Slayton and Dancers and Lynn Dally and Dancers. While dancing with Jeff Slayton and Dancers, she received a B.A. in Dance from California State University, Long Beach, California. In 1986, Uchizono moved to New York City where she lives and works. She made her choreographic debut in 1988, and her work has been noted for "its wit, speed and spicy movement."[1]
Since 1980 Uchizono has worked as a teacher in workshops in the U.S., Europe, and South America. She also appears at festivals and serves as guest choreographer at universities and colleges. Uchizono is the Artistic Director and teaches in the New Media Art & Performance MFA program at Long Island University. She was a founding member and serves on the Artist Advisory Board at Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, where she also served as Chair from 1990-1995. In 1990 she established the Donna Uchizono Company dedicated to dance performance, where she serves as Artistic Director.[2]
Honors and awards
- 2002, 2004 NEFA's National Dance Project
- 2002-04 National Endowment for the Arts
- 2002 New York Dance and Performance Award
- 2002 Creative Capital Grant
- 1999, 2003, 2004 Rockefeller Foundation MAP Grant
- 1998 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1996, 00, 04 New York Foundation for the Arts Choreography Fellowship
- 1995-93 National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship
Works
Selected works include:
- 2005 Hug
- 2003 Butterflies from my Hand
- 2002 Low
- 1999 Invitados
- 1998 State of Heads
- 1995 quietly goes a giant jane
- 1994 Iron Wings
- 1993 A Sage Passage
- 1990 San Andreas
References
- ↑ George, Laurel (1998). George Marcus, ed. Corporate Futures: The Diffusion of the Culturally Sensitive Corporate Form. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. p. 314.
- ↑ "Artistic Director Bio". Retrieved 13 January 2012.