Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator, and speaker whose dance/theater works have been seen both throughout the United States and abroad. Her work ranges from abstract, to personal, to political, and her creative process focuses on research and collaboration with...
[more]Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator, and speaker whose dance/theater works have been seen both throughout the United States and abroad. Her work ranges from abstract, to personal, to political, and her creative process focuses on research and collaboration with dancers and communities.
Liz Lerman is the Founding Artistic Director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange(a multi-generational ensemble, with dancers whose ages span six decades), which she started in 1976.
She has been the recipient of many honors, including the American Choreographer Award, the American Jewish Congress “Golda” Award, and Washingtonian magazine’s 1988 Washingtonian of the Year. In 2002 her work was recognized with a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, and she has also been awarded the National Foundation for Jewish Culture’s Achievement Award and honored with induction into the University of Maryland’s Hall of Fame. Her work has been commissioned by Lincoln Center, American Dance Festival, BalletMet, and the Kennedy Center, to name a few.
Liz Lerman wrote Teaching Dance to Senior Adults (1983) and the co-wrote Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process (2003). She has also written articles and essays for such publications as Reconstructionism Today, Faith and Form, Movement Research, and the Rockefeller Foundation’sCommunity, Culture, and Globalization.
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