Kathy Westwater
Dance
"Revelatory"
The New York Times
"An unconventional choreographer experiencing a surge of recognition"
"Westwater reminds us we are irrevocably connected to that original ooze and the blunt impulses contained in it."
IN THE NEWS:
NY Times Review here
NY Times Pick here
photo description:
Foregrounded and in profile,
the long hair of a dancer
whose eyes are closed is
suspended above her head.
Other dancers behind her are doing
individuated movement,
seemingly striking or
grasping the air.
photo Ian Douglas
CURRENT
talk
Jade Doskow, Photographer-in-Residence of Freshkills Park, NYC, is joined in conversation by choreographer Kathy Westwater, former Freshkills Park Artist-in-Residence, NYC Department of Sanitation Archivist and records manager, Maggie Lee, and Dennis Diggins, former NYC Department of Sanitation First Deputy Commissioner, for a conversation centered on how artists engage and document undervalued and reclaimed city land. Special remarks will be played from Mierle Laderman Ukeles.
Wednesday, April 17
6:30-8 PM
International Center of Photography
79 Essex Street
New York, NY
online or in-person
workshop
Shake/Walk
Taking two everyday forms of movement, we will allow these forms to disorganize within, and be disorganizing of, our bodies. The sensations that arise within this body matrix range from chaotic to cathartic, and from disorienting to freeing. As the workshop unfolds we will shift attention among sensation, function, and form, delving deeper into the creative potential found within experiential states of disorder.
Saturdays
Feb 3
Mar 2
Apr 6
May 4
Jun 1
1pm-3:30pm
in-person @
New York Live Arts
219 W 19th Str, NYC
$20-30 sliding scale
work exchange available
to register
online release
Following the live premieres in 2022, the performance videos of PARK Cycle 2: Moundscapes, Wanderings, and Collapsing Duets at Gibney Center, Fresh Kills Landfill, and Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, respectively, are available online
Dec 2023 through
Dec 2024
for video links
RECENT
performance premiere
Revolver + Choreomaniacs
Long Island City, NYC
Apr 20-29, 2023
creative residency
Revolver + Choreomaniacs
Chocolate Factory Theater
Long Island City, NYC
Apr 10-19, 2023
performance premiere
Gibney Center, NYC
Dec 8, 9 & 10, 2022
exhibition
PARK: Ephemera
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
Staten Island, NYC
Aug 20-Dec 31, 2022
cultural exchange
USA-Balkan Exchange: Practice and Discourse Sharing Laboratory
Movement Research and Chocolate Factory Theater
Sofia, Bulgaria; Skopje, North Macedonia; & Belgrade, Serbia
Oct 17-31, 2022
performance premiere
Fresh Kills Landfill
presented by Freshkills Park, NYC Parks Department
Nov 5, 2022
workshop
Material Making Choreography Workshop
Newhouse Center
Oct 8, 2-4pm
residency
Arts Center @ Governors Island
Lower Manhattan Cultural Center
Jun 24-Aug 26, 2022
symposium
Eco-Monsters and Somatic Take-overs
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Sep 16-19, 2021
college workshop
Guest teaching, Prof. Clare Croft's Dancing Women/Dancing Queer class
University of Michigan
Sep 16, 2021
performance installation premiere
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
Staten Island, NYC
Aug 7, 2021
creative residency
work in development
Saratoga Springs, NY
May 4-28, 2021
creative residency
PARK Cycle 2
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
Staten Island, NYC
March 22-April 30, 2021
community workshop
PARK Cycle 2
Staten Island Urban Center
Staten Island, NYC
April 11, 2021
college workshop
PARK Cycle 2
College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NYC
April 12, 2021
online workshop
FLESHED OUT
Gibney, NYC
January 30, 2021
performance reprisal
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Live Artery Series
New York Live Arts, NYC
January 11, 2020
performance premiere
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
New York Live Arts, NYC
February 14-16, 2019
creative residency
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
Tallahassee, FL
January 21-February 3, 2019
community residency with workshop and showing
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Southern Echo
Jackson, MS
January 18-21, 2019
production residency
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Lumberyard Center for Film and the Performing Arts
Catskill, NY
December 2018
creative residency
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Petronio Residency Center
Athens, NY
August 2018
photo Ian Douglas
dancer Rainy White in
Kathy Westwater's Extemporaneousness (2017)
caption:
A dancer appears in a dance studio, ballet bar afixed to the wall behind her. Her eyes appear closed and her head is thrown back. One arm is lifted slightly in front, elbow bent. She lightly steps across one foot with the other.