Kathy Westwater
Dance
"Revelatory"
The New York Times
"An unconventional choreographer experiencing a surge of recognition"
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"Westwater reminds us we are irrevocably connected to that original ooze and the blunt impulses contained in it."
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IN THE NEWS:
NY Times Review here
NY Times Pick here
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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
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CURRENT
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pop up workshop
Shake/Walk​
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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.
All movement backgrounds and experiences welcome, including those who identify as non-dancers.
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Movement Research
New York, NY
March 15, 2025
11am​-1pm
register here
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online release
Two more, previously unreleased, performance videos of PARK Cycle 2: Untitled Solo and Wanderer, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art and Fresh Kills Landfill, respectively, are available online
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Oct 15, 2024 through
Dec 2025
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for video links
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workshop
Shake/Walk ​​
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Saturdays
Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 7, 2024
1:30pm-4pm​
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in-person @
New York Live Arts
219 W 19th Str, NYC
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$20-30 sliding scale
work exchange available
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to register
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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
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Dec 2023 through
Dec 2024
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for video links
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RECENT
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performance reprisal
Revolver
Motion State Arts Festival
Providence, RI
February 28, 2025
7:30pm​
more info here
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workshop
Shake/Walk​
Motion State Arts Festival
Providence, RI
March 1, 2025
10-11:30am​
more info here
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talk
International Center of Photography
New York, NY
April 17, 2024
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workshop
Shake/Walk​
New York Live Arts
New York, NY
Feb 3, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4, Jun 1, 2024
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performance premiere
Revolver + Choreomaniacs
Long Island City, NYC
Apr 20-29, 2023
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creative residency
Revolver + Choreomaniacs
Chocolate Factory Theater
Long Island City, NYC
Apr 10-19, 2023
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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
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performance premiere
Fresh Kills Landfill
presented by Freshkills Park, NYC Parks Department
Nov 5, 2022
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workshop
Material Making Choreography Workshop
Newhouse Center
Oct 8, 2022
residency
Arts Center @ Governors Island
Lower Manhattan Cultural Center
Jun 24-Aug 26, 2022
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symposium
Eco-Monsters and Somatic Take-overs
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Sep 16-19, 2021
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college workshop
Guest teaching, Prof. Clare Croft's Dancing Women/Dancing Queer class
University of Michigan
Sep 16, 2021
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performance installation premiere
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
Staten Island, NYC
Aug 7, 2021
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creative residency
work in development
Saratoga Springs, NY
May 4-28, 2021
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creative residency
PARK Cycle 2
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
Staten Island, NYC
March 22-April 30, 2021
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community workshop
PARK Cycle 2
Staten Island Urban Center
Staten Island, NYC
April 11, 2021
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college workshop
PARK Cycle 2
College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NYC
April 12, 2021
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online workshop
FLESHED OUT
Gibney, NYC
January 30, 2021
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performance reprisal
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Live Artery Series
New York Live Arts, NYC
January 11, 2020
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performance premiere
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
New York Live Arts, NYC
February 14-16, 2019
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creative residency
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
Tallahassee, FL
January 21-February 3, 2019
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community residency with workshop and showing
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Southern Echo
Jackson, MS
January 18-21, 2019
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production residency
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Lumberyard Center for Film and the Performing Arts
Catskill, NY
December 2018
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creative residency
Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part
Petronio Residency Center
Athens, NY
August 2018
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photo Ian Douglas
dancer Rainy White in
Kathy Westwater's Extemporaneousness (2017)
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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.