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Joanna Kotze
EDUCATION
1998 BA in Architecture, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists
2022 Nathan M. Clark Foundation Grant
2022 City Artist Corps Grant
2021 Movement Research Resident Artist
2020 Alan M. Kriegsmann Creative Residency, Dance Place
2020 Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography Fellowship
2018 New Music USA Grant
2017 Van Cleef and Arpels Fellowship, The Bogliasco Foundation
2016 Jerome Foundation General Grant
2015 Mertz Gilmore Late Stage Production Grant
2015 Harkness Foundation Grant
2014 Jerome Foundation General Grant
2014 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) BUILD Grant
2014 Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Fund Grant
2013 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Emerging Choreographer
2013 Baryshnikov Arts Center Martha Duffy Award
2013 Yellowhouse Educational Stipend
2013 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
2012 Choreographic Fellow for Ailey’s New Directions Laboratory
2010 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
2010 Choreographers’ Project Fellow, Summer Stages Dance
COMMISSIONS / PRESENTATIONS
2022 Wanås Konst Sculpture Park, Knislinge, Sweden
2022 The Space at Irondale, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Riverside Park Pier I, Summer on the Hudson
2019 New York Live Arts, NYC
2019 Bates Dance Festival
2019 The Yard
2019 Stonington Opera House
2018 New York Live Arts, NYC
2018 The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
2016 National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada
2016 Ririe-Woodbury, Salt Lake City, Utah
2015 Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC
2015 American Dance Institute, Washington D.C.
2014 Bard College’s Fisher Center, New York
2013 Danspace Project, NYC
2012 New York Live Arts Studio Series, NYC
2011 Dance New Amsterdam, NYC
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2025 PIllow Lab Residency, Jacob’s Pillow, Massachusetts
2022 Milvus Artistic Research Center, Sweden
2022 Marble House, Vermont
2021 Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper, NY
2021 Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2020 Dance Program Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
2019 Loghaven, Knoxville, TN
2018 The Bogliasco Foundation, Bogliasco, Italy
2018 The Yard, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2017 Milvus Artistic Research Center, Sweden
2017 New York Live Arts Live Feed
2017 Jacob’s Pillow Creative Development Residency, Massachusetts
2017 Bennington College, Vermont
2016 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Process Space, NYC
2016 Sedona Arts Center, Arizona
2016 Marble House, Vermont
2015 The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
2015 Jacob’s Pillow Creative Development Residency, Massachusetts
2013-2015 Movement Research, NYC
2014 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Process Space, NYC
2013 Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC
2013 The Bogliasco Foundation, Bogliasco, Italy
2013 Djerassi, California
2012 Gibney Dance Center, boo-koo Space Grant, NYC
2011 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, LMCC Swing Space, NYC
2011 Mt. Tremper Arts, New York
ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Movement Research at the Judson Church, Show Room Gowanus Gallery, Lu Magnus Gallery, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Roulette, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Dixon Place, Soho20 Gallery, Boston Institute for Contemporary Arts, 92nd Street Y, WAXworks
WORKS COMMISSIONED BY OTHER COMPANIES
2017 Gibney Dance Company
2016 Toronto Dance Theatre
2016 Ririe Woodbury, Salt Lake City
2015 Zenon Dance Company, Minneapolis
2014 James Sewell Ballet Company, Minneapolis
WORKS COMMISSIONED BY UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES
2022 The Ailey School
2022 University of the Arts
2021 The New School
2017 Barnard College, Ohio University
2017 Miami University
2016 Barnard College
2015 Barnard College, Purchase College
2015 Eugene Lang College, The New School
2015 Southern Utah University
2014 Long Island University
WORK AS A PERFORMER
Present Kimberly Bartosik
2016-2019 Kota Yamazaki
2018 Wally Cardona
2016-2017 Stacy Spence
2015 Sam Kim
2013 Sarah Skaggs
2008-2012 Netta Yerushalmy
2011 Christopher Williams
2000-2010 Wally Cardona
1999-2010 Daniel Charon
2004-2006 Nina Winthrop
2002-2005 The Metropolitan Opera Ballet
1999-2001 Mimi Garrard Dance Company
TEACHING
Present Movement Research, Gibney Dance - NYC - Faculty
2022 The Field Center - Faculty
2022 The Ailey School - Guest Choreographer
2022 University of the Arts - Guest Choreographer
2021 Eugene Lang College, The New School - Adjunct Professor
2021 University of Utah - Guest Teacher
2021 Amherst College - Guest Teacher
2019 Eugene Lang College, The New School - Adjunct Professor
2017 Ohio University, Miami University - Guest Artist/Teacher
2016 Barnard College - Adjunct Professor
2015 Eugene Lang College, The New School - Adjunct Professor
2014 American Dance Festival - Faculty
2014 Tisch School of the Arts NYU, Long Island University - Adjunct Professor
2013 Dance New Amsterdam Choreographic Lab - Guest Artist Mentor
2012 Alvin Ailey American Dance Center - Choreographic Fellow
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- The New Yorker, February 2022
- Dance Enthusiast postcard, February 2, 2022, ‘Pushing Physical and Sonic Limits’ written by Joanna Kotze
- Exploring the Metropolis Blog, A Letter from EtM Choreographer Joanna Kotze, May 4, 2020
- The New York Times Speaking in Dance feature, March 2018
- This Week in New York, March 2018
- Solomons Says, March 2018
- Joanna Kotze and Jonathan Allen Interviewed for Bomb Magazine by Zachary Fabri, March 2018
- Joanna in conversation with Bill T. Jones, March 2018
- Joanna Kotze and Jonathan Allen on Whats Going on With Dance and Stuff podcast, March 2018
- The Globe and Mail, International Series Brings Essence of New York to Toronto Dance Theatre, Martha Schabas, February 12, 2016
- The Star, Energetic dance live from New York and Toronto, Michael Crabb, February 12, 2016
- DC Dance Watcher, Found Among Chaos, Lisa Traiger, April 24, 2015
- Culturebot, FIND YOURSELF HERE, Rennie McDougall, September, 25, 2015
- Broadway World, Excavating the Complexities of Collaboration, Brendan Drake, October 1, 2015
- Star Tribune, James Sewell Ballet: Ballet or something else?, Sheila Regan, February 10, 2015
- DanceBeat, Three Choreographers Grace a Busy Week, Deborah Jowitt, January 14, 2014
- Dance Magazine, Vital Signs - A Welcome Reprise, Wendy Perron and Kristing Schwab, January 2014
- Time Our New York, Best of 2013: Best Dance of 2013, Gia Kourlas, December 31, 2013
- Baryshnikov Arts Center, BAC Story - Joanna Kotze, Aaron Mattocks, November 2013
- The New York Times, Darrell Jones and Joanna Kotze win Bessie Awards for Choreography, Felicia Lee, July 17, 2013
- The New York Times, Learning the Uses of Disorder, Gia Kourlas, June 9, 2013
- The Dance Enthusiast, Collaborative Meldings of Time and Space, Veronica Hackethal, May 2013
- Solomons Says, Splice: DUETspaceQUARTET, Gus Solomons Jr., October 30, 2011
- Infinite Body, A “SPLICE” of life, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, October 16, 2011
- The New York Times, Ailey Awards New Choreography Fellowships, Felicia Lee, May 12, 2011
- Culturebot, Arts+Culture+Ideas, Jeremy Barker, October 11, 2010