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CATHERINE M LAWRENCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DANCE DEPARTMENT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER p - 516-237-8543 f - 516-877-3929 |
Recent CoursesModern Dance II Personal Statement"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action. And because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other media. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours--clearly and directly, to keep the channel open." Teaching Specializations/InterestsBallet/pointes Artistic/Creative Work"HELIOS - Acts of light". Rehearsal Director. Olmsted Theater. November 2012. Invited Presentation/LectureCatherine Denisot-Lawrence (2012, March). Assistant Professor. Plaza Cinema and Arts Center, Patchogue, NY. Other Scholarly/Artistic WorkCatherine Denisot-Lawrence was born and raised in Paris France where she started studying ballet at the age of 10 years old When she was 19, it was through a chance meeting with an English dancer at a modern dance class in Paris that she first discovered there was a world of dance outside of her hometown. Catherine was introduced to Hans Zullig ; a former principal dancer in the Joos Ballet who at the time was the director of the Volkwang Hochschule in West Germany in Essen-Werden. By a stroke of extreme fortune, Catherine’s professional experience began when she was invited simultaneously by Hans Zullig to continue her training and development in all forms of dance including classical, modern, and other dance idioms at the Volwang Hochschule Professional ActivitiesCatherine began her professional career with Pina Bausch and the Volkwang Ballet where she joined as a founding member. It was at this time she began studying with such contemporary masters as Hans Zullig, Pina Bausch, Vera Volkova, Jean Cebron, Egbert Strolka and Iren Bartos as well as Jonathan Watts in Cologne West Germany. Early on she was exposed to modern dance as well learning Graham technique with Yuriko and Mary Hinkson and Limon technique with Betty Jones and Fritz Ludin who all gave her an incredible exposure and appreciation for contemporary dance which resonated well with her. She was encouraged by Hans Zullig and the creative nature of the Volkwang Schule to start early collaborative efforts in choreography with her contemporaries Susa Linke, Gigi Caciuleano and Carlos Orta. Catherine continued dancing with Pina Bausch with the Wuppertal Dance Theatre where she was a soloist before moving on to Tanz Forum Koln in Cologne West Germany where she was ranked as a principal dancer. She had the great pleasure of working with such legendary choreographers as Kurt Joos where she danced the role of the partisan in The Green Table. Talley Beatty (The legend of Phoebe Snow) and Glen Tetley (The Moveable Garden) were some of the other distinguished chorographers she had a chance to work with in Cologne. One of Catherine’s dreams was always to dance with Netherlands Dance Theatre and she got the opportunity when Jiri Kylian saw her dance at a choreographic competition and immediately asked her to join his company. It was with NDT that Catherine collaborated and danced in multiple Kylian works including Transfigured Night, Ariadne, Symphony of Psalms, Sinfonietta, Songs of a Wayfarer, Childrens Games, Forgotten Land, Dream Dances, Svadebka, Glagolitic Mass, Stoolgame and November Steps. At NDT Catherine was also fortunate to have been given the opportunity to work with other influential choreographers such as Christopher Bruce, Nacho Duato, Glen Tetley, Hans Van Manen, John Butler, and Kei Takei. Her professional career was European based and spanned the better part of 2 decades and gave her the pleasures of performing on every continent in the world except Australia. Licenses & CertificationsAugust 2009 Zena Rommett Floor Barre |