Stephan Koplowitz | |
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Born | 1956 Washington, D.C. |
Nationality | American |
Education | Wesleyan University (BA music composition) University of Utah (MFA Modern Dance Choreography) |
Known for | contemporary dance site-specific art media arts |
Spouse | Jane Otto |
Awards | Alpert Award in the Arts Bessie Award Guggenheim Fellowship |
Website | www |
Stephan Koplowitz is a director and choreographer and media artist specializing in site-specific multimedia performances. Since the 1980s, Koplowitz, an international site artist and former Dean of Dance at CalArts,[1] has dedicated himself to site-specific work. He has made work on and for the steps of the New York Public Library, in the halls of London’s Natural History Museum, in a German factory, and in the windows of Grand Central Station[2] Koplowitz was one of 14 artists included in the book Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces edited by Melanie Kloetzel and Carolyn Pavlik, published by Florida University Press, 2011[3] In 2022, Koplowitz's book, On Site - Methods for Site-Specific Performance Creation was published by Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/on-site-9780197515242?cc=us&lang=en&