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A longtime Seattle based choreographer,
Pat Graney draws from a unique suitcase
of sources—writers Julio Cortázar and
Gertrude Stein, artist Henry Darger,
American Sign Language, and the cross
cultural art of tattooing—to make
emphatically visual and kinetic dances.
Grounded in collaboration with composers,
writers, designers and visual artists, the work ranges from evenings of formally
structured contemporary dance performed in theatres to a site-specific
piece in a vast meadow for more than one hundred martial artists. Her latest project,
House of Mind, will consist of installations and events (video projection,
motion-triggered audio and live choreographed performance) in a 10,000 square
foot warehouse transformed into a series of ‘memory rooms’.
For more than 15 years Graney has taught incarcerated women and girls in a
workshop she developed that integrates performance, visual arts and writing. She
produces performances in the prison, edits an annual anthology of writing, and
trains other artists, both here and abroad, to
create like projects. Now, along with a team of
artists and community advisors, she is developing
an arts-based transition program for female
ex-offenders and their children. Whether she is
working with inmates or technically trained
dancers, process and investigation, making and
the experience of that making is every bit as
important as what gets shaped.
My deepest and most heartfelt interest is in memory and perception, and
in the weaving together of multiple elements in performance to create a
temporal, almost viscous atmosphere which can communicate the simplest
and most complex idea: that we all share commonality.
www.patgraney.org
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Born in Chicago, IL, 1955
Lives in Seattle, WA
Education
1974-1976: The Evergreen State College
1976-1979: The University of Arizona, BFA in Dance |
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Selected
Performance History
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| June 2009 |
House
of Mind, Dance Theater Workshop, With Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council |
| April 2009 |
House of Mind,
Tigertail Productions, Miami, FL |
| Feb. 2009 |
House of Mind, DiverseWorks,
Houston, TX |
| June 2008 |
House of Mind,
Seattle, WA |
| 2005 |
the Vivian girls
(based on the work of Henry Darger), Dance Theater Workshop,
New York, NY |
| 2005 |
Houston Performing Arts Society & Diverse Works/Houston, Houston, TX |
| 2005 |
The Hult Center, Eugene, OR |
| 2005 |
Contemporary Dance Theater, Aronoff Theater, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 |
University of Maryland, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC
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| 2004 |
Florida Dance Festival, Miami, FL |
| 2004 |
Seattle Theater Group (with On the Boards), Seattle, WA |
| 2000, '01 |
Tattoo Tour, Portland, Oregon; Eugene, Oregon; Cincinnati, Ohio; Tempe, Arizona; Miami, Florida; Olympia, Washington; Washington. D.C.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; Kirkand, Washington; Santiago, Chile; Valparaiso, Chile |
| 2000 |
On The Boards (Tattoo Premiere), Seattle, WA |
| 1999 |
On The Boards (Sleep), Seattle, WA |
| 1997 |
Women & Their Work (Sleep), Austin, Texas |
| 1996 |
The KiMo Theater (Sleep), Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1996 |
Miami-Dade Presents (Sleep), Miami Beach, Florida
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| 1996 |
The Colorado Dance Festival, Boulder, Colorado (Sleep) |
| 1996 |
DiverseWorks (Sleep), Houston, Texas |
| 1995 |
OnTheBoards (Sleep Premiere), Seattle, Washington |
| 1994 |
Via Bahia Festival (Faith), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| 1994 |
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Lee, Massachusetts (Sax House) |
| 1994 |
Miami Light Project (Faith), Miami Beach, Florida |
| 1993 |
Tanzwerkstatt Europa, The Gasteig Theater, Munich, Germany (Faith) |
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Fellowships
and Awards
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| 2007 |
Nominated for US Artists Award
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| 2004- present |
Founding Fellow: Center for Creative Research
Group of 11 US Choreography Fellows in Residence at US Universities
Ann Carlson, David Gordon, Pat Graney, Margaret Jenkins,
Liz Lerman, Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller, Eiko Otake, Dana Reitz,
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar |
| 2005, 1994, '88 |
Artist Trust & Washington State
Arts Commission,
Choreography Fellowship |
| 2003 |
Woman of Spirit Award, Woman Spirit Community Center
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| 2000 |
The Golden Umbrella Award (Lifetime Achievement), Bumbershoot Arts Festival |
| 1997 |
Award for Artists Working in Their Communities, Artist Trust |
| 1985-97 |
National Endowment
for the Arts, Choreography Fellowship, 1996/97, 94/95, 92/93,
90/91, 89, 87, 86, 85 |
| 1995 |
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, Choreography Fellowship |
| 1988 |
American Choreographer’s Award, The National Corporate Fund for Dance |
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International
Residencies
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| 2004 |
Arts International Residency, International Dance Festival Ireland; Dochas Centre for Women (Mount Joy Prison), Dublin, Ireland |
| 2003 |
Arts International Artist Residency, Reiko Sudo/NUNO Studios, Tokyo, Japan
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| 2002 |
Arts International Artist Residency, ST SPOT, Tokyo Japan |
| 2001 |
Arts International Artist Residency (Full Company), Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile |
| 1995 |
National Endowment for the Arts International Program, Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico |
| 1994 |
Via Bahia Festival, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| 1993 |
Asian-American Arts Partnership Program, The Suitcase Fund/Dance Theater Workshop, Singapore |
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Residencies
With Incarcerated Women
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| 2007, '06, '05 |
Mission Creek Correction Center for Women, 3 month Intensive ‘Keeping the Faith’ program, Culminating in Performance, Anthology of Writing, & Videotaped Documentation of Performances.
Belfair, Washington |
| 1995-2004 |
Washington Corrections Center for Women, 3 month Intensive ‘Keeping the Faith’ program, Culminating in Performance, Anthology of Writing, & Videotaped Documentation of Performances. Gig Harbor, Washington |
| 2004 |
Dublin’s Mount Joy Prison (Dochas Centre), 3 week program culminating in performance
Keeping the Faith International Model Residency, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2002, '04 |
Washington State Corrections Center for Women, Performing Artist Series (Pilot Program), Gig Harbor, Washington |
| 2005, '06 |
Monroe State Prison, Performing Artist Series (Pilot Program), Monroe, Washington |
| 2002 |
Keeping the Faith
National Model Residency, Estrella Jail (‘Tent City’), Phoenix,
Arizona |
| 2002 |
Tokyo Detention Center for Girls, Keeping the Faith Youth Residency Activities, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2002 |
Waseda University, Keeping the Faith: Concepts & Methodologies, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2002 |
ST SPOT Presenting Organization, Working With Incarcerated Populations: The American Concept of ‘Community Outreach’, Yokohama, Japan
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| 2001 |
Keeping the Faith National Model Residency, River City Correctional Center, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1999 |
King County Youth Detention Center, Keeping the Faith Youth Residency, Seattle, Washington |
| 1996, '97 |
Echo Glen Children’s Center, Keeping the Faith Youth Residency, Snoqualmie, Washington |
| 1996 |
Houston City Jail, Keeping the Faith Residency Activities, Houston, Texas |
| 1996 |
Excelsior Childrens Center, Keeping the Faith Youth Residency, Denver, Colorado |
| 1994, '96 |
Florida Correctional Institution for Women at Broward, Keeping the Faith Classes and Residency Activities, Pembroke Pines, Florida |
| 1994 |
Salvador Correctional Facility for Women in Bahia, Keeping the Faith Residency Activities, Bahia, Brazil
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| 1993 |
Munich City Jail, Keeping the Faith Residency Activities, Munich, Germany |
| 1993 |
Florida Correctional Facility for Women at Lowell, Keeping the Faith Residency Activities, Lowell, Florida |
| 1992 |
Massachusetts Correctional Institution for Women at Framingham, Keeping the Faith Residency Activities, Framingham, Massachusetts |
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Selected
Faculty/Guest Artist Positions
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| 2006 |
NOW Magazine Overkill Award, Images Festival, Toronto, Canada.
‘They Wakened Later, Simultaneously, Much Refreshed’
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| 1998, '92, '90. '89 |
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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| 1987-97 |
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
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