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'''Susan Marshall''' (born October 17, 1958) is an American choreographer and the Artistic Director of Susan Marshall & Company. She is known to create metaphoric worlds that often dwell at the intersection of several disciplines. Her work employs details of touch, initiation and gaze to explore the complexities of behavioral systems and of interpersonal relationships and patterns. The resulting dances are often densely woven, recursive, human in scale and speak to the negotiations of intimacy and questions of control, power, dependency and intention. She has held the position of Director of the Program in Dance at Princeton University since 2009.<ref>http://arts.princeton.edu/people/profiles/sm9/</ref>
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'''Susan Marshall''' (born October 17, 1958) is an American choreographer and the Artistic Director of Susan Marshall & Company. She has held the position of Director of the Program in Dance at Princeton University since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arts.princeton.edu/people/profiles/sm9/|title = Susan Marshall}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Susan Marshall & Company===
===Susan Marshall & Company===
[http://www.sumac.org Susan Marshall & Company] was formed in 1985 in New York City. Marshall worked initially with dancers Arthur Armijo, Andrew Boynton, Kathy Casey, David Dorfman, Jackie Goodrich, and Eileen Thomas, among others. Early venues included Emanu-El Midtown YM-YWHA and PS 122. The company then performed at [[Dance Theater Workshop]] in New York City for three seasons, from 1985 to 1987. The company began touring in 1987, and the next year [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] commissioned ''Interior with Seven Figures'' for its Next Wave Festival, Marshall's first evening-length work.
Susan Marshall & Company was formed in 1985 in New York City. Marshall worked initially with dancers Arthur Armijo, Andrew Boynton, Kathy Casey, David Dorfman, Jackie Goodrich, and Eileen Thomas, among others. Early venues included Emanu-El Midtown YM-YWHA and PS 122. The company then performed at [[Dance Theater Workshop]] in New York City for three seasons, from 1985 to 1987. The company began touring in 1987, and the next year [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] commissioned ''Interior with Seven Figures'' for its Next Wave Festival, Marshall's first evening-length work.


The company has collaborated with Marshall on the creation and performance of works including ''Cloudless'', ''Frame Dances'', ''Play/Pause'', ''Adamantine'', ''The Most Dangerous Room in the House'', ''Spectators at an Event'', ''Fields of View'', ''Arms'', ''Interior with Seven Figures'', and ''Kiss''. Featured dancers in these and other works included Christopher Adams, Mark DeChiazza, Allison Easter, Heidi Michel Fokine, Kristen Hollinsworth, Krista Langberg, Luke Miller, Petra Van Noort, Joe Poulson, Andre Shoals, and Darrin Wright, among others.<ref>http://www.sumac.org/new-page-94/</ref>
The company has collaborated with Marshall on the creation and performance of works including ''Cloudless'', ''Frame Dances'', ''Play/Pause'', ''Adamantine'', ''The Most Dangerous Room in the House'', ''Spectators at an Event'', ''Fields of View'', ''Arms'', ''Interior with Seven Figures'', and ''Kiss''. Featured dancers in these and other works included Christopher Adams, Mark DeChiazza, Allison Easter, Heidi Michel Fokine, Kristen Hollinsworth, Krista Langberg, Luke Miller, Petra Van Noort, Joe Poulson, Andre Shoals, and Darrin Wright, among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sumac.org/new-page-94/ |title=Timeline — SUSAN MARSHALL & COMPANY |website=www.sumac.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830074030/http://www.sumac.org/new-page-94/ |archive-date=2018-08-30}}</ref>


An association with [[composer]] [[Philip Glass]] began in 1994 with ''Fields of View'', and in 1996 she collaborated with him on his dance-opera ''Les Enfants Terribles.''Her association with composer [[David Lang (composer)|David Lang]] began with ''The Most Dangerous Room in the House'' in 1998.
An association with [[composer]] [[Philip Glass]] began in 1994 with ''Fields of View'', and in 1996 she collaborated with him on his dance-opera ''Les Enfants Terribles.''Her association with composer [[David Lang (composer)|David Lang]] began with ''The Most Dangerous Room in the House'' in 1998.


Marshall, her artistic partners, and her company members have received 10 New York Dance and Performance Awards (BESSIES) for their work together. <ref>http://www.dancetheyard.org/susan-marshall/</ref> The company's work has been commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music (seven seasons), Peakperformances@Montclair, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Dance Theater Workshop, Krannert Center for the Arts, Walker Center for the Arts, On the Boards, Hanscher Auditorium at University of Iowa among others. The company has performed at the Edinburgh International Festival, International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse in Montreal, Spoleto Festival, the Los Angeles Festival, Vienna Tanz, SpringDanse (The Netherlands), and NY City Center Fall for Dance Festival. In addition to her work with her company, Marshall has also created dances for the Lyon Opera Ballet, the Frankfurt Ballet, the Boston Ballet, and Montreal Danse.<ref>http://www.sumac.org/team-1/</ref>
Marshall, her artistic partners, and her company members have received 10 New York Dance and Performance Awards (BESSIES) for their work together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dancetheyard.org/susan-marshall/|title = Susan Marshall}}</ref> The company's work has been commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music (seven seasons), Peakperformances@Montclair, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Dance Theater Workshop, Krannert Center for the Arts, Walker Center for the Arts, On the Boards, Hanscher Auditorium at University of Iowa among others. The company has performed at the Edinburgh International Festival, International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse in Montreal, Spoleto Festival, the Los Angeles Festival, Vienna Tanz, SpringDanse (The Netherlands), and NY City Center Fall for Dance Festival. In addition to her work with her company, Marshall has also created dances for the Lyon Opera Ballet, the Frankfurt Ballet, the Boston Ballet, and Montreal Danse.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sumac.org/team-1/ |title=About — SUSAN MARSHALL & COMPANY |website=www.sumac.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816015600/http://www.sumac.org/team-1/ |archive-date=2018-08-16}}</ref>


===Selected Works for Susan Marshall & Company===
===Selected Works for Susan Marshall & Company===
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* Chromatic (2016)
* Chromatic (2016)
* Two Person Operating System (2016)
* Two Person Operating System (2016)

===Selected Other Works===
===Selected Other Works===
* Asphalt Orchestra (2012, 2009, 2010), (choreography) Bang-on-a-Can’s avant-garde marching band<ref>https://bangonacan.org/asphalt_orchestra</ref>
* Asphalt Orchestra (2012, 2009, 2010), (choreography) [https://bangonacan.org/asphalt_orchestra Bang-on-a-Can]’s avant-garde marching band
* Mikhail Baryshnikov: ''For You'' (2010)
* Mikhail Baryshnikov: ''For You'' (2010)
* ''The Dancer'' (2010), three solos choreographed for a film conceived and directed by Judy Dennis, based on the iconic dancer created by Jules Feiffer
* ''The Dancer'' (2010), three solos choreographed for a film conceived and directed by Judy Dennis, based on the iconic dancer created by Jules Feiffer
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* CoDanceCo: ''Ward'' (1983)
* CoDanceCo: ''Ward'' (1983)


==Personal Life==
==Personal life==
Marshall is the daughter of noted feminist writer and activist Beverly R. Jones, co-author of The Florida Paper, and behavioral scientist and activist Marshall B. Jones. She was raised in Florida and Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband, Christopher Renino, and son, Nicholas Renino.
Marshall is the daughter of feminist writer and activist Beverly R. Jones, co-author of The Florida Paper, and behavioral scientist and activist Marshall B. Jones. She was raised in Florida and Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband, Christopher Renino, and son, Nicholas Renino.


==Awards and Honors==
==Awards and honors==
* 2013: Reflection Grant from Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
* 2013: Reflection Grant from Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
* 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 National Dance Project/New England Foundation for the Arts
* 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 National Dance Project/New England Foundation for the Arts
* 2006: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for ''Cloudless''<ref>https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/</ref>
* 2006: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for ''Cloudless''<ref>https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/</ref>
* 2002: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
* 2002: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
* 2000: MacArthur [[Genius award|"Genius" Award]]<ref name="Fellows00">{{cite web|url = http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142727/k.2A89/Fellows_List__July_2000.htm|title = MacArthur Fellows July 2000|author = The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation|accessdate = 2007-06-02|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091016/http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142727/k.2A89/Fellows_List__July_2000.htm|archivedate = 2007-09-29|df = }}</ref>
* 2000: MacArthur [[Genius award|"Genius" Award]]<ref name="Fellows00">{{cite web|url = http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142727/k.2A89/Fellows_List__July_2000.htm|title = MacArthur Fellows July 2000|author = The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation|access-date = 2007-06-02|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091016/http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142727/k.2A89/Fellows_List__July_2000.htm|archive-date = 2007-09-29}}</ref>
* 1997: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for ''Les Enfants Terribles'' <ref>https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/</ref>
* 1997: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for ''Les Enfants Terribles'' <ref>https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/</ref>
* 1995: Dance Magazine Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/dance-magazine-awards-2306859301.html|title = Dance Magazine Awards|date = 16 October 2015}}</ref>
* 1995: Dance Magazine Award
* 1993: Brandeis University Creative Arts Citation <ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iW7_z4vIf5MC&q=brandeis+university+creative+arts+citation+susan+marshall&pg=PA253 | title=Fifty Contemporary Choreographers| isbn=9781136828324| last1=Bremser| first1=Martha| last2=Sanders| first2=Lorna| date=2011-03-15| publisher=Taylor & Francis}}</ref>
* 1993: Brandeis University Creative Arts Citation
* 1990: Guggenheim Fellowship <ref>https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/susan-marshall/</ref>
* 1990: Guggenheim Fellowship <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/susan-marshall/|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation &#124; Susan Marshall}}</ref>
* 1986: American Choreographer Award <ref>https://source.wustl.edu/2008/03/acclaimed-choreographer-susan-marshall-brings-cloudless-to-edison/</ref>
* 1986: American Choreographer Award <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2008/03/acclaimed-choreographer-susan-marshall-brings-cloudless-to-edison/|title=Acclaimed choreographer Susan Marshall brings 'Cloudless' to Edison - the Source - Washington University in St. Louis|date=19 March 2008}}</ref>
* 1985: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship <ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iW7_z4vIf5MC&q=brandeis+university+creative+arts+citation+susan+marshall&pg=PA253 | title=Fifty Contemporary Choreographers| isbn=9781136828324| last1=Bremser| first1=Martha| last2=Sanders| first2=Lorna| date=2011-03-15| publisher=Taylor & Francis}}</ref>
* 1985: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
* 1985-1992: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships <ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iW7_z4vIf5MC&q=brandeis+university+creative+arts+citation+susan+marshall&pg=PA253 | title=Fifty Contemporary Choreographers| isbn=9781136828324| last1=Bremser| first1=Martha| last2=Sanders| first2=Lorna| date=2011-03-15| publisher=Taylor & Francis}}</ref>
* 1985-1992: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
* 1998 – 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Grants<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iW7_z4vIf5MC&q=brandeis+university+creative+arts+citation+susan+marshall&pg=PA253 | title=Fifty Contemporary Choreographers| isbn=9781136828324| last1=Bremser| first1=Martha| last2=Sanders| first2=Lorna| date=2011-03-15| publisher=Taylor & Francis}}</ref>
* 1998 – 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Grants
* 1985: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for premier season at Dance Theater Workshop <ref>https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/</ref>
* 1985: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for premier season at Dance Theater Workshop <ref>https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/</ref>


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Susan Marshall (born October 17, 1958) is an American choreographer and the Artistic Director of Susan Marshall & Company. She has held the position of Director of the Program in Dance at Princeton University since 2009.[1]

Career

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Susan Marshall & Company

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Susan Marshall & Company was formed in 1985 in New York City. Marshall worked initially with dancers Arthur Armijo, Andrew Boynton, Kathy Casey, David Dorfman, Jackie Goodrich, and Eileen Thomas, among others. Early venues included Emanu-El Midtown YM-YWHA and PS 122. The company then performed at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City for three seasons, from 1985 to 1987. The company began touring in 1987, and the next year Brooklyn Academy of Music commissioned Interior with Seven Figures for its Next Wave Festival, Marshall's first evening-length work.

The company has collaborated with Marshall on the creation and performance of works including Cloudless, Frame Dances, Play/Pause, Adamantine, The Most Dangerous Room in the House, Spectators at an Event, Fields of View, Arms, Interior with Seven Figures, and Kiss. Featured dancers in these and other works included Christopher Adams, Mark DeChiazza, Allison Easter, Heidi Michel Fokine, Kristen Hollinsworth, Krista Langberg, Luke Miller, Petra Van Noort, Joe Poulson, Andre Shoals, and Darrin Wright, among others.[2]

An association with composer Philip Glass began in 1994 with Fields of View, and in 1996 she collaborated with him on his dance-opera Les Enfants Terribles.Her association with composer David Lang began with The Most Dangerous Room in the House in 1998.

Marshall, her artistic partners, and her company members have received 10 New York Dance and Performance Awards (BESSIES) for their work together.[3] The company's work has been commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music (seven seasons), Peakperformances@Montclair, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Dance Theater Workshop, Krannert Center for the Arts, Walker Center for the Arts, On the Boards, Hanscher Auditorium at University of Iowa among others. The company has performed at the Edinburgh International Festival, International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse in Montreal, Spoleto Festival, the Los Angeles Festival, Vienna Tanz, SpringDanse (The Netherlands), and NY City Center Fall for Dance Festival. In addition to her work with her company, Marshall has also created dances for the Lyon Opera Ballet, the Frankfurt Ballet, the Boston Ballet, and Montreal Danse.[4]

Selected Works for Susan Marshall & Company

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  • Arms (1984)
  • Kiss (1987)
  • Les Enfants Terribles (1996), a dance/opera created in collaboration with composer Philip Glass
  • The Most Dangerous Room in the House (1998)
  • Cloudless (2006), a collection of 18 dances
  • Sawdust Palace (2007), a collection of 20 dances
  • Adamantine (2009)
  • Play/Pause (2013)
  • Chromatic (2016)
  • Two Person Operating System (2016)

Selected Other Works

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  • Asphalt Orchestra (2012, 2009, 2010), (choreography) Bang-on-a-Can’s avant-garde marching band
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov: For You (2010)
  • The Dancer (2010), three solos choreographed for a film conceived and directed by Judy Dennis, based on the iconic dancer created by Jules Feiffer
  • Ballet Hispanico: Reverence (2008), Solo (1993)
  • singing in the dead of night (2008), (choreographer, stage direction) music composed by David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon for the music ensemble Eighth Blackbird, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
  • Book of Longing (2007), a Philip Glass song cycle set to the poetry of Leonard Cohen, Rose Theater, Lincoln Center Festival
  • Juilliard School: Working Memory (2004), Name by Name (2007)
  • Montreal Danse: Lines from Memory (1995)
  • Lyon Opera Ballet: Central Figure (1994)
  • Frankfurt Ballet: In Medias Res (1989)
  • Boston Ballet: Overture (1987)
  • Groupe de Récherche Chorégraphique de l'Opéra de Paris (GRCOP): Gifts (1986)
  • CoDanceCo: Ward (1983)

Personal life

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Marshall is the daughter of feminist writer and activist Beverly R. Jones, co-author of The Florida Paper, and behavioral scientist and activist Marshall B. Jones. She was raised in Florida and Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband, Christopher Renino, and son, Nicholas Renino.

Awards and honors

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  • 2013: Reflection Grant from Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 National Dance Project/New England Foundation for the Arts
  • 2006: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for Cloudless[5]
  • 2002: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
  • 2000: MacArthur "Genius" Award[6]
  • 1997: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for Les Enfants Terribles [7]
  • 1995: Dance Magazine Award[8]
  • 1993: Brandeis University Creative Arts Citation [9]
  • 1990: Guggenheim Fellowship [10]
  • 1986: American Choreographer Award [11]
  • 1985: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship [12]
  • 1985-1992: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships [13]
  • 1998 – 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Grants[14]
  • 1985: New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement for premier season at Dance Theater Workshop [15]

References

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  1. ^ "Susan Marshall".
  2. ^ "Timeline — SUSAN MARSHALL & COMPANY". www.sumac.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-30.
  3. ^ "Susan Marshall".
  4. ^ "About — SUSAN MARSHALL & COMPANY". www.sumac.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16.
  5. ^ https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/
  6. ^ The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "MacArthur Fellows July 2000". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  7. ^ https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/
  8. ^ "Dance Magazine Awards". 16 October 2015.
  9. ^ Bremser, Martha; Sanders, Lorna (2011-03-15). Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136828324.
  10. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Susan Marshall".
  11. ^ "Acclaimed choreographer Susan Marshall brings 'Cloudless' to Edison - the Source - Washington University in St. Louis". 19 March 2008.
  12. ^ Bremser, Martha; Sanders, Lorna (2011-03-15). Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136828324.
  13. ^ Bremser, Martha; Sanders, Lorna (2011-03-15). Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136828324.
  14. ^ Bremser, Martha; Sanders, Lorna (2011-03-15). Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136828324.
  15. ^ https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/susan-marshall/
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