Joanna Kotze
2011 Swing Space Resident, 14 Wall Street, Vault
Photo: Ian Douglas
Joanna Kotze began creating her own work in 2004. In New York, she has shown work at Danspace Project’s Food for Thought, Dance New Amsterdam, Movement Research at the Judson Church, the 92nd Street Y, WAXworks and as part of Soho20 Gallery's Savior Faire Fall 2010 Performance Series with artist Asuka Goto. She has also choreographed several works for Miami University's Dance Theatre. She was a 2010 recipient of a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant and a 2010 Choreographers' Project Fellow at Summer Stages Dance in Concord, MA. This fellowship culminated in presenting a new piece at the Boston Institute for Contemporary Art. Joanna has danced with Wally Cardona since 2000 performing throughout NYC (including the BAM's Next Wave Festival) the United States, Canada, Europe and Mexico. She also currently dances for Kimberly Bartosik/daela, Netta Yerushalmy and Daniel Charon. Since moving to NYC in 1998 she has also danced for the Metropolitan Opera including their works by Doug Varone, Nina Winthrop (including a solo role in an opera performed at the National Theater in Belgrade and at BAM's Next Wave Festival), Mimi Garrard Dance Theater, and Company Appels. Joanna is on faculty at Movement Research and has studied Klein technique with Barbara Mahler since 2003. Her current duet in progress will be presented in its entirety by Dance New Amsterdam June 23-26 2011 as part of their spring Splice program. Joanna is originally from South Africa, has a BA in Architecture from Miami University ('98) and is a freelance architectural model builder.
New York City is full of layers, overlapping, simultaneity. How many people know that dance is happening in an old bank vault two or three stories below their feet? Quartet: Minute, Day, Year will explore the intimacy and mystery of individuals and their relationships in a non-stop, constantly demanding place to exist on a daily basis.
