Alison Becker Chase

Alison Becker Chase (born January 3, 1946) taught the dance class at Dartmouth that led to founding of Pilobolus Dance Theater in 1971. As a founding artistic director of Pilobolus she worked with the company from 1971 to 2006. She launched Momix with Moses Pendleton in 1980. She was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1980.

After leaving Pilobolus, she founded a new company, Apogee Arts, with a touring program called Alison Chase/Performance.[1] Apogee was commissioned to create a site specific performance at Settlement Quarry in Stonington, Maine in summer 2009 and 2010.[2] The formal company premiered November 19, 2010 at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono, Maine.[3][4] The company continues to perform and provides educational programming to schools in Maine.


Notes

  1. ^ "Current biography". Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  2. ^ "Duo serves up performance art unlike any other — Living — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine". www.bangordailynews.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Living/Brooksville-choreographer-to-debut-new-show-in-Orono,158695?print=1[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Show". Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-11-21.


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