New York, NY
Born in 1951, Budapest, Hungary
Dancer, Choreographer
Although I have been in America since age five, the effects of growing up in a displaced household of mostly women remain with me, even now. I'm often surprised that the urge to somehow touch this dislocation continues to preoccupy me.
In my choreography, I want to build a vivid and evocative visual landscape in a delicately skewed and spare world. More than movement invention, my fascination lies in refining a physical language to reveal persona and mood. I'm haunted by small details.
For the past decade, I have had the wonderful privilege of sharing an intimate dialogue with and inhabiting dances in the clothing and set pieces of collaborating visual artist, Barbara Kilpatrick. My work has really been our work.
I cherish the rigor and odd luxury of everyday dance-work. Performing in, teaching, and seeing the dances of others in our community has been a deep pleasure and honor.
1969-1974 Attended Hunter College
1980- On-going teaching at: Trisha Brown Studio, Movement Research, and Hunter College
1984- 2004 Susan Rethorst
1980- 1986 Trisha Brown Dance Company
1977- 1980 Sara Rudner Performance Ensemble
2005 repair, collaboration with composer/performer Elise Kermani and visual artist, Barbara Kilpatrick; lighting by Carol Mullins, performed at Danspace Project, New York.
2003 Undoing, collaboration with visual artist Barbara Kilpatrick; sound by Elise Kermani, lighting by Chloe Brown, performed at Dance Theater Workshop, New York.
2000 Still Lives, collaboration with visual artist Barbara Kilpatrick; music by Kostas Kouris, lighting by Stan Pressner, performed at The Kitchen, New York.
1999 Solo with Props, Verbier Music Festival, Verbier, Switzerland.
1988 A Little Space of Intermediate Time, collaboration with visual artist Barbara Kilpatrick, performed at P.S. 122, New York.
2004 The Multi-Arts Production Fund (MAP) collaborative award with Elise Kermani and Barbara Kilpatrick
2003 New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie") with Barbara Kilpatrick for “Outstanding Creative Achievement" for Undoing
2001 Brain and Jennifer, commissioned by Arizona State University
2000 Days and Years, commissioned by New York, Budapest, and Vienna: Dialogues and Dances for Company Cie. 2 in 1
1985 New York Dance and Performance Award (“Bessie") for “Outstanding Creative Achievement" for dancing in the work of Trisha Brown
