Seniors Get Down | Community Workshop
Sunday, August 4
Lisa Race performed, choreographed and taught in NYC for many years before moving in 2004 to Connecticut, where she is a Professor of Dance at Connecticut College. She danced with David Dorfman Dance from 1989-2000, having received a Bessie in 1995 for her dancing with the company. She then took a pause when her and Dorfman’s son was young before rejoining the company in 2013. Under the guise of RaceDance, her choreography was seen at the former Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project, Dancenow and MR at the Judson Church while in NYC. She has been fortunate to teach at Bates, ADF and ImPulsTanz dance festivals multiple times, and has given classes and workshops at many locations around the globe. Race has collaborated with Shawn Hove on three dance films, and is currently in the midst of a mediated video collaboration with Hove and Rachel Boggia, for a solo she is creating centered on Race’s mother Beverly (1920-2022) for performances at Connecticut College in September ‘24. The evening, which will be shared with Kendra Portier, will also feature a duet Race and Jennifer Nugent created in 2001, which is being restaged on Portier and Christina Robson.