History
Selected Engagements |
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| 2019 | The O'Shaughnessy: Women of Substance WILDFLOWERS, Twin Cities, MN |
| O Black Madonna Photography Installation Riga Performance Art Festival: Starptelpa, Riga, Latvia | |
B. MADONNA, Riga Performance Art Festival Starptelpa, Riga, Latvia |
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| 2018 | La MaMa/Irish Arts Center, WILDFLOWERS, NYC |
| 2017 | National University of Ireland Residency, Galway, Ireland |
| Global Arts Live/ICA, B. Madonna, Boston, MA | |
| 2016 | Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland |
| Sacatar AIR, Photography Installation, Itaparica, Brazil | |
| 2015 | Women of Substance Series, O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, St. Paul, MN |
| 2014 | FILO Festival, Black Madonna, Brazil |
| 2013 | La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre, NYC |
| 2012 | NPN Performing Americas Tour: Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay |
| 2011 | Cleveland Museum of Art -VIVA! Series, Ohio |
| Teatro San Nicolò, Spoleto, Italy | |
| 2010 | Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta, NY |
| Kazuo Ohno Studio, Yokohama, Japan | |
| Seoul Institute of the Arts, South Korea | |
| 2009 | Cleveland Museum of Art -VIVA! Series, OH |
| Dances from Home Installation, LaMama LaGalleria, NYC |
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| Contemporary Dance Theatre, Cincinnati, OH | |
| University of Cincinnati CCM, Cincinnati, OH | |
| Brown University/RISD, Providence, RI | |
| Mercado Cultural, Salvador Brazil | |
| 2008 | Jacob’s Pillow Festival, Becket, MA |
| Seoul Institute of the Arts, South Korea | |
| Symphony Space, New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Institute of Contemporary Art, |
| World Music-CRASHart, Boston | |
| Flynn Center for the Perfoming Arts, Vermont | |
| Kaatsbaan Int’l Dance Center Tivoli, NY | |
| 2006 | Dance Federal University, Bahia, Brazil |
| Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY | |
| 2005 | Dance Federal University, Bahia, Brazil |
| Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY | |
| National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia | |
| Vancouver International Dance Festival 2005, Vancouver, BC |
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| Oglethorpe University, Conant Performing Arts Center Atlanta, GA |
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| FILO, Festival International de Londrina, Teatro Ouro Verde, Londrina, Brazil |
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| Mostra Internacional de Teatro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY | |
| La MaMa ETC, NYC | |
| Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY | |
| Fulbright Residency, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia | |
| XXVII Internacional Festival de Teatro, Teatro Los Fundadores Manizales, Colombia |
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| Trinity/La MaMa Program, NYC, NY | |
| Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli, New York | |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York | |
| Mercado Cultural, Castro Alves Theater, Bahia, Brazil | |
| National Performance Network Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida | |
| 2004 | 5-College Residential Arts Residency, Amherst, MA |
| Emerson Majestic Theater, CRASH ARTS, Boston, MA |
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| National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia |
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| 2004 Vancouver International Dance Festival, Vancouver, BC | |
| Oglethorpe University, Conant Performing Arts Center, Atlanta, GA |
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| La MaMa ETC, New York, NY |
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| Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY) | |
| Trinity/La Mama Performing Arts Program, New York, NY | |
| Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli, NY | |
| Dance Federal University, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 2003 | Cowles Visiting Artist Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
| Barbara Barker Theater, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY |
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| Italy: Spoleto Festival | |
| XXV Festival Latinoamericano, De Teatro De Manizales |
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| Danza Contemporanea Medellin 2003 Medellin and Barranquilla, Colombia |
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| Trinity/La MaMa Residency, NYC | |
| International Festival of Korea, Seoul, Korea |
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| Flynn Center for the Arts, Burlington, VT | |
| National Performance Network Conference, Chicago, Il |
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| Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli, NY |
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| 2002 | Austin Arts Center, Hartford, CT |
| NPN Creation Residency, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH |
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| Emerson Majestic Theater, Boston, MA | |
| Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |
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| Kyoto Arts Center, Artist in Residence Program Kyoto, Japan |
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| Pumpkin Hollow Arts Center, Upstate, NY | |
| University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Dance Division, Cincinnati, OH |
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| Contemporary Dance Theater, Cincinnati, OH | |
| Trinity La–Mama Residency, NYC | |
| IV Mercado Cultural. Salvador–Bahia, Brazil | |
| National Performance Network, Annual Meeting–Artist Retreat | |
| 2001 | NEA Japan–US Creative Artist Residency, Japan |
| Kazuo Ohno Studio, Yokohama, Japan | |
| Saison Foundation, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY | |
| Teatro Jorge Elicer Gaitan, American Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia |
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| Mother–Child Residency, Medellin, Colombia | |
| Trinity/LaMaMa Residency, NYC | |
| NYU Tisch School of the Arts Residency | |
| The Carolina Theater, NPN Artists Presenters Conference, Durham, North Carolina |
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| 2000 | Main State Theater, UC Santa Cruz, CA |
| NYU Tisch School of the Arts Residency | |
| Jarson–Kaplan Theater, Contemporary Dance Theater, Cincinnati OH |
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| Hennepin Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Trinity/LaMaMa, NYC | |
| The Juilliard School Residency, NYC | |
| Dorothy U. Dalton Center, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI |
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| LaMaMa Residency, NYC | |
| Dance on Camera Festival - Mother and Child | |
| 1999 | The Julliard School, NY |
| Colorado College, Colorado Springs | |
| Medellin, Colombia, 99 Festival | |
| Bogotá, Colombia, 99 Festival | |
| Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago | |
| Franklin & marshall College, PA | |
| Bucknell University, PA | |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Art | |
| Pine Lake Environmental Center Performing Arts Series | |
| Babson College, MA | |
| Germany: Oldenburg Internationale Ballett-Tage | |
| 1998 | The Kitchen, NYC |
| Five College dance Dept. | |
| U of Mass, Amherst, MA | |
| Italy: Spoleto | |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | |
| Medellin, Colombia, 98 Festival | |
| NYU Tisch School of the Arts Residency | |
| 1997 | NYU Tisch School of the Arts Residency |
| Italy: Palermo di Scena international Festival | |
| Pennsylvania Presenter Conference | |
| Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY) | |
| Italy: La Casa Dei Doganieri (Bari) | |
| Germany: Tollwood Festival (Munich) | |
| Russia: MIMOS '97 Festival | |
| LaMaMa workshops | |
| Trinity/La MaMa workshops | |
| Orensanz Foundaiton, NYC | |
| Zoellner Arts Center, PA | |
| 1996 | Pittsburgh Dance Council |
| NYU Tisch School of the Arts Residency | |
| Franco Parenti Theater (Milan, Italy) | |
| Iceland: Reykjavik Arts Festival | |
| 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance project (New York) | |
| Maison Ds Cultures du Monde (Paris) | |
| Italy: La Casa Dei Doganieri (Bari) | |
| France: International Mime Festival (Perigueux) | |
| 1995 | Italy: Spoleto Festival |
| Mexico: Jose Limon Dance Festival | |
| First San Francisco Butoh Festival shared evening with Akira Kaisai |
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| Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY) | |
| LaMaMa/Workshop (New York) | |
| NYU Tisch School of the Arts Residency | |
| Philadelphia Museum | |
| Ohio State University | |
| Ballet Met (Columbus, OH) | |
| New Arts Festival (Fort Myers, FL) | |
| 1994 | NYU Tisch School of the Arts Residency |
| Dance at the Edge (Baltimore, MD) | |
| Cleveland Performance Art Festival | |
| Venezuela: Encuentro International | |
| Bates Dance Vestival (Lewiston, ME) | |
| Italy: Milano d'Estate International Festival | |
| 1993 | LaMaMa E.T.C. (New York) |
| Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY) | |
| Movement Theater International (Philadelphia) | |
| Italy: Milan Oltre Festival | |
| Italy: International Festival Voyage a Roma | |
| Italy: Modena Bosch Vestival | |
| 1992 | Cleveland Performance Art Festival |
| Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY) | |
| Pittsburgh Dance Council | |
| 1991 | Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY) |
| LaMaMa E.T.C. (New York) a shared evening of solo performance with Yoshito Ohno |
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| 1990 | Community Education Center (Philadelphia) |
| Japan: 1990 Butoh Festival (Tokyo)* | |
| Dance at the Edge (Baltimore, MD) | |
| *organized by Akiko Motofuji (wife of Tatsumi Hijikata). These three days of performances and presentations of rare films by Tatsumi Hijikata involved performances by Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno, Min Tanaka and numerous others. Maureen Fleming performed her original butoh inspired work 'Axis Mundi' and was the only foreigner invited to perform in this memorable event. Tears fell on both sides of the stage. | |
| 1989 | LaMaMa E.T.C. (New York) |
| John Drew Theater (South Hampton) | |
| 1988 | Creative Time (New York) |
| 1979 | Henry Street Settlement "In Honor of the Child" |
Letters of Recommendation |
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Grants and Awards |
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| 2021 | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 2020 | Dance/NYC’s Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund |
| 2019 | Culture Ireland |
| Fulbright Latvia | |
| 2017 | Fulbright Ireland |
| Irish Arts Council | |
| 2016 | Fulbright Ireland |
| USArtists International | |
| 2015 | National Endowment for the Arts: Art Works |
| 2013 | National Endowment for the Arts: Art Works |
| O'Connor Foundation | |
| Mertz-Gilmore Foundation | |
| 2012 | NPN Performing Americas Tour: |
| Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay | |
| 2011 | Fulbright Commission - South Korea |
| 2010 | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| O'Connor Foundation | |
| 2009 | USArtists International - Brazil |
| Manhattan Cultural Council - Dances From Home Installation - NYC | |
| 2008 | National Performance Network Community Fund |
| Seoul Institute for the Arts Artist in Residence | |
| 2007 | Fulbright Commission - South Korea |
| National Performance Network Community Fund | |
| Japan Foundation: Performing Arts Japan | |
| Asian Cultural Council | |
| 2006 | Fulbright Commission - South Korea |
| National Performance Network Creation Fund | |
| 2005 | Fulbright Commission - Colombia |
| NYSCA Decentralization | |
| 2004 | National Endowment for the Arts - Creativity |
| Greenwall Foundation | |
| Asian Cultural Council | |
| Sacatar Foundation | |
| 2003 | Performing Americas Tour |
| Fund for US Artists at International Festivals | |
| Japan Foundation-Performing Arts Japan | |
| 2002 | Japan Foundation-Performing Arts Japan |
| Fund for US Artists at International Festivals | |
| 2001 | National Endowment for the Arts- Creativity |
| NEA-Japan/US Creative Artists' Commission | |
| Fund for US Artists at International Festivals | |
| Doris Duke Charitable Trust | |
| National Performance Network Creation Fund | |
| 2000 | New England Foundation for the Arts-Touring Grant |
| 1999 | New England Foundation for the Arts-Touring Grant |
| Fund for US Artists at International Festivals | |
| 1998 | Greenwall Foundation |
| Puffin Foundation | |
| Sequoia Foundation | |
| Rockefeller Foundation M.A.P. Grant | |
| 1997 | New England Foundation/National Dance Project |
| Rockefeller Foundation/Multi-Arts Production Fund | |
| New York State Council on the Arts/Decentralization | |
| New York Foundation for the Arts/Performance Art | |
| 1996 | Fund for US Artists at International Festivals |
| National Performance Network Creation Fund | |
| Harkness Foundations for Dance | |
| Sequoia Foundation | |
| New York State Council on the Arts/Decentralization | |
| 1995 | Fund for US Artists at International Festivals |
| National Endowment for the Arts Choreography | |
| 1994 | Fund for US Artists at International Festivals |
| National Endowment for the Arts Choreography | |
| Mid-Atlantic Touring Grant | |
| 1993 | Fund for US Artists at International Festivals |
| 1992 | Meet the Composer/Composer-Choreography Project |
| Mary Flagler Charitable Trust | |
| Harkness Foundations for Dance | |
| Mid-Atlantic Touring Grant | |
| 1991 | Dewar's Profile Performance Arts Award |
| 1990 | New York Foundation for the Arts/Performance Art |
| Mid-Atlantic Touring Grant | |
| Asian Cultural Council Grant | |
| 1980 | Creative Artists Program Service (CAPS) Choreography |
Choreography: The Immortal Rose
Photo: Lois Greenfield