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2010 | "Sarah's Dance"- A collaboration between Steve Clorfeine and Sarah Stackhouse at Lifebridge Foundation. Music: Mompou, "Scenes D'enfants" played by Jenny Bates. May 2010. |
2007 -09 | See Trainings | |
2000-06 | Faculty, Dance Therapy Institute, Switzerland | |
Trainer, creative process workshops, Super-Computing Co., Zurich, Switzerland (ongoing) | ||
Trainer, theater workshops for teachers and students in art high schools, Cologne, Germany (ongoing) | ||
Created and performed “While I Was Dancing,” NYS | ||
Faculty, Creative Process, Shambhala Institute Authentic Leadership Conferences, Halifax, Canada | ||
Trainer, Creative Process, Unicon Mgmt. & Consultants and Really Good Consultants, Singapore | ||
Guest artist, American Center, New Delhi, India; Aarahon/Gurukul Theater, Nepal | ||
Co-founder, Sky Lake Lodge, Shambhala contemplative center, Rosendale, NY | ||
Director, International Shambhala Arts Council | ||
Publication of “In The Valley of the Gods,” Station Hill Press, non-fiction | ||
Publication of “Kathmandu Journal” and “Annapurna” 2 CD set (with musician Steve Gorn) | ||
Publication of “Field Road Sky” collection of poems, Codhill Press | ||
1996-99 | Consultant, Touchstone Center workshops on Imaginative Understanding | |
Consultant, Mid-Hudson Teachers Center, New Paltz | ||
Created and performed “Part Of My History”; “Tales From The Road” (with musician Steve Gorn); co-created the ensemble performance “Places Between Heaven and Earth” | ||
Performed in Samuel Beckett’s duet, “Act Without Words, Part II” | ||
Silver Bay Writers’ Association, Writer-in-Residence | ||
Featured reader in bookstores and libraries in NYS | ||
Featured performer in Jenn Ben-Yakov’s “Metropolitan (Life) Insurance,” Westbeth, NYC | ||
Publication of “Beginning Again,” collection of poems, The Advocate Press | ||
Book and video reviews for Parabola, Journal of Myth and Tradition | ||
3 month Buddhist Seminary meditation retreat in Bedford Springs, Pa. | ||
1992-95 | Theater residency work for Utah Arts Council | |
Los Angeles, Ca. Public Library, artist-in-residence | ||
Tours of “Sense and Nonsense,” NY, Conn., Colorado, Oregon, California | ||
Faculty, Amsterdam Theaterschool (S.N.D.O.), Holland | ||
Co-Director Naropa Institute Study Abroad Program, Nepal | ||
Grants from NYS Council on the Arts; grants from Poets and Writers (ongoing) | ||
Created and performed “Current Memories,” NYC, NYS, Colorado, California | ||
Adjunct faculty, State University of NY, New Paltz, Philosophy Dept. (courses on Creative Process) | ||
Featured performer in Dan Conroy’s “Quack,” Colorado | ||
1987-91 | Created “Disappeared” and “Sense and Nonsense” (w/Lanny Harrison) for Warren St. Performance Loft | |
“Sense and Nonsense” residency in Berlin, Germany and Amsterdam, Holland; tours in Holland, Germany, Colorado, NYC, and throughout NY State | ||
Acting Director Theater Dept., Naropa Institute, (1989-’91) | ||
Director Summer Program Dance and Theater, Naropa Institute (1991-’94) | ||
Began artist-in-residence work in NYC and NYS public schools (ongoing); Nat’l Endowment for the Humanities Artists’ and Scholars residencies, Westchester, NY high schools | ||
Guest faculty, Laura Simms’ Storytelling Residency; Guest Faculty, Ojai Foundation, Ca. |
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Began theater teaching tours in Europe (ongoing) | ||
Began teaching Shambhala Training programs (ongoing) | ||
Workshops at Omega Institute; NY Open Center | ||
1982-86 | Created “From The Dreamworld of Men” for Riverside Dance Festival, NYC; created “Port of Entry” for Creative Time/Art on the Beach, NYC | |
Received NY Foundation for the Arts Fellowship | ||
Conceived and directed Naropa East, an arts affiliate, NYC | ||
Art director & performer in Meredith Monk’s film “Ellis Island" | ||
“Rainer and the Knife” with Ping Chong at The Kitchen | ||
Movement coach for Jean-Claude Van Itallie's “Tibetan Book of the Dead,” LaMama, NYC | ||
Re-constructed costumes and performances for “Quarry” at BAM, NYC, Kennedy Center, Washington DC and Walker Arts Center, Mpls. | ||
OBIE award for “Quarry” company | ||
Artistic Director, Blue Serge Productions, a theater non-profit organization (ongoing) | ||
Began studies with Ada Brown Mather in classical theater | ||
1979-81 | First solo performances, “Blue Serge Suite,” St.Mark’s Church, NYC; Naropa Summer Institute; Warren St. Performance Loft | |
Toured “Fear and Loathing in Gotham” with Ping Chong/Fiji Co. in World Theatre Festival, France & Italy; at Guggenheim Museum & Dance Theater Workshop, NYC; WPA Washington, D.C.; Walker Arts Center, Mpls; Moming Arts Center, Chicago | ||
Month long meditation retreat at Karme-Choling, Vermont | ||
Completed Shambhala Training 2 year program | ||
1976-78 | Spring semester teaching at Naropa Institute year round program and Summer Institute | |
Created ensemble performance, “The Song of the Morrow” | ||
Toured with Meredith Monk in “Chacon,” Holland and France | ||
Began teaching at Movement Research, NYC | ||
Continued performing with Barbara Dilley (through 1984) | ||
Guest artist with The Illusion Theater Company of Minneapolis; 3 month residency and central and western U.S. tour | ||
Faculty, Naropa Summer Institute | ||
Began teaching theater workshops, NYC and New Paltz, NY (ongoing) | ||
1975-76 | Joined Meredith Monk’s company, The House; performed in “QUARRY” at LaMama Annex, NYC; toured “QUARRY” at Biennale Festival, Italy | |
Continued performing with Barbara Dilley | ||
Began teaching improvisation at The Naropa Summer Institute | ||
1974-75 | Inaugural performance at The Kitchen, NYC & Mandala Festival, Boston as a member of Barbara Dilley and Dancers | |
Began studies in T’ai Chi Ch’uan and in ballet and modern dance | ||
1973-74 | Director of Experimental Studies Dept. at the State University of NY/New Paltz. Produced The Ethnic Music and Dance Program, with 7 courses/semester; a bi-annual festival and performances. | |