Karen Jamieson

Karen Jamieson (born July 10, 1946) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]

Karen Jamieson
Born (1946-07-10) July 10, 1946
Vancouver, British Columbia
NationalityCanadian
EducationBachelor of Arts; University of British Columbia Dance; Simon Fraser University, independent study in New York

Career

In the early 1970s Jamieson moved to New York and performed with dancers Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, and Alwin Nikolais, and with choreographers Yvonne Rainer and Phyllis Lamhut. During her time in New York Jamieson studied classical modern dance techniques and began to develop her own choreography.[2]

Returning to Vancouver in 1974, Jamieson began teaching at Simon Fraser University (SFU). In 1975 she co-founded the experimental movement collective Terminal City Dance, where her reputation as a choreographer and dancer continued to grow. In 1980 she founded the Karen Jamieson Dance Company which features her choreography.[2] Since then, Jamieson has focused extensively on exploring dance as mythic thinking, and to creating a cross-cultural dialogue with First Nations artists.[3]

Jamieson began to work with residents of the Downtown Eastside in 2006, establishing a mentorship program for young dancers and choreographers.[4]

In 2016, she was recognized by the Isadora Award, "for her contribution to the overall development of dance in British Columbia and Canada,"[5]

As of 2017, she has created almost 100 dance works.[4]

Awards and honours
  • 1980 - Jean A. Chalmers choreographic award[6]
  • 2013 - City of Vancouver's Mayor's Arts Award for Dance[7]
  • 2016 - Isadora award for Excellence in Dance[8][4]
  • 2018 - Induction into the Encore! Dance Hall of Fame.[9]

See also

References
  1. Meyers, Deborah. "Saying what words can’t: Karen Jamieson explores the body within the body in a new dance solo". vancouversun.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017.
  2. "Karen Jamieson". vancouverartinthesixties.com. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  3. "Dialogue through dance: This new show is a conversation between Indigenous and European traditions | CBC Arts". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  4. "Dance artist Karen Jamieson receives Isadora Award". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  5. Zagar, Mirna. 2016 "Press release". The Dance Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
  6. Dangeli, Mique’l (April 2015). Dancing sovereignty : protocol and politics in northwest coast First Nations dance (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). The University of British Columbia. p. 55.
  7. Vancouver, City of (2016-09-26). "Mayor's Arts Award for Dance". vancouver.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  8. "Karen Jamieson Receives Isadora Award for Excellence in Dance". BC Alliance for Arts + Culture. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  9. "2018 Inductees". Dance Collection Danse. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
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