About: Sarah Swenson

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Sarah Swenson is an American modern dance choreographer, dancer, and teacher. She trained in early modern dance forms, and later studied postmodern dance. She began her career in the late 1980s in New York City. Swenson began as a student and later, a teacher at the Alvin Ailey School, and was Rehearsal Director and Performance Coach for the Alvin Ailey Student Performance Group, for which she created her first works. She was also the Associate Artistic Director of Seraphim Dance Theatre, founded by the late Raymond C. Harris.

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  • Sarah Swenson is an American modern dance choreographer, dancer, and teacher. She trained in early modern dance forms, and later studied postmodern dance. She began her career in the late 1980s in New York City. Swenson began as a student and later, a teacher at the Alvin Ailey School, and was Rehearsal Director and Performance Coach for the Alvin Ailey Student Performance Group, for which she created her first works. She was also the Associate Artistic Director of Seraphim Dance Theatre, founded by the late Raymond C. Harris. From 2004 to 2011, Swenson collaborated with Simone Forti, before she became a principal stager for Forti's 1960s opus Dance Constructions in 2012, and then International Project Coordinator, following their 2015 acquisition by the Museum of Modern Art. Swenson also works as a director for New York-based choreographer Heidi Latsky’s On Display, a global movement installation that brings disability into public focus. (en)
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  • Sarah Lucille Swenson (en)
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  • Sarah Lucille Swenson (en)
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  • Sarah Swenson (en)
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  • Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher, and Artistic Director (en)
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  • Sarah Swenson is an American modern dance choreographer, dancer, and teacher. She trained in early modern dance forms, and later studied postmodern dance. She began her career in the late 1980s in New York City. Swenson began as a student and later, a teacher at the Alvin Ailey School, and was Rehearsal Director and Performance Coach for the Alvin Ailey Student Performance Group, for which she created her first works. She was also the Associate Artistic Director of Seraphim Dance Theatre, founded by the late Raymond C. Harris. (en)
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