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Maresa
von Stockert studied contemporary dance at Laban
and continued her studies in the US when she won a scholarship
to attend Sarah Lawrence, the famous liberal arts college
in Brooklyn that boasts actors, choreographers, artists and
directors among its alumnae. She graduated with an MFA
in Dance and Choreography in 1996 then moved to the UK to
establish her own company. She has received wide recognition
and a number of prestigious awards including Time Out, Jerwood,
Bonnie Bird - for her work that stands out through its combination
of striking imagery, visual theatricality and a movement language
that is sometimes beautifully subtle, sometimes disturbingly
brutal.
Works
include the critically acclaimed Grim(m) Desires,
(commissioned in 2004 by The Wapping Project and the Jerwood
Charity). Marjorie's World Unhinged 2006-7 introduced
spoken word, video and an original score. In 2007-8 Maresa
created Glacier, a journey through a picture book
of existential fears and desires inspired by personal reactions
to environmental change. And in 2009 TrAPPED was
a truly thought provoking journey through a world peppered
with surveillance cameras and yes-men.
www.tilted.org.uk |
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Maresa von Stockert
  
Marjorie's World TrAPPED Glacier
Unhinged |
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