Rosalind Newman

Rosalind Newman (born November 12, 1946) is an internationally acclaimed choreographer who has created a body of over 70 works.

Newman's original New York City company, Rosalind Newman and Dancers, had major seasons in New York at the Joyce Theater and Dance Theater Workshop. The company toured the US and Europe performing in many prestigious international festivals and venues such as Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Paris International Dance Festival, Holland Festival, the Dance Umbrella and Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. The company received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and foundations. Choreographer Tere O’Connor danced with Newman's company before beginning his own career as a choreographer.

Founding artistic director and choreographer of Dance HK/NY in Hong Kong, the company had successful seasons in Hong Kong and on international tours to Taiwan and the United States, including New York. Support came from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Asian Cultural Council, and Shanghai Tang.

As a senior lecturer in modern dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts works choreographed for the Academy dance ensembles were performed in Hong Kong and toured to festivals in Korea, India, the Philippines, China, Australia, France, Czechoslovakia and the US.

Newman has also set her works on a number of companies including London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Diversions Dance in Wales. She has taught widely as guest artist and teacher at the Western Australia Academy for Performing Arts, Rotterdam Dance Academy, Dance Forum/Taipei, Guangdong Modern Dance Company/China, and London Contemporary Dance School.

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