ONGOING PROJECT:  WESTERN DOOR/POWER TRAIL

Karen is a 2010 of a prestigious Artist Project Grant. Awarded by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, this grant will support the development of a new evening-length, multi-disciplinary, site-specific piece, Western Door/Power Trail. To learn more, follow the Western Door/Power Trail Blog.

January

Jan 15-18: National Dance Association’s Pedagogy Conference (Las Cruces, NM)

Karen will present an original research presentation: Developing Leadership and Creativity in the Technique Class and teach a master class in Intermediate Postmodern Contemporary Dance.

March

March 18-21: American College Dance Festival Southwest Regional Conference (Tempe, AZ)

April

April 17-19: National Dance Educator’s Board of Directors Meeting (Tempe, AZ)

April 22-24: Festival 2010 with A Ludwig Dance Theatre.

See the premiere of Karen’s newest work, a dance about Swatch watches, in this fun and innovative concert. For more information, please visit www.aludwigdance.org.

2009 EVENTS

January

Jan 7-17: Guest Artist Residency at Arcadia High School (Phoenix, AZ)

Karen set a new work on Arcadia High School’s Advanced Dance Students.

Jan 23-24: National Dance Education Organization’s Board of Directors Meeting (New York, NY)

February

Feb 7-13: Attakkalari India Biennial Festival (Bangalore, India)

Karen taught and performed her solo “Pausing at the Threshold” in this international festival alongside artists from around the world.

Feb 20-22: BFA Transitional Projects at ASU (Tempe, AZ)

Graduating student Rose Fisher performed Karen’s work, “Worth a Thousand Words.”

March

Mar 21: School of Music Percussion Studio Concert (Tempe, AZ)

Excerpts of “Twelve Squared” were performed. Choreographed in collaboration with Mary Fitzgerald.

April

Apr 28: Twelve Squared at ASU Art Museum (Tempe, AZ)

“Twelve Squared” is a collaborative piece developed by choreographers Karen Schupp and Mary Fitzgerald and ASU Percussion Professor JB Smith. Twelve musicians and twelve dancers performed in and around the ASU Art Museum in this site-specific work.

June

June 21-27: National Dance Education Organization’s Board of Director Meeting and National Conference (New York, NY)

Karen taught the Student Session on Release Technique Pedagogy. This session helped students incorporate ideas of movement efficiency, imagery, and other concepts of Release Technique into their own teaching practices.

September

Sept 13: American Dance Guild 2009 Festival (New York, NY)

Karen will performed Pausing at the Threshold as part of the ADG’s annual festival honoring Erik Hawkins and Donald McKayle. For more information, please visit www.americandanceguild.org

Sept 26: Back to Buffalo: An Alumni Dance Concert (Buffalo, NY)

Karen returned to Buffalo to perform in this fundraising concert for her alma mater, SUNY at Buffalo’s Department of Theatre and Dance. This was Karen’s first performance in Buffalo in over 10 years. For more information, please visit www.theatredance.buffalo.edu

Sept 27-Oct 2: SUNY at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance Residency (Buffalo, NY)

Karen set a new work on members of the Department’s Zodiaque Dance Company as well as taught master classes for the department and community.

October

October 21-25: SUNY at Buffalo’s Zodiaque Dance Company will performed Karen’s work, ‘Figure & Ground.’ For more information, please visit www.theatredance.buffalo.edu

Oct 24: High School Dance Experience. Karen will taught a master class in Postmodern Contemporary Technique for K-12 Dance Educators.