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Carolyn Carlson (born 1943) is an American contemporary dance choreographer, performer, and poet. She is of Finnish descent.〔(Bill Marshall and Cristina Johnston 2005. ''France and the Americas: culture, politics, and history, a multidisciplinary encyclopedia.'' Volume 3. ABC-CLIO. Pages 213–214 )〕 She is the director of the ''Centre Chorégraphique National'' in Roubaix and of the ''Atelier de Paris'' at ''La Cartoucherie de Vincennes'' in Paris. She was awarded the title of ''Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres'' of the French Republic. ==Career== She initially studied dance at the San Francisco School of Ballet and at Utah University. In 1965 she joined the Alwin Nikolaïs dance company in New York becoming an outstanding dancer of the company.〔Atelier de Paris Carolyn Carlson (())〕 In 1968 she won the International Dance Festival in Paris as Best Dancer (Meilleur Danseur).〔The New York Times, December 3, 1968 ((Article preview ))〕 In 1971 she joined the Anne Béranger dance company and in 1972 she presented ''Rituel pour un rêve mort'' at the Avignon Festival. Successively she was invited to join the London School of Contemporary Dance as an instructor, performer and choreographer. In 1974 she met Rolf Liebermann and was invited to join the ''Opéra de Paris'' as a choreographer. In 1975 she directed the ''Groupe de Recherches Théâtrales'' (GRTOP). Creations of this period include ''Density 21,5'' ; ''The Architects'' ; ''This, that and the other''; ''Slow, heavy and blue''. Beginning 1974 she taught her improvisation and composition techniques in masterclasses held at the rotonde of the Opéra. In 1980 she was at the 'Teatro la Fenice' in Venice. Works of this period include ''Undici Onde''; ''Underwood''; ''Blue Lady''. In 1985 she was back in Paris where she performed at the 'Théâtre de la Ville' presenting ''Dark'' ; ''Still Waters'' and other works. In 1991–1992 she was in Finland (''Elokuu'' ; ''Syyskuu'' ; ''Maa''). She also directed the Cullberg Ballet of Stockholm for two years (''Sub Rosa''). She presented several solo choreographies such as ''Blue Lady'' (1984), ''Vu d’ici'' (1995). Other works include choreographies for dancers such as Nina Hyvärinen, Talia Paz, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Tero Saarinen. In 1998, she won the Prix Benois de la Danse as choreographer. She was the director of the Dance sector of the Venice ''Biennale'' (Biennale Danza - Venice, Italy) from 1999 to 2002. Works there include ''Parabola'' (1999), ''Light Bringers'' (2000), ''J. Beuys Song'' (2001), ''Writings on water'' (2002). In Venice she opened the contemporary dance academy ''Accademia Isola Danza'' and created a festival. She has performed in improvisations with artists such as Larrio Ekson, Jorma Uotinen, Malou Airaudo, and with musicians such as Michel Portal, John Surman, René Aubry, Joachim Kuhn, Trilok Gurtu. She creates repertory pieces for Opéra de Paris (''Signes''), Opéra de Bordeaux (''Hydrogen Jukebox''). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carolyn Carlson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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