Katherine Ferrier, photo by Stephen Aubuchon
Katherine Ferrier is a dance artist/educator, poet and visual artist who has been improvising and making dances since the late ‘80s. She earned her B.A. in Dance and Women’s Studies from Middlebury College, and M.F.A. in Dance and Performance from Sarah Lawrence College. A co-founder of The Architects, an improvisational quartet with a collaborative performance history spanning nearly 20 years, she is also the founder and Artistic Director of Immediate Theatre, an ensemble of movers, musicians, video and visual artists, lighting and set designers, collaborating together to create spontaneous dance theater works. Guest artist positions include those at Durham School of the Arts, Meredith and Muhlenberg Colleges, Wesleyan University, and Movement Research/NYC. An improviser at heart, Katherine delights in composing in the moment, be it with fabric, found objects, words or bodies in motion, and her various forms of creative research continue to inform and provoke each other, becoming quantum partners in a life-long practice of paying attention. As a dance artist, she has performed and taught throughout the United States and Europe, and her one of a kind improvisational art quilts hang in over twenty private collections. Collaboration is a cornerstone of her work, and she thrives on the exciting alchemy of working with a variety of artists. Recent collaborators include: Pamela Vail, Jennifer Kayle, Lisa Gonzales, Christina Soriano, Courtney Greer, Miguel Gutierrez, Marcus Godwyn (England/Russia), Sini Haapalinna (Finland), Cinzia Fiaschi (Italy) and Nina Gasteva/Iguan Dance Theatre (Russia). Occasional observations on teaching, dance-making and collaboration show up on reports from the field, and there’s more than you ever wanted to know at katherineferrier.net
