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PATRICIA NOWOROL Info@Pnoworol.Com Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher PATRICIA NOWOROL www.PNDance.com [email protected] Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher Patricia Noworol Dance Theater - PNDT (Founder/ Artistic Director) EDUCATION NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Tisch School of the Arts, NYC * Masters of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography, 2008 FOLKWANG UNIVERSITY ESSEN, Germany * Masters in Dance Education, 2001 * Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance on Stage, 1999 LEE STRASBERG THEATER & FILM ISTITUTE, NYC * Part-time study, 2007-2008 MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE STUDIO, NYC * Full-time study, 2003-2005 MANNHEIN BALLETT ACADEMY OF DANCE *Full-time study, 1994- 1995 PALUCCA UNIVERSITY OF DANCE, Dresden Germany * Secondary School Diploma, 1994 AWARDS *2009, NYC --- Excellence Award for Outstanding Choreography for CIRCUITS at the 2009 NYC Fringe Festival; Selection from over 200 Shows * 2006-08, NYC --- Tisch School of the Arts, NYU Department of Dance Award / Scholarship * 2002, Düsseldorf, Germany --- Young Artist Award of the Ministry of Arts and Culture in NRW GRANTS, RESIDENCIES * 2011, NYC Residency at the DUO Theater - Multicultural Arts Center * 2010 - 2012 EUROPE Patricia’s Commissions, Residencies, Productions and PNDT German Tour were supported by the Major Public Organizations in GERMANY: POTTPORUS e.V. RENEGADE in Herne RUHR.2010 European Capital of Culture, Spitzenförderung NRW 2012-14 Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, The Federal Agency for Civic Education, Twins 2010 - Wave to community, Cultural Radio, Stadt Herne and Schauspielhaus Bochum POLAND: Edith Stein House in Wroclaw, Goethe-Institut Krakau * 2009, NYC Choreography Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council & New York City Department of Cultural Affairs * 2009, NYC Bessie Alumni Workshop Residency, NYU Tisch CHOREOGRAPHER (Dancer) for PNDT / SELECTED PERFORMANCES, NYC 2011-12 New Duo Sixth Annual Wave Rising Series Festival 92 St Y Buttenweiser Hall, 2012 Fete de l’Hurricane, 2012 2009 -10 Circuits GERMAN TOUR’10: Schauspielhaus Bochum, Pumpenhaus Muenster, KUZ Herne (part of the 6.Pottporus Festival, RUHR 2010) NYC SEASON‘09, International Fringe Festival;Robert Moss Theatre APAP NYC’10 at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre 2009 For four Bessie Alumni Tisch Dance, 5th Floor Theater, DancenOw & Fab Festival, DUO Theater, Dumbo Dance Festival 2008 Delirium NYC SEASON‘08, Atlas Theatre 2008- 09 Classical Mechanics SADC Concert-NYU Tisch Dance, DanceNow NYC, La MaMa Moves Dance Festival, Manhattan Movement Arts Center,the Hatch, American Dance Guild Festival 2008 Diario Di Un Pazzo MFA 2Concert NYU Tisch Dance, Atlas Theater, NYC Mal Abrite Atlas Theater, HATCH Presenting Series, NYC Profile Atlas Theater, NYC A bit about us Atlas Theater, NYC 2007- 08 Lustra MFA Concert - NYU Tisch Dance, Atlas Theater, Gala Benefit Performances at Dumbo Dance Festival 2007 You are perfect, my darling Choreographer, Composer & Designers Project, NYU Dance, Tisch School of the Arts, NYC DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHER - COMMISIONED PRODUCTIONS 2012- 13 IcKULTUR (?CULTURE) European Premiere: November 2012, Flottmannhallen Herne, Germany part of the 8th POTTPORUS Urban Street Art Festival US Premiere: June 2013, DanSpace Project, NYC 2010-11 Es geht um Sie Youth dance-theater production; part of the RUHR 2010.European Capital of Culture and Next Generation Project; Performed in: KUZ Herne, Schauspielhaus Bochum, 6.International Pottporus Festival Ruhr and 2011 Explosive! Intentional Festival in Bremen, Germany Homma Youth dance-theater production; part of the RUHR 2010.European Capital of Culture and Wave to Community Project, Germany Next Generation throughout the year performances for the Next Generation Project in NRW theaters(Essen, Bochum, Dortmund, Duisburg, Herne) venues: the Grillo- Theater Essen, Flottmannhallen Herne, among others. Events: Kick-off, So is the Future! Auf der Suche nach dem Gedächtnis des Ruhrgebiets (In Search of Memory of the Ruhr) Direction: Mirjam Strunk ; Choreography:Patricia Noworol; production of the Schauspielhaus in Bochum, Germany NACHT der JUGENDKULTUR RUHR (A Night of Youth Culture Festival) Performances in various theaters and Venues in NRW, Germany 2008 Classical Mechanics Second Avenue Dance Company, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NYC MODERN DANCER / SELECTED THEATER PERFORMANCES 2008-13 Performer in her own works with PNDT and selected commissioned works 2007- 08 Member of the Second Avenue Dance Company SADC 2008 Misplaced Histories La Mama E.T.C NYC Dir. Curt Haworth Happy Returns NYU Tisch Dance NYC Dir. Kay Cummings 2007 You Made Me a Monster Baryshnikov Arts Center NYC Dir. William Forsythe Perch New Dance Group,NYU Tisch NYC Dir.Clare Cook 2006 On Guard NYU, Tisch Dance NYC Dir.Deborah Jowitt Wonder Women NYU, Tisch Dance NYC Dir.Evangelos Paulinas Sanctuary & scrum Black& White Gallery NYC Dir.Noemie Lafrance 999 FAR Space NYC Dir.P.Noworol 1998 Le Sacre du Printemps (Understudy) Wuppertal Germany Dir.Pina Bausch Wumm Wumm Immer Theaters Essen, Remscheid Germany Dir.Jean L.Sasportses Mechanical Constructions Folkwang Theater Essen Germany Dir. Leonard Cruz 1995-97 Notizen vom 5.12.97 Folkwang Theater Essen Germany Dir.P. Noworol Was man so braucht Theaters Essen,Hamburg Germany Dir. MalouAiraudo Noche Flamenca Theaters in NRW Germany Dir.Alberto Alarcón Flamenco Seville Semper Opera Dresden Germany Dir.Brigitta L.Merki, COMMERCIAL WORK/ TV (Dancer, Model, Choreographer)- SELECTED SHOWS 2006–08 Deante Dance: fitness-dance technique (Urban Groups Production) Development, teaching & Infomercial Television Recordings, NYC Urban Rebounding Fitness Program, Infomercial Television Recordings, NYC 2003-06 Fashion Shows Production, Légere Agency, Berlin (Shows for:Esprit, Puma, Zara, Mango,Adidas,Benetton, among others). Shows were held throughout Germany 2002–03 Cruise Ship Acts, Performances on the MS Deutschland, MS Columbus & MS Europa Carnevalissimo & Carnival Hoch 3, Dancer for TV Shows (Channel ZDF), Germany TV Show Dancer for Singer DJ Ötzi, Deborah Sasson, Germany Western Magic Show, Warner Brothers Movie World, Germany 2000-01 Batman and Robin Show (Bat Girl and Poison Ivy) Warner Brothers Movie World, Germany SELECTED TEACHING AND OUTREACH 2011 WAVE RISINGS SERIES Festival (Repertory master workshop), NY 2009 Bessie Alumni Workshop Residency, NYU Tisch, NYC 2006 Deante Dance System Fusion Dance Fitness Class at the New Dance Group Arts Center, Martha Graham Dance Center, NYC 1998- 2010 Dance Teacher in Public and Private Dance Schools & Conservatories Classes were offered in Contemporary, Classical, Jazz, Composition, Improvisation, Flamenco cities: Essen, Muenster, Herne, Berlin, Germany RADIO & TV APPEARANCE 2013 Deutsche Welle, Germany TV Interview about Patricia’s collaboration with Renegade, Germany and her latest production ?Culture (displayed worldwide) 2011 Explosive! Intentional Festival, Bremen "Conversation about theater". Interview with Patricia about Dance Theater and the work process on the youth production Es Geht Um Sie 2010 WDR 3 Radio, Patricia holds an interview by about her work with the young dancers from the Next Generation Project, GERMANY 2009 TV Polonia Television Interview and artistic presentation about PND Production Circuits, displayed worldwide, NYC 2010 Pottblock Herne Podcast PND featured in Pottporus Festival, Germany 2009 Fringe Festival's Variety Podcast Interview about the new production Circuit,NYC 2008 TV Polonia Interview and artistic presentation about P.Noworol, displayed worldwide, NYC ACTRESS / SELECTED FILM WORK Alphabet (short) Anna/Lead Dir. D. Kelly, Artist House, Inc. NYC System (short) Lead Dir. A. Drogowska, Film Academy, NYC The Hunter and the Swan Swan Sister/ Supporting Dir. E. Carmichael/ Selection Sundance Festival This I love (short) Dancer / Supporting Dir. Ch.Hodel, NYU Tisch, NYC Audition Monologue: Catherine - “Suddenly last Summer” by T. Williams Elena - “Uncle Vanya” by A. Chekhov Salome - “Salome” by O. Wilde Georgie – “Spike Heels” by T. Rebeck ACTING TRANING Scene Study: G.Sardelli (NYU Tisch) I.Sandrey, T.Zurkowski (Lee Strasberg) Audition& Acting for Film/ TV: T.Crouse, B.Hopkins (Lee Strasberg) Speech: B.Baumer (Lee Strasberg, NYC) Voice: S.Pfeifer (private), Nora York (NYU Tisch), B.Baumer (Lee Strasberg, NYC) DANCE TRANING Classical Dance: A.Corvino, J.Villamil, J.Sutton, C. Lavagnino, J. Martin, J. Menendez, C.Phifer, A. M.Benati, B. Jotow, I. Pallai, B. Berstcher, P. Kapp, B. Otto,C. Neumeyer, M. Helliwel, C.Wrigh Contemporary & Modern Dance ( Limón, Joos- Leder, Laban, Bartenieff, Graham, Horton, Cunningham): M.Cunningham, G.Casel, G.Salomons Jr., A.E.Woods, J.Kellman, J. Cebron, L. Förster, M. Airaudo, L. Nye, D. Mercy, J. Willems, F. Cuchmann, D. Knapp, M. Lopez, C. Maxwell, M. Diekamp, J.Coogan, M.Myers, I.Wolfe and the faculty of the M. Cunningham Studio Jazz Dance and Hip-Hop: D. Wilems, R. Frey, R. Calheyros, and E. Tunnisen Contact Improvisation and Composition: P.Lamhut, G.Salomons jr., M.Airaudo, J. Sasportes, L.Cruz, B.Vorhan, A.Bridgman and M.Packer Folklore and Flamenco: A. Alarcón, R. M. Alarcón, B. L. Merki, M.Tuffin Graduate Dance History: D.Jowitt, P.Stockermann, J.Schmidt Stunt and Fitness Training: G. Evangelos, Jb Berns, among others Show Dance: E. Emanuelle, M. Teranova, among others Pilates: K. Grant, L.Ward, B.L.Crawford, among others ADDITIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS / SELECTED Thanztheater Pina Bausch, Le Sacre du Printemps /Understudy/, Germany NYU: Contemporary Dance Education, Dance for the Camera, NYC Hunter College: English as a Second Language, NYC Folkwang University Essen: Laban dance notation system,
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