Distinguished Alumni: Stephan Koplowitz

Modern Dance

Stephan Koplowitz is a director/choreographer/media artist known for his work on the concert stage (works of dance/theater/text) and for creating original site-specific multi-media works for architecturally significant sites. His choreography, whether for site or stage is infused with a sense of the human condition and aims to alter audiences perspectives on what is dance, who can dance and where one can dance.

He is the recipient of a 2004 Alpert Award in the Arts (Dance), a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography in addition to a 2000 New York Dance and Performance Award, “Bessie” for “Sustained Achievement” in Choreography. Koplowitz is also the recipient of six National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowships from (1988-97).