Distinguished Alumni: Tamara Riewe

Modern Dance

Tamara Riewe has just retired from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, where she danced professionally since 2006. She has danced with many companies in the U.S. and internationally, including Bill Young/Colleen Thomas & Dancers, Keith Johnson/Dancers and Steeldance, and has appeared twice at the Metropolitan Opera House in works choreographed by Doug Varone. During her time at the U (BFA Modern Dance ’01), she experienced an accident, which sharpened her drive to become a professional dancer and spurred her to find the soul within the body. This, she says, gave her a sense of purpose that later informed both her teaching and performing.