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In this profile, Dance faculty and longtime New York choreographer Tere O’Connor reflects on more than four decades of creating work that embraces ambiguity, complexity, and the unexpected turns of thought. Known for choreography that resists narrative and convention, O’Connor is now taking an unusually direct step: speaking to audiences before they see his newest work at New York Live Arts.
The article traces his evolution, from his early solo Construct-a-Guy in 1984 to the premiere of The Lace, and explores how intuition, identity, and a refusal to simplify have shaped his approach to dance. Along the way, we hear from collaborators, revisit New York’s experimental dance history, and consider what it means to create art in a changing landscape.
Read the full article in the New York Times: “Perplexed by Avant-Garde Dance? Let This Choreographer Explain.”