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Elizabeth Lerman

Institute Professor
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
2002
Institute Professor
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
2002
Biography
Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker, and the recipient of numerous honors, including a 2002 MacArthur Genius Grant, a 2011 United States Artists Ford Fellowship in Dance, and a Deutsch Fellow. A key aspect of her artistry is opening her process to various publics from shipbuilders to physicists, construction workers to ballerinas, resulting in bothresearch and outcomes that are participatory, relevant, urgent, and usable by others. She founded Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in 1976 and cultivated the company's unique multi-generational ensemble into a leading force in contemporary dance until 2011.
She was an artist-in-residence and visiting lecturer at Harvard University in 2011, and her most recent work, "Healing Wars," toured across the US in 2014-15. Lerman conducts residencies on Critical Response Process, creative research, the intersection of art and science, and the building of narrative within dance performance at such institutions as Harvard University, Yale School of Drama, Wesleyan University, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the National Theatre Studio, among others. Her collection of essays, "Hiking the Horizontal: Field Notes from a Choreographer," was published in 2011 by Wesleyan University Press and released in paperback in 2014. In 2016, Lerman was named the first Institute Professor at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, where she is building a new ensemble lab focused on creative research.
Research Activity
- Tepper,Steven Jay*, Esser,Gregory M, Koppell,Jonathan, Lerman,Elizabeth A, Pinholster,Jacob Daniel. Higher Education and Creative Placemaking: Opportunities and Challenges in Building and Sustaining a New Field. ASUF(5/1/2016 - 10/31/2017).
- Pinholster,Jacob Daniel*, Esser,Gregory M, Lerman,Elizabeth A, Tepper,Steven Jay. CultureHub Phoenix. ASUF(4/1/2016 - 3/31/2018).
Courses
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 494 | Special Topics |
HDA 494 | Special Topics |
THP 494 | Special Topics |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 584 | Internship |
DCE 590 | Reading and Conference |
DCE 593 | Applied Project |
HDA 598 | Special Topics |
THP 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 361 | 3rd-Yr Creative Practices II |
HDA 494 | Special Topics |
DCE 494 | Special Topics |
THP 494 | Special Topics |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DSC 592 | Research |
HDA 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 598 | Special Topics |
THP 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 360 | Third-Yr Creative Practices I |
HDA 494 | Special Topics |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 584 | Internship |
DCE 590 | Reading and Conference |
DCE 593 | Applied Project |
THP 598 | Special Topics |
HDA 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HDA 494 | Special Topics |
DCE 494 | Special Topics |
THP 494 | Special Topics |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
HDA 598 | Special Topics |
THP 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
THF 125 | Orientation Film/Dance/Theatre |
DCE 460 | Transition Project I |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
Spring 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
THP 494 | Special Topics |
DCE 494 | Special Topics |
HDA 494 | Special Topics |
THP 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 598 | Special Topics |
HDA 598 | Special Topics |