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Updated 3/3/2020

Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion makes dance and dance theatre, often translating the poetic and humane within everyday lives into performance. These can be grand spectacles on-site or miniature dances that happen on table tops, as well as more traditional performances on stage. The company of dancers are adept in multiple techniques of movement and performance and span an age-range of five decades, creating a rarely seen dimension of humanity within a dance company.

Recent commissions, residencies and performances include a year long residency at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, site specifc work commissioned by Rose Kennedy Greenway at the Rings Fountain, at the Hatch Shell with Boston Landmarks Orchestra, commissioner of two works created by PDM to music of Bernstein and Copland; The Yard/Martha's Vineyard (Bessie Shonberg Fellowship), Jacob's Pillow, Gibney NYC, Pontine Movement Theatre/Portsmouth NH,   and "Everyday Cabaret" at the Boston Center for the Arts, where the company is a performing artist resident. Peter is the recipient of a Boston Foundation/Aliad Fund "Next Steps" grant, and two Creative City grants from NEFA: the first, a collaboration with immigrant voices with Villa Victoria Cultural Center, and the second, "From Stones to Rainbows: Gay to Queer Lives", in process over 2020, is creating a multi-faceted look at the dialogue among elder and younger LGBTQ+ community.

Artistic Director Peter DiMuro returned to Boston after touring internationally for 15 years, creating work for, performing with and serving as Artistic Director of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. His work has been commissioned by major presenters throughout the US, including his intergenerational LGTBQ inspired "Near/Far/In/Out" and "Gumdrops and the Funny Uncle", an alternative to the "Nutcracker" for families of choice, featuring the LGBTQ+ community.

Peter often speaks on dance, as a form of dance literacy and advocates for the field, and as consulted for dance and arts organizations (Ballet Trocadero de Monte Carlo, Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble) and corporate clients (Whole Foods). He is also Executive Director of The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA, a 7 studio/2 performance center of creation, study and performance. 

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Peter DiMuro
Job Title: Artistic Director/Choreographer/Director
Phone: 202 905 4662
Address:
96 Broadway #110
Boston, MA 02116

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2009

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2009

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Theater - Storytelling

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Artist Market
  • Arts Criticism / Journalism
  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts and Health
  • Community Arts
  • Consulting - Curatorial Services
  • Consulting - Organizational Capacity
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Curriculum Development
  • Funding
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Product Development Services
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
  • Residency - Production / Development
  • Residency - Other
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 8

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Veteran/Active Duty Military Personnel
  • Youth-At-Risk

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Dance/USA
  • Boston Dance Alliance
  • Network of Ensemble Theatres

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Dance/USA
  • Boston Dance Alliance
  • Network of Ensemble Theatres

Awards

Awards:

  • BCA Resident Company
  • Boston Dance Alliance Retreat and Residency Fellowship

Education

Education:

  • Drake University, BFA, Theatre
  • Connecticut College, MFA, Dance
  • American Dance Festival, professional study in NY, Boston

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering

Fee range:

$200 - $5,000

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering

Fee range:

$200 - $5,000

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • for stage: sprung floor; adaptable requirements depending on locations (site specific, out of doors, etc.)

Fee Range:

$800 - $18,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

12