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Updated 9/21/2023

Sara Smith

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Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

 

Sara Smith (they/she) is a transdisciplinary choreographer and librarian. Sara works across a range of creative practices to explore the interconnected poetics and politics of embodied research and knowledge. Sara also writes and presents on the intersection of librarianship, art, and social justice, and from 2010-2017 was the Editor of KINEBAGO, a forum for writing by and about New England dance makers and movement researchers.

Sara is a recent recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship award in Choreography, and has also received support from The LEF Foundation, Maine Arts Commission, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Puffin Foundation, and residency fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Hewnoaks, and The American Antiquarian Society.

Sara collaborates with other performing and visual artists, most regularly with writer and interdisciplinary artist Karinne Keithley Syers and visual artist Gina Siepel. Sara's performances and other works have been seen and heard at venues throughout the U.S., including 33 Hawley, Amherst College, A.P.E. Gallery, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, The Chocolate Factory, Experiments in Cinema, Green Street Studios, HERE Arts Center, HOT! Festival, Joyce SoHo, Ladyfest Los Angeles, Mildred's Lane, Movement Gallery, the San Francisco International Film Festival, SPACE Gallery, The Puppet Lab at St. Ann’s Warehouse, and Vermont Performance Lab, among others. 

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Sara Smith (they/she)
Job Title: choreographer/transdisciplinary artist
Address:
Greenfield, MA 01301

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Exhibitions
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 6

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Artists

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Puffin Foundation Grant (2023)
  • Hewnoaks residency (2018)
  • New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) tour-planning grant (2017)
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship award for choreography (2016)
  • American Antiquarian Society Creative Research Fellowship (2015)
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Finalist award for choreography (2014)
  • Yaddo residency fellowship (2012)
  • LEF New England Foundation Contemporary Work Fund Grant (2008)
  • Maine Arts Commission Good Idea Grant (2007)
  • MacDowell Colony residency fellowship (2006)
  • Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Grant (2000)

Awards

Awards:

  • Puffin Foundation Grant (2023)
  • Hewnoaks residency (2018)
  • New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) tour-planning grant (2017)
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship award for choreography (2016)
  • American Antiquarian Society Creative Research Fellowship (2015)
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Finalist award for choreography (2014)
  • Yaddo residency fellowship (2012)
  • LEF New England Foundation Contemporary Work Fund Grant (2008)
  • Maine Arts Commission Good Idea Grant (2007)
  • MacDowell Colony residency fellowship (2006)
  • Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Grant (2000)

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • School / University
  • Private Studio
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue

Ages Served:

  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance
  • Media

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • School / University
  • Private Studio
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue

Ages Served:

  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance
  • Media

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Performances can be produced at various levels, from low-budget to full-tech, with at least 15 x 15 ft. performance area required.

Fee Range:

$500 - $10,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

8