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| Katarzyna (Kate) Skarpetowska |
Kate ( Katarzyna)Skarpetowska spent seven days as
artist-in-residence at the Fine Arts Center setting an excerpt of her work Love is for the Poets on the afternoon
dancers and teaching master classes to the morning dancers. She graduated in
Dance from the Julliard School before joining the Parsons Dance Company. She
has also performed with Battleworks Dance Company founded by Robert Battle and
with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company since 2007 and has continued to work as a
repetiteur and assistant to Lar Lubovitch.
Her piece Love is for
the Poets was commissioned by Marymount Manhattan and she has choreographed
for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater II, Richmond Ballet, Parsons Dance, Lar
Lubovitch, Buglisi Dance Theater, Hubbard Street 2 and Houston Metropolitan
Dance Company among others.
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| Rehearsal for Love is For the Poets (excerpt) |
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| Kate Skarpetowska rehearsing FAC Dancers |
In 2009 Kate co-designed and co-directed with Brian McGinnis
Romeo and Juliet-a death marked love commissioned by the Peace Center in
Greenville, SC. Brian McGinnis set two works of choreography on the FAC Dancers in October, 2014.
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| Kate Skarpetowska and Brian McGinnis in Romeo and Juliet in 2009 |
