Sara Rudner (BA Barnard College; MFA Bennington College), after six decades of taking classes (ballet w/Slavenska, Farnsworth, Thomas/Fallis, modern dance w/ Sanasardo, post-modern dance w/ Cunningham, Brown, Ideokinesis w/Topf, Anatomy w/Dowd, Yoga, T’ai Chi); rehearsing (w/Tharp, Tharp @ Joffrey Ballet, Pilobolus, Sara Rudner Performance Ensemble); performing (national, international, big theaters, black boxes, Central Park, turf, dunes, and beaches); dance making (birthday solos, marathons, touring group choreography, collaborations w/Reitz, Baryshnikov, Janney); and teaching (adjunct Julliard, Tisch School, Barnard, and Bennington Colleges; tenured Sarah Lawrence College); dabbling as choreographer/performer in opera (Santa Fe Opera; Salzburg Festival); and performing in film (for Tharp: Amadeus, Ragtime; Dune Dance for Brown/Klosty), finds herself back where she began, dancing with friends.
