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Paulette Sears
Concentration(s): Modern dance, Labanotation,
Laban Movement Studies
Paulette Sears has created over fifty dances during
her professional career. Her work has been produced
at Joyce Soho, Cunningham Studio, Symphony Space, P.S.
122, Eden's Expressway, and the Nikolais-Louis Choreospace.
She has been recognized at regional American College
Dance Festivals, and been funded by The New Jersey State
Council on the Arts/Department of State with a Choreography
Fellowship.
She has taught in Europe, and was twice invited to
teach in Hungary. Her most recent international performance
was given in Brazil. In addition to her university-based
teaching, she has also taught at the Dance Notation
Bureau, the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies,
and the Omega Institute.
She has performed in works by Claire Porter as part
of the 40Up Project at St. Mark's Church and at Joyce
Soho. She was invited to perform in the dancenow Festival,
and was also a community performer with Mikhail Baryshnikov's
White Oak Dance Project.
She holds an undergraduate degree in English from
Vassar College, a graduate degree in dance from Mills
College, and a certificate in Laban Movement Studies
from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies.
She also has extensive experience in movement re-education
and Pilates based training.
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