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Nora Chipaumire

By leighannpettis

  • Birth

    Born in Zimbabwe

  • New York Dance and Performance (aka “Bessie”) Awardee

    2007 for her body of work with UBW—where she was a featured performer for six years and Associate Artistic Director in 2007-2008

  • New York Dance and Performance (aka “Bessie”) Awardee

    in 2008 for her dance-theater work, Chimurenga

  • Featured in dance film

    nora (Dir. Alla Kogan and David Hinton, 2009)

  • 2011 United States Artist Ford Fellow

  • Featured in dance film

    Cassa Cassa (dir. Elodie Lefebvre, 2011)

  • Alpert Award in the Arts recipient

  • Rite Riot

    75 minute solo rendering of The Rite of Spring

  • New York Dance and Performance (aka “Bessie”) Awardee

    in 2014 for the revival of her solo Dark Swan set as an ensemble piece on Urban Bush Women (UBW)

  • Doris Duke Artist

    Doris Duke Performing Artist Award

  • Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant recipient

  • Portrait of Myself as My Father

    National Performance Network Creation Fund Project