Education

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1999​-2003 Double Major, B.A. in Dance B.A. in English, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, USA, Magna Cum Laude

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Experience

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2017

occasions for Tate Modern in the BMW Live Exhibition 10 days and 6 nights

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2016

occasions for McaM Shanghai

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occasions for Palais de Tokyo

solo show of occasions Dia Art Foundation 

 

assistant choroegrapher to Tino Sehgal, Paris Opera Ballet

 

2015
occasions for Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo

 

dancer in Gala by Jerome Bel, Hebbel Am Ufer

occasions for Tanz Im August Festival

12hr occasion for Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) Nuit Blanche (Toronto, Canada)

occasions for Gothenburg Biennial of Art

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2014
occasions for Liverpool Biennial

occasions for Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair

 

occasions for Kunsthalle Basel

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2013
interpreter in This Situation by Tino Sehgal, Irish Museum of Modern Art

workshop Flow Play: Sensualized​ Speech and Hip Hop, for Kampnagel, Hamburg

talk for Memory Marathon, MOUNTAIN GRASS, MOUNTAIN HARE: bodily imp​rinting and social dances, , Serpentine Galleries

codirector for GIANT with Ariel Efraim Ashbel, Acco Theater Festival

dancer in This Variation by Tino Sehgal, dOCUMENTA (13) Kassel

live art work, SYNTHETIC ACTION for Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church (NYC)

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2011
live art work, FLORIDA, Isabel Lewis, for Performance Mix Festival (NYC)

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2010
live art work, STRANGE ACTION, Isabel Lewis performed at PS122 (NYC), Arsenal Galeria Miejska (Poznan), FRESH group exhibition (Berlin)

 

2009
Opening, Isabel Lewis/LEWIS FOREVER performed at Martinski Fine Arts, Berlin Tyrant [heart] Destroyed,

 

Isabel Lewis/LEWIS FOREVER, New Museum (NYC)

 

2008
LEWIS FOREVER: Freak the Room, Isabel Lewis/LEWIS FOREVER presented by PS 122 in collaboration with Harlem Stage (NYC)

 

2007

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​THE LIVE PERFORMANCE by The Labor Union, Isabel Lewis/The Labor Union performed at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (NYC), Dance Theater Workshop (NYC), The Chocolate Factory (NYC)

 

CURATION/PRODUCTION/PROGRAMMING

2011
FOR THE TIME BEING 4 day performance assembly, Independent artist​ organized mini​festival of performance, discourse, and party

 

2009
ReImagining Utopia: Austria/NYC Dialogue (NYC,Vienna)
Artist Exchange facilitated and produced by Movement Research, Austrian Cultural Forum, Tanzquartier Wien

 

2007
Mov​ement Research Festival Spring 2007: ​Reverence (Irreverence) (NYC)

2005​-2009
Body Blend New Dance and Performance Series, Dixon Place (NYC)

 

2005
Movement Research Perfo​ rmance Journal #29: ​Improvisation is Dead/Long Live Improvisation (NYC)

 

2004
MR Festival 2004: ​Improvisation is Hard (NYC)

 

TEACHING

2012​ ​Guest Artist at Impulstanz (Vienna) teaching technique and improvisation

 

2011​ ​Guest Artist at Impulstanz (Vienna) teaching a combined theory and technique class 2010 Guest Artist at Universität der Künste (Berlin, Germany)

 

2007​-2010​ ​Guest Artist at Hollins University Dance Department (Roanoke, VA, USA) 2008 Visiting Artist Hunter College Masters Studio Art Program (NYC)

 

 

Grants & Awards

 

2010
Map Fund Grant Recipient for a project of LEWIS FOREVER produced by Dance New Amsterdam (NYC)

 

2009 Month​-long residency at New Museum with LEWIS FOREVER as part of RE:NEW RE:PLAY curated by Travis Chamberlain (NYC)

 

2008
Meeting Points Artist Exchange (Budapest): a four week exchange program between American and Hungarian artists, facilitated by Dance Theater Workshop (NYC) and Workshop Foundation (Budapest) ​2007

 

Pass It On Award for MR Festival Spring 2007: Reverence (Irreverence) (NYC)

 

2006
Artist in Residence (A.I.R.), Movement Research (NYC)
Fresh Tracks Residency Recipient, Dance Theater Workshop (NYC)

 

2005
Dance and Process fellowship curated by Miguel Gutierrez, The Kitchen (NYC)