About Carolyn Lord
Carolyn Lord teaches the movement fundamentals of ballet as well as the basic concepts of its technically demanding system. Ballet developed as a theatrical art form while its technique became an internally logical and closed system. The principles of this system are taught with an eye to ballet’s history and its place in the current cultural landscape.
Education
M.M. Music Composition (Studied with David Tcimpidis)
Mannes College of Music (1993)
B.A. Slavic Languages
University of Chicago (1965)
OTHER STUDIES Ballet
Allegro American Ballet School – Chicago (Robert Lunnon and Doreen Tempest from the British Royal Ballet)
Vincenzo Celli (a protégé of Enrico Cecchetti)
New York City Ballet School of American Ballet
Richard Thomas and Barbara Fallis
Modern Dance
Merce Cunningham Studio
CHOREOGRAPHY Over sixty dances choreographed since 1970 including: Full Length Solos:
The Secret Life of Rosie Miller (1972) Washington Square Church
The Devil’s Revenge and Other Essays (1972) The Construction Company
The Theory and Practice of Miss America (1973) Theater Genesis
Full Length Duets:
Soft Barricade (with Steven Witt) (1977) 70 Grand Street
My House/Rated X (with Richard Michaels) (1978) The Construction Company
Full Length Works for Carolyn Lord and Dancers:
The Mystic Writings of Paul Revere (1975) La Mama ETC
Fantasy Variations (1979) Entermedia Theater
Jargon (1983) Ohio Theater
Mass Transit (1985) St. Mark’s Church
Classic Moves (1989) Marymount Manhattan Theater
Ballet Studies (2001) Merce Cunningham Studio
Solos for Others:
Iphigenia (for Kari Richardson) (1995) Merce Cunningham Studio
Bangles and Seeds (3 solos with percussion instruments for Linda Seifert, Rebekah Windmiller, Kari Richardson) (1996) University Settlement House
from Johnny Johnson (for Emily Stone) (2005) Trisha Brown Studio
Black Bird (for Jeffrey Bauer) (2006) City Center Studios
Other Works:
Black Dress (1971) Merce Cunningham Studio
Reflections on the French Revolution (1973) The New School
Spy/Counterspy (1979) Chicago Contemporary Dance Theater
Night Moves (1991) Merce Cunningham Studio
Off-the-Wall (1996) University Settlement House
Sorry, Igor (1998) The Construction Company
DANCE PERFORMANCE
Twyla Tharp Dance Company
Barbara Gardner Construction Company
Trocadero Gloxinia Ballet Company
Guest Artist:
Sally Silvers Dance Company
Bryan Hayes Dance Company
Kenneth King & Dancers
Marjorie Gamso’s Energy Crisis
New York Ballet Experiment
MUSIC
Music compositions for voice, for various solo instruments, as well as for various chamber ensembles have been performed at Greenwich House Music School, Mannes College of Music, Music Under Construction, Dia Art Foundation, Eden’s Expressway, Joyce Soho, Hunter College, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, St. Peter’s Church, Merkin Concert Hall and in six cities in Belgium. Scores have been composed for choreographers Ariane Anthony, Bryan Hayes, Tina Croll and Jeffrey Bauer. Current project is a full-length opera, Oedipus at Colonus, with video production design by Andrew Gurian.
THEATER
Choreographer, Performer
The Playhouse of the Ridiculous – John Vaccaro
Persia (Bernard Roth)
Satyricon (Paul Foster)
The Magic Show of Dr. Ma-Gico (Ken Bernard)
La Bohemia (John Vaccaro)
PRODUCING
Since 1993 - Executive Director of The Construction Company, a not-for-profit arts organization in Manhattan that produces music and dance concerts and art exhibitions.
