Deborah Jinza Thayer

Deborah Jinza Thayer is an American award-winning choreographer, dancer, and artistic director of Movement Architecture, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

Thayer has created more than fifty original works.[1][2] Her conceptual pieces take over entire spaces,[3] transforming her performances into vividly illustrated “other worlds” to create dance theater that is both smart and architecturally sound.[4][5][6]

In recognition of her dance creativity and outstanding design, Thayer received a 2010 Sage Award.[7]

Early life

Deborah Jinza Thayer spent her first six years in Japan, relocated to New York City, and was raised in Brooklyn, New York.[8] She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University (1984),[1][8][9] trained in dance in New York City,[9] and received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from George Mason University (1997).[4][8] After receiving her master's degree, Thayer relocated to Minneapolis, where she manages a one on one movement training practice that incorporates the Global Somatics and Gyrotonic Expansion System.[2][8]

Honors

Thayer has received numerous awards and honors, including a Sage Award for Outstanding Design, “Ode to Dolly” (2010),[7][10] a Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grant “to create a full-length work in a modular format that can be presented in its entirety or in parts to initiate a national touring experience (2009),[11] a Music in Motion Award (2006),[2] and a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Choreographers (2004).[12] She has twice been a semi-finalist for France's Recontres Choregraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (Bagnolet),[4][9] and was an invited Guest Choreographer for the 15th Annual Minnesota Dance Festival (2003).[13]

Choreography

Thayer has presented her choreography and original works around the United States, most notably in Minneapolis, New York City, and the Washington, D.C. metro area.[9] Her work is frequently featured in the Minnesota Fringe Festival, sponsored by the Minnesota Dance Alliance,[4] and is strongly influenced by Laban Barientief Funadamentals (Karen Studd at GMW); Butoh (Maureen Fleming in NY); Vocal Dance (Patricia Bardi in Amsterdam); Global Somatics and Body-Mind Centering Approach (Suzanne River in Minneapolis); the International School of Theater Anthropology (Eugenio Barba in Copenhagen); and various movement theater techniques.[8]

Select original works

Quotable

References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3
  3. 1 2 Name (required) (2009-12-01). "Deborah Jinza Thayer: Ode to Dolly « 3-Minute Egg". 3minuteegg.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 10, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Shapiro, Linda (2007-10-03). "Deborah Jinza Thayer: Movement Architecture". City Pages. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Instructors". Zenondance.org. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  10. ↑ Peck, Claude (2010-09-15). "Sage Awards to Patrick Scully, Zenon, Penelope Freeh, Uri Sands, more.". StarTribune.com. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  11. ↑ "Minnesota State Arts Board". Arts.state.mn.us. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  14. ↑ Palmer, Caroline (2007-09-12). "Deborah Jinza Thayer Movement Architecture". City Pages. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  15. ↑ "WAC | Visual Arts | Exhibition | Franz Marc and The Blue Rider". Walkerart.org. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  16. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
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