Noemi Lapzeson

Noemi Lapzeson (28 June 1940, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 11 January 2018, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Argentine dancer, choreographer and educator. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship for the field of choreography in 1999.[1]

In 2002 Lapzeson was the first recipient of the Swiss Prize for Dance.[2]

Life

Lapzeson as a child began to study the dance method of Jacques Dalcroze (1865-1950).[3] When she was 14 her mother brought her to study with Ana Itelman.[3]

She won a scholarship from the Juilliard School.[3] There she studied classical dance, but she returned to contemporary dance in order to study under American teacher Martha Graham. By the age of 19 she danced and was a teacher at Graham's dance company in New York. Lapzeson helped to create the London Contemporary Dance School in 1968.[3]

References
  1. "Noemi Lapzeson profile". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. "Schweizer Tanz- und Choreografie-Preis – PreisträgerInnen". Schweizer Tanz- und Choreografie-Preis - Stiftung Corymbo, Annette-Ringier-Fonds. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. "NOEMI LAPZESON, UNA BAILARINA DE 63 AÑOS". Danza Ballet (in Spanish). 15 March 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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