Choreographer

Richard Move

Choreographer, performer, director, filmmaker

Born 1901 · New York CityUnited States
Richard Move
Image: Photograph by Philip Habib · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Richard Move is an American choreographer, born in 1901 in New York City.

Biography

Richard Move is an American choreographer, dancer, performing artist, director, and filmmaker. They are the Artistic Director of MoveOpolis! and Move- It! Productions. Move is known for their interest in Martha Graham and the ability to recreate her performances. They are a TEDGlobal Oxford Fellow and was named 1 of 12 TED Fellows who inspire by producing art that confronts social injustice, and provokes action. Move is Assistant Arts Professor at New York University in the Tisch School of the Arts’ Department of Dance.

In 2018, Move was Artist in Residence at Pratt Institute and Monash University’s MADA (Monash Art, Design and Architecture) Artist in Residence in Melbourne, Australia. From 2014 – 2019, Move served as Assistant Professor of Dance in the Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance at Queens College, CUNY and from 2012-2014, as Lecturer in Design at Yale School of Drama.

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Contemporaries

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