Brian Lawson
assistant professor
Office: Dance Center 241
Telephone: 518-580-8375
Fax: 518-580-8356
Email: blawson@skidmore.edu
BRIAN LAWSON is a dance performer and educator who began dancing in Toronto, Canada. In 2005, he spent a year at Codarts in Rotterdam and subsequently began his degree at SUNY Purchase. While studying, he performed with Douglas Dunn and Dancers, Pam Tanowitz Dance and as a supplemental dancer for the Mark Morris Dance Group. He graduated summa cum laude from Purchase in 2010 with a B.F.A. in dance performance and received the President's Award in Modern Dance. He became a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group in 2011 and had thegreat pleasure of touring the United States and the world performing Morris' dances.
Brian earned his M.F.A. from the University of Washington in 2020 and subsequently joined the faculty at Cornish College of the Arts. At present, Lawson serves as an assistant professor of dance at Skidmore College. His artistic research is collaborative in nature and focuses on queering the ballet canon (with Adele Nickel) and exploring queer masculinities (with Aaron Loux.) He also engages in pedagogical research with regards to contemporary balletic practices. Brian is currently a member of Pam Tanowitz Dance, having originated roles in 鈥淪ong of Songs鈥� and 鈥淒ay For Night鈥� in recent seasons. He also continues to dance with MMDG as a guest artist.
Lawson enjoys teaching dance to diverse populations and has given masterclasses at
Purchase College, NYU Tisch, and the American Dance Festival among others. He acts
as a guest ballet teacher for the Jose Limon Dance Company, Mark Morris Dance Group,
and at Gibney Dance. Lawson is a longtime student at the Merce Cunningham school and
was certified as a teacher of the technique in 2020.
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