 JANE COMFORT is a choreographer, writer, and director based in New York City. She began creating her own interdisciplinary work in 1978, and has since created more than 45 original dance theatre works for Jane Comfort and Company. She has been produced throughout the United States, and in Europe and Latin America, and has been cited as “one of the most original choreographers on the downtown scene" by The Village Voice. Noted for her use of language, Comfort has been described as "far ahead of the curve" in experimenting with the intersection of text and movement. She has collaborated with poets, composers, visual artists, puppeteers, video designers, and DJ’s. View Comfort’s collaborator profiles here 
Recently awarded a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship, Comfort has also been honored with a New York Dance and Performance/Bessie Award for Underground River, two New York Foundation for the Arts Awards, and a Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media Award for her collaborations with composer Joan La Barbara. View awards, commissions, and grants here.In addition to her company work, Comfort choreographs for theater and opera, and has worked with Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine, Michel Legrand, David Esbjornson, Francesca Zambello, and others. View Broadway/Theatre/Opera credits here View Jane Comfort Photo Gallery. "The guiding spirits behind the theater of mixed forms are often choreographers…Jane Comfort is one of the most fertile minds in this genre." - The New York Times |
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