| Noemi Lapzeson | |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Death Date: | 11 January 2018 |
| Death Place: | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Occupation: | dancer, choreographer, educator |
Noemi Lia 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]
Lapzeson as a child began to study movement through the Jaques-Dalcroze method.[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]
In Geneva, Noemi Lapsezon taught Technique corporelle in the Institute Jaques-Dalcroze. She was also instrumental in the creation of the ADC (Association of Contemporary Dance for its acronym in French). She is said to be a pioneer for contemporary dance in Geneva.
Lapzeson is buried at the Cimetière des Rois (Cemetery of Kings), which is considered the Genevan Panthéon.[4]