Noemi Lapzeson Explained

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]

Life

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Noemi Lapzeson profile. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. 24 April 2016. 2 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Schweizer Tanz- und Choreografie-Preis – PreisträgerInnen. Schweizer Tanz- und Choreografie-Preis - Stiftung Corymbo, Annette-Ringier-Fonds. 2 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161023144110/http://tanzpreis.ch/preistraeger_innen.php?read_group=7. 23 October 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: NOEMI LAPZESON, UNA BAILARINA DE 63 AÑOS. Danza Ballet. 15 March 2008. es. 2 June 2016.
  4. Web site: Harby . Bill . 2 August 2020 . A stroll through Swiss history at Geneva's Cemetery of Kings . 2022-03-15 . SWI swissinfo.ch . en.