MARY OVERLIE

'Mary Overlie' has had a long career as a performer, choreographer, teacher and theater collaborator, working extensively in both the United States and Europe. She has worked with Paul Langland, and Nina Martin as well as Wendell Beavers who formed her core company from 1976 to 1980. She has collaborated with theatre directors Lawrence Sachrow, Lee Breuer, JoAnne Akailitis, Brian Jucha and Anne Bogart. Some of these collaborations have won Obies, one of New York's prestigious off-broadway theatre awards.
Ms. Overlie is a founder of: Danspace at St. Mark's Church, a dance presenting organization and theatre in New York; Movement Research, a dance co-operative now in its twenty fifth year of operation, sponsoring workshops and presenting performances serving the community of New York City dancers; The Experimental Theatre Wing, a studio in Tisch School of the Arts' undergraduate drama department; The Pro Series, experimental dance workshops designed for the Tanz Wochen the summer dance festival of Vienna.
She is currently teaching at the Experimental Theatre Wing, working on a book for The Six Viewpoints, designing a certificate program for The Six Viewpoints, and performing occasionally.

Contents

2001 ARREST

'CREDITS'

' Director, Arts Insitutes'

'Founder'

'Design'

'Teaching'

'Grants and Awards'

'Choroegraphic Commissions'

'Education'

'Dance Companies'

'Choreography'

'Collaboration/Dance'

'Collaboration/Theater'

Related Links

2001 ARREST

Known for her political activism, Ms. Overlie was arrested by New York City Police shortly after the 9/11 attacks when she was discovered in the act of spray-painting the words "Capitalist Pigs" on the rubble of the World Trade Center.

'CREDITS'

' Director, Arts Insitutes'

'1991 - 1997'---Vienna--Pro Series Workshops, Internationale Tanz Wochen Wien
'1989 - 1991'---New York--Experimental Theater Wing, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
A theater school which began developing an education for performers and directors in the movement, acting, and voice reflecting the evolution of postmodern arts philosophy which began in the sixties with companies like Polish Theater Lab, Growtowsly, Foreman, Wooster Group.
'1985 - 1987'---Paris--Experimental Theater Wing , NYU. Paris ETW was developed as a one year option for ETW students. The location made it possible for ETW to have access to European theater tech in the context of American avant garde theater studies.

'Founder'

'1998'---Six Viewpoints International Institute Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
'1990'---Pro Series Internationale Tanz Wochen WienVienna, Austria (co-founders Suzanne Linke, Karin Saporta, Ismale Ivo)
'1978'---Movement Research New York City (co-founders Cynthia Hedstrom, Wendell Beavers Danny Lepkoff, Christian Svane, Richard Kerry)
'1978'---Danspace St. Mark's Church, New York City (co-founder Barbara Dilly)

'Design'

'2004 - 1978'---'Six Viewpoints'--developed a conceptual articulation for postmodern performance and a teaching system that is applicable to directing, choreographing, dancing, acting, improvisation, and analysis. The Six Viewpoints has been adopted as a basis for the core curriculum at ETW at NYU. In January, 1998, there was a national conference on the Viewpoints held in New York, sponsored by NYU, Pace University and Stage Directors and Choreographer Foundation. The theory of this work was finally completed in 2003.
'1994'--'Postmodern Dance School'--A cross-technical design for a four year dance education and two year teacher training program commissioned by the International Tanz Wochen Wien and the Austrian Government.
Never implemented.

'Teaching'

'1978 - 2004'---faculty; Experimental Theater Wing, Tisch School of the Arts , Undergraduate Drama, New York University, New York
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'1988 - 1999'---faculty; Internationale Tanz Wochen Wien
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'1988 - 2002'---guest faculty; European Dance Development Center, Arnhem, Netherlands
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'1986 - 1987'---guest faculty; School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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'1992 - 1997'---guest faculty; Hogh School for Art Classical Dance Accadame, Arnhem, Netherlands
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'1988 - 1997'---Dansens Hus, Danish Professional Dance Center Copenhagen, Denmark
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★ Postmodern Technique: a combination of Hamilton Floor Barre, Cunningham exercises, ballet, Contact Improvisation and Body Mind Centering information; Six Viewpoints Improvisation , Composition and Analysis''

'Grants and Awards'

'1998'---Bessie dance award, for life time contribution to dance
'1995'---Arnhem City Council Grant, "On Site Arnhem"
'1989'---Danish Cultural Ministry, "Project Grant"
'1986'---NEA/Dance, choreographic fellowship grant
'1984'---Bessie, for creation of the Studies Project of Movement Research
'1979'---Caps Grant

'Choroegraphic Commissions'

'1998'---Experimental Theater Wing; New York University, New York City
'1996, 95, 94, 92'---European Dance Development Center; Arnhem, Netherlands
'1992'---Montana Ballet; Bozeman, Montana
'1990, 88, 79, 78'---The Kitchen Center for Video, Music and Dance; New York City
'1984, 76-'--Danspace at St. Mark's Church; New York City
'1981'---Dance Theater Workshop; New York City
'1977'---The Bunch Theater Festival; New York City

'Education'

'1995'---Dance Video Workshop with Merce Cunningham
'1994'---Technique and Composition workshop with Suzanne Linke
'1984 - 1980'---private ballet classes and floor barre with Jean Hamilton
'1979 - 1973'---Ballet and alignment with Francis Cott
'1979 - 1979'---Body Mind Centering with Beth Goren
'1975 - 1972'---Contact Improvisation with Steve Paxton
'1972 - 1968'---Barbara Dilley, Yvonne Rainer
'1970 - 1965'---Cunningham Technique with Margret Jenkins
'1966 - 1968'---Martha Graham Technique with David Wood and two workshops with Martha Graham
'1966 - 1964'---Jose Limon technique with Anne Swearingen and Betty Jones
'1964 -1955'---ballet and improvisation with Harvey Jung, in Montana (a former New York City OperaBallet Company Member) Graduated high school in 1964 from Bozeman High School in Bozeman Montana.

'Dance Companies'

'1998 - 1985'---Freelance Choreographer/ Denmark, Holland, Austria
'1985 - 1978'---Mary Overlie Dance Company New York
'1978 - 1975'---Judy Padow Dance Company/ New York
'1975 - 1970'---Natural History of the American Dancer/New York
'1969 - 1966'---Jan Lapiner Dance Company/ Berkeley
'1969 -1968'---San Francisco Mime Troupe/ San Francisco
'1969'---Anne Swearingen Dance Company/ San Francisco
'1969'---Teresa Dickensen Dance Company/ San Francisco

'Choreography'

'1998'---NYU/Tisch Theater, New York - "We Have Nothing To Say and We Are Saying It"
'1998'---Danspace at St. Mark's Church, New York - "Location Of Love"
'1998'---Burgh Theater, Vienna - "Location of Love"
'1997'---Concert Hall, Arnhem - "Remake of History"
'1996'---EDDC, Arhenm and a tour of Germany - "Dances For Prepared Bodies"
'1995'---Eden's Express Way, New York - "No Angels No Apes", "Glassed Imaginations"

'1992'---EDDC, Arnhem - "Country"
'1990'---The Kitchen, New York - "Flight of Desire"
'1989'---International Tanz Wochen Wien - "Small Dance II"
'1988'---The Kitchen Center, New York - "Blind Bird Box Dance", "The Muses"
'1987'---outdoor site Montana - "Prairie Dance"
'1987'---outdoor sites, Paris - improvisation ensemble
'1987'---Experimental Theater Wing, Paris - "The Restaurant"
'1986'---Espace Kiron, Paris - Solo Repertory, "Skies over America"
'1984'---Danspace, St. Mark's Church, New York - "Small Dance", "Richard Serra Dance", "Tap Dance"
'1983'---American Center, Paris - Repertory
'1983'---The Kitchen Center, New York - "Hero II", "History", "Wallpaper II"
'1981'---Dance Theater Workshop, New York - "Adam and Eve"
'1980'---Vehicule Gallery, Montreal - "Swan Literary Duet"
'1980'---New York University, New York - "Wallpaper", "Paper Waltz"
'1979'---Museum of Modern Art, New York - "The Figure II"
'1979'---The Kitchen Center, New York - "Hero"
'1978'---Museum of Modern Art, New York - "The Figure"
'1978'---The Kitchen Center, New York - Painters Dream"
'1977'---Bunch Festival, Intermedia Theater, New York - "Possibility of Personal Failure", "Flower Garden"
'1977'---Robert Freidus Gallery, New York - "Cartoon Coordinations"
'1977'---Holly Solomon Gallery, New York - "Window Pieces", "Glassed Imaginations II", "Glassed Imaginations"
'1976'---St. Mark's Church, New York - "Adam", "To Be Announced", "Wash", "Small Dance"
'1972'---Fire House Theater, San Francisco - "Free Delivery"
'1972'---Berkley Art Museum, Berkeley - "Free Delivery"
'1972'---Portland State College, Portland - "Free Delivery"

'Collaboration/Dance'

'1993 - 2000'---Wendell Beavers, Paul Langland; Danspace, St. Mark's Church, New York Judson Church, Columbia University, Simon Forti Studio, Francis Alenikoff Studio
'1993'---Cathy Weiss; European Dance Development Center, Arnhem--Video Dance Project
'1993'---Wendell Beavers, Paul Langland; Eden's Expressway, New York - Improvisation
'1988'---Paul Langland; Performance Festival School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam - "Coffee"
'1988'---Wendell Beavers, Paul Langland; Performance Festival School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam-Improvisation
'1979'---Contact community; St. Mark's Church, New York - Contact Concert
'1977'---Daniel Lepkoff, Christine Svane, members of the contact community; WHERE - Contact Concert
'1977'---WITH WHOM; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York - Improvisation, Contact Concert
'1974'---The Natural History; St. Mark's Church, New York - Improvisation
'1974'---Rachel Lew, Cynthia Hedstrom; Artists House, New York - "Falling"
'1973'---The Natural History; Artists House, New York - Improvisation
'1973'---The Natural History; Emma Willard School, New York - Improvisation
'1973'---The Natural History; Rutgers University, New Brunswick - Improvisation
'1973'---The Natural History; Dance Circle, Boston - Improvisation
'1972'---Jani Novak; The Fire House, San Francisco - "Mabeline"
'1972'---The Natural History; The Whitney Museum, New York - Improvisation
'1972'---The Natural History; Bennington College, Bennington - Improvisation
'1972'---The Natural History; Kirkland Art Centre, New York - Improvisation
'1972'---Lincoln Scott; PLACE, New York - "Raft"
'1972'---Grand Union Performance, 122, Green St. Gallery, New York NAMES
'1971'---Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith; Castellie Gallerie, New York - First Contact Concert

'Collaboration/Theater'

'1999 - 2000'---Lee Breur, Mass Moka, Massachusetts, "Red Beads"
'1986'---Anne Bogart; New York University, New York - "South Pacific" (Bessie Award)
'1985'---Lawrence Sacrow; Lama, New York - "Madness of the Day"
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'1984'---Anne Bogart; on location in New York City - "Artouist"
'1983'---Joanne Akilitis; Public Theater, New York - "Dead End Kids"
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'1979'---Lee Breur, David Warrilow; Public Theater, New York - "The Lost Ones"
'1978'---Joanne Akilitis; Public Theater, New York - "Dressed Like An Egg"
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'1977'---Joanne Akilitis; Public Theater, New York - "Cascando"
'1975'---Lee Breuer, Mabou Mines; Connecticut College, New London--"Saint and the Football Players"
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★ These productions were awarded Obies''

Related Links

The Six Viewpoints Website
Mabou Mines
Experimental Theatre Wing