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Lawrence Goldhuber
Back stage at Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

Lawrence Goldhuber (born February 7, 1961) is an American modern dancer, choreographer, and actor distinguished by his large size, 350 pounds.[1] He was a principal dancer in the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 1985-1995.[2], and went on to work with companies DV8 Physical Theater and Jan Fabre/Troublyn. Goldhuber received a New York Dance and Performance Award at the 1995 Bessie Awards [3].

Early life and education[edit]

Lawrence Goldhuber was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Glen Rock, New Jersey. As a child, he was involved in Israeli folk dancing at Cejwin Camps, Port Jervis, New York. He studied acting at the School For The Arts at Boston University from 1979-1982.

Career[edit]

Acting[edit]

Goldhuber has acted in both the theater and in commercials.[4] He studied acting with Peter Frisch and voice with Hal Schaeffer, culminating in performing A Dangerous Habit at Upstairs at Greene Street in NYC. In 2006 he acted in the play SWELL(ing) Relatives, by Valeria Vasilevski, at La Mama ETC[5]. In 2011, he played Officer Krupke for the Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance-along with West SIde Story. [6]

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company[edit]

Goldhuber first performed with Bill T. Jones in 1985 in the piece Holzer Duet... Truisms (with text by the word artist Jenny Holzer).[7] He joined the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company full time in 1987. Notable creations include D-man In The Waters, Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land[8] and Still/Here.[9] Still/Here was marked by controversy when the critic for the New Yorker Arlene Croce labeled it victim art without seeing it.[10] But prior to this it was stated by Newsweek Magazine’s Laura Shapiro that “its place among the landmarks of 20th-century dance seems assured”[11]

In addition to performing with the company, Goldhuber danced in several operas choreographed by Jones; Sir Michael Tippet's New Year (directed by Sir Peter Hall) for the Houston Grand Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and the BBC film version, Lost in the Stars for the Boston Lyric Opera, and Mother of Three Sons also at the Houston Grand Opera. Mr. Goldhuber has been seen in Alive TV's Still/Here, (as well as a Bill Moyers program about the piece), and PBS' Great Performances Dancing to The Promised Land. The company was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for DIFFA wearing costumes designed by Isaac Mizrahi.[12] He continues to make guest appearances with the company.[13] For his decade of work with the company he received a 1995 New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for sustained achievement.

Goldhuber & Latsky[edit]

After 7 years of dancing together in the Jones/Zane company, Heidi Latsky and Goldhuber created Goldhuber & Latsky with a debut at The Cannes International Festival de Danse. When the company made their New York debut, NY Times chief dance critic Anna Kisselgoff said, “they are now choreographers to watch in the future”.[14]

They were awarded commissions for new works from Performance Space 122, The American Dance Festival (Primus/Tamaris Fellowship in Choreography 1997),Teatro Libero Palermo, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris,Celebrate Brooklyn! and The Joyce Theater.

In 2015, after ten years apart, Goldhuber rejoined Heidi Latsky Dance at Montclair State University, Lincoln Center, and NYU.[15]

BIGMANARTS[edit]

Goldhuber established BIGMANARTS with When the World Smells Like Bacon in February 2001[16] and The Life and Times of Barry Goldhubris in February 2004.[17] at Performance Space 122, where he served on the Artist Advisory Committee from 2000-2004.

As choreographer for BIGMANARTS[18] he created Whose Broads Stripes on the steps of the Federal Hall National Memorial and Julius Caesar Superstar at Danspace Project in NYC [19]. He choreographed as well as performed in The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, commissioned by Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.[20] His season at Dance Theater Workshop in May 2007, included HOODY, a contemporary take on Little Red Riding Hood featuring Robert LaFosse and Arthur Aviles.[21]


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Goldhuber was invited to create (in collaboration with artist Marilene Oliver), direct, and perform in Body-ody-ody [22] seen by thousands of school children at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) in the Berkshires. Sleeping Giant (based on Daniel Duford's story and installation) with live music by Tin Hat also premiered at MASS MoCA in August, 2008, following a two week residency. The New York City season was performed at the Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center in October, 2008. His work TRELLIS premiered at the Abrons in May 2010. In October 2016, SMITE, a multi-site-specific Bible epic was performed at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens on Staten Island, featuring Robert LaFosse and Gus Solomons Jr.

Other notable collaborations[edit]

Lawrence was a featured performer at the legendary NYC downtown club Jackie 60.

Goldhuber helped create and appeared in The Cost of Living with British group DV8 Physical Theater at the Olympic Arts Festival in Sydney, followed by performances in London and Hong Kong.[23] He also was part of the creation and 26 city European tour with the Jan Fabre Troubleyn production Prometheus Landscape II in 2011.[24] Mr. Goldhuber performed with Meredith Monk in Ascension Variations at the Guggenheim Museum in NY, with Jerome Bel's The Show Must Go On at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Fred Ho's Journey Beyond the West at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, the title role in Golem for the Henson International Puppet Festival, and both Invisible Languages at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and Tales of Exile at Lincoln Center, with Ruby Shang Company.[25] In addition to several seasons performing with Keely Garfield in New York and London, he has worked with Mark Davis in Italy, Sherry Vine at Wigstock, Wallie Wolfgruber, Janet Lilly, among others.

Teaching[edit]

Lawrence has been a guest artist and teacher at the State University New York, Brockport in 2001, and the University of Texas, Dallas in 2005, and adjunct faculty twice at Manhattanville College (2015, 2017), choreographing works on the students. In 2008, he led the Bessie Schoenberg Lab in Choreography at Dance Theater Workshop (with Keely Garfield), and was a mentor to choreographers at Dance New Amsterdam in 2012. He has given master classes and lectures at Juilliard, New York University, Smith College, Sarah Lawrence, among others. He was on the summer faculty of Steps on Broadway in New York City several times.[26]

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships[edit]

In addition to the New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Award, Mr Goldhuber was named Best of the Year 1995 in The New York Times. In 1997, he received the American Dance Festival Scripps Primus/Tamaris Fellowship in Choreography (with Heidi Latsky). In 2002 he received a Fellowship in Choreography from NYFA as well as Best of the Year in Time Out New York. He is the recipient of funding from the Jerome Foundation, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, The Mayer Foundation, and Joyce Theater Foundation, the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, and New Music USA. His work has been commissioned by The Joyce Theater, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), Dance Theater Workshop, Lower Manhattan Culture Council (LMCC), Danspace Project, Performance Space 122, MASS MoCA, Abrons Arts Center and Jacob's Pillow among others. Goldhuber was an artist in residence at the Joyce Soho in 2005, and at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center for the 2007-8 season.

List of Commissioned Choreographic Works[edit]

  • 2017 The Agonizing Terror of Everyday Life Manhattanville College NY
  • 2016 SMITE, A Bible Epic Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens, Staten Island, NY
  • 2015 Life During Wartime Manhattanville College NY
  • 2014 Body-ody-ody Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA
  • 2010 TRELLIS Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
  • 2008 Sleeping Giant MASS MoCA,North Adams, MA & Abrons Arts Center, New York,NY
  • 2007 HOODY Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
  • 2005 Julius Caesar Superstar Danspace Project, New York, NY
  • 2005 NYTimes Square Dance University of Texas-Dallas, TX
  • 2003 The Life and Times of Barry Goldhubris PICA, Portland, OR & PS 122, NY, NY & Joyce Theater Fdn., NY, NY
  • 2002 What’s a Girl To Do? State University of New York (SUNY), Brockport, NY
  • 2001 A Match Made in Heaven State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport, NY
  • 2001 Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Beckett, MA
  • 2001 When The World Smells Like Bacon Performance Space 122, New York, NY
  • 2001 Dances With Wolves Performance Space 122, New York, NY
  • 2000 I Hate Modern Dance* The Joyce Theater, New York, NY
  • 1999 Just The Two Of Us* Celebrate Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
  • 1998 Soy (I Am)* 92nd Street Y-Harkness Dance Festival, New York, NY
  • 1998 I Before We* 92nd Street Y-Harkness Dance Festival, New York, NY
  • 1998 With Trepidation* Teatro Libero Palermo, Palermo, Italy
  • 1998 Worst Case Scenario* Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
  • 1997 Too Much, Too Little, Too Bad!* The American Dance Festival, Durham, NC
  • 1997 It’s Not What You Think (I,II,III)* Performance Space 122, New York, NY
  • 1993 It’s Not What You Think (Part I)* Cannes International Festival De Danse, France
  • 1990 Fieldpiece The Field, New York, NY

*co-choreographed by Goldhuber & Latsky

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (1998-10-01). "When a Dancer's Shape Surprises the Audience". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ Jones, Bill T. (1989). Body Against Body: The Dance and Other Collaborations of Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane. Station Hill Press. p. 135. ISBN 0-88268-0641. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Bessie Award Archive". The Bessies. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Goldhuber commercials". vimeo. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ "swell(ing) relatives". LaMama. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Celebrate Bklyn WSS intro". vimeo. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  7. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (1985-12-20). "The Dance: Bill T. Jones In Solos". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. ^ Jones, Bill T. (1995). Last Night on Earth. Pantheon Books. p. 220. ISBN 0-679-43926-9. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ Reynolds, Nancy & McCormick, Malcolm (2003). No Fixed Points. Yale University Press. p. 621. ISBN 0-300-09366-7. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Croce, Arlene (1994-12-26). "Discussing the Undiscussible". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. ^ Berso, Misha (1995-12-22). "Jones' Dance Launches Debate On `Victim Art". Seattle Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  12. ^ Dalva, Nancy & Miller,Abbott & Tarr,Patsy (1997). Dance Ink: Photographs. Chronicle Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 0-8118-1855-1. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Jowitt, Deborah (2013-04-01). "No Words". Arts Journal blog. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (1997-04-14). "The Tall and Short Of a Shifting Relationship". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  15. ^ Jowitt, Deborah (2015-04-17). "Beauty All Around". Arst Journal blog. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  16. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (2001-02-09). "A Tasty B.L.T., With Mayo, For a Meditator Writ Large". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  17. ^ Shapiro, Laura. "In Brief: The Life and Times of Barry Goldhubris". New York Magazine (Feb 23, 2004). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  18. ^ "Biography - Lawrence Goldhuber/BIGMANARTS". New York Live Arts. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  19. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (2005-05-14). "Julius Caesar and His Close Friend Lady Macbeth". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  20. ^ Reiter, Susan (2001-07-08). "Sins Are a Fine Way To Attract Dancers". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  21. ^ Baston, Quinn. "BIGMANARTS Hits the Broad Side of the Barn". OffOffOff.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  22. ^ "KIDSPACE Presents: Body-ody-ody". youtube. Mass MoCA. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  23. ^ Mackrell, Judith (2000-09-21). "Can We Afford This DV8". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  24. ^ Kourlas, Gia (2011-01-14). "Lawrence Goldhuber - Dance's Big Guy Talks Jan Fabre". Time Out. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  25. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (1989-07-18). "Pageantry in 'Tales of Exile' Marks French Bicentennial". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  26. ^ "Faculty Bio". Steps NYC. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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