Bernard, Karen (1948–)
Bernard, Karen (1948–)
American dancer. Born Sept 14, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts; studied dance with her father and art at Boston Museum School; trained at School of Contemporary Dance in London (1969–72), and at the Merce Cunningham and Erick Hawkins studios in NY; also studied contact improvisation with David Woodberry.
Worked in kinesiology and ideokinesiology in New York; worked with David Tremlette on a conceptual project in London (1972); taught and performed with the Art Bus in New York City, a mobile workshop; began choreographing (1974), frequently in collaboration.
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