Choreographer Tara Lorenzen Featured in the New York Times

Tara Lorenzen, visiting associate professor of dance and dance program director at Bard College, was featured in the New York Times in an article about Pelican, a newly reimagined version of the dance production by artist Robert Rauschenberg. Lorenzen choreographed the new version by the Trisha Brown Dance Company, drawing on archival video footage and photographs to retain a connection to the original while reinterpreting the performance. “I felt like we were going into this by breathing life into these photographs,” Lorenzen told the New York Times. “Pelican” makes use of roller skates, pointe shoes, and parachute wings, and features the former Merce Cunningham dancers Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener alongside a New York City Ballet soloist, Ashley Hod. “With parachutes attached to their backs, they balance on one side of their bicycle wheels and twirl. It’s like watching disembodied tutus,” writes Gia Kourlas for the New York Times. 

The Bard Dance Program sees the pursuit of artistry and intellect as a single endeavor, and fosters the discovery of a dance vocabulary that is meaningful to the dancer/choreographer and essential to their creative ambitions.

Post Date: 05-20-2026