Career Highlights
KAROLE ARMITAGE
COMPANY DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER
Present: Artistic Director, Armitage Gone! Dance, New York, New York.
2016: Racliffe Fellowhip Harvard University.
2015: Simons Fellowship Kansas University.
2013: Choreographer New York Philharmonic production A Dancer's Dream. New York, New York.
2013: Choreographer Kansas City Ballet Making Energy Visible with composer/saxophonist, Bobby Watson, Kansas City, Mo.
2012: Choreographer Cirque du Soleil production Amaluna. World Tour.
2011: Choreographer New York Philharmonic production The Cunning Little Vixen. New York, New York.
2009: Tony Nominated Choreographer for the Broadway production of Hair. New York, New York.
2008: Broadway Choreographic debut, Passing Strange. New York, New York.
2004: Director, The Venice Biennale International Festival of Contemporary Dance. Venice, italy.
1999-2004: Resident Choreographer, Ballet de Lorraine. Nancy, France.
1996-2000: Director, Maggiodanza, the Florence Ballet. Florence, Italy.
1981-1989: Director, The Armitage Ballet. New York, New York.
ARMITAGE GONE! DANCE PRODUCTIONS
2015: On The Nature of Things. Text by Dr. Paul Ehrlich. Milstein Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
2012: Fables on Global Warming. awarded National Dance Project grant and Creative Residency at Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas.
2010: Three Theories. Armitage Gone! Dance. The Krannert Center. Urbana, illinois.
2009: Itutu with African pop band Burkina Electric; set by painter Philip Taaffe. Catania, Italy.
2009: Think Punk! revivals of Armitage classics with live music. New York, New York.
2009: Made in Naples commissioned by Napoli Teatro Festival for Teatro San Ferdinando. Naples, Italy.
2008: Connoissuers of Chaos- part 3 of The Dream Trilogy - set by David Salle. New York, New York.
2007: Ligeti Essays- part 2 of The Dream Trilogy - set by David Salle. New York, New York.
2004: Time is the echo of an axe within a wood- part 1 of The Dream Trilogy- set by David Salle. New York, New York.
GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER DANCE AND THEATER
2013: Pollock. Commisioned by Kansas City Ballet. Kansas City, Missouri.
2013: Choreographer A Winter’s Tale Nico Muhly co-production the McCarter Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre. Washington, DC.
2012: Choreographer Marie Antoinette co-production by Yale Repertory Theater and American Repertory Theater. Cambridge, Massachusettes.
2011: The Cunning Little Vixen. New York Philharmonic. Choreography. Directed by Doug Fitch. New York, New York.
2010: Brahms on Edge, The Washington Ballet. Washington, DC.
2009: Arctic Song, The Kansas City Ballet. Kansas City, Missouri.
2008: Between the Clock and the Bed, Ballet of the Stadttheater Bern, Switzerland.
2007: Gran Partita. Ballet Rambert. London, England.
2001: Rave. Ballet de Lorraine. Opéra de Nancy, Nancy, France.
2000: Schrodinger’s Cat. Ballet de Lorraine. Opéra de Nancy, Nancy, France.
1999: Life Story. Stars of New York. The Royal Festival Hall, London, England.
1994: The Dog is Us. Deutsche Oper Ballet, Berlin, Germany.
1992: Segunda Piel. Ballet de Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
1987: The Tarnished Angels. The Paris Opera Ballet, Paris, France.
1986: The Mollino Room. American Ballet Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC.
1984: The Watteau Duets. Maison de la Culture, Grenoble, France.
1981: Drastic-Classicism. Dance Theater Workshop, New York, New York.
OPERA DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER
2008: Opera Director/Choreographer, Ariandne Unhinged, Gotham Chamber Opera. New York, New York.
2005: Opera Director/Choreographer, Pigmalion (rameau). Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France.
2004: Opera Director, Bluebeard’s Castle (bartok). Het Muziek Theater, Amsterdam, Holland.
2003: Opera Director/Choreographer, Orfeo ed Euridice (gluck) Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Italy.
FILM CHOREOGRAPHER
2011: The Thief. Canum Productions. Beijing, China.
2009: Passing Strange, Choreography for Spike Lee Film, New York, New York.
2004: The White Countess. Merchant Ivory Productions. Shanghai, China.
1999: The Golden Bowl. Merchant Ivory Productions. London, England.
1994: Search and Destroy. David Salle, Director. New York, New York
1989: Without You, I’m Nothing. John Boskovich, Director. Los Angeles, California.
TELEVISION
2003: Rave, Choreography adapted for television. Producers: Les Films D’ici/Arte. France.
1995: Wild Ballerina, documentary on Armitage. Producers: Les Films D’ici/Arte. France.
1985: The South Bank Show, documentary on Armitage. Producer: ITV. England.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2005: Grand Prix Roscigno Danza. Italy.
2002: Officier Dans L'ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres. France.
1992: Chevalier Dans L'ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres. France.
1986: Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography. USA.
