Teri Carter is a movement and health artist who explores the transformative capacity of
the arts. With a Masters and B.F.A. in Dance, and various Therapeutic and Somatic
Movement Certifications, Teri has a deep understanding of the body in motion. She has
practiced, taught, choreographed and performed dance and movement since 1979, and
she was an athlete for many years prior. As the founder and director of L.A.'s Intention
Dance Theatre and the SOMA Fest, as well as NYC's Mobility Junction Dance Company,
she has recieved dance fellowships and grants in Los Angeles, New York City, Oregon,
Wisconsin and Mexico. She has choreographed over 30 dance pieces and seven full
concerts, and has produced numerous independent artists.
Fostering integrative research, creativity, and performance in the arts, Teri offers a
unique perspective on the link between kinesthetic and expressive disciplines. For the
past decade Teri has pursued the puzzle of holding conscious awareness in
performance, expanding beyond the cognitive and immediate aesthetic concerns of
technique, style, and the individual ego of the performer. In advocacy for the planet's
diverse bio-systems, her work taps into physical and perceptual presence through
embodiment, opening a portal to the concerns of this planet and beyond through
interconnection.
Specializing in Contact Improvisation, Somatic Experiencing, and Martial Arts, Teri
brings adventures in the unmapped territories of the human body-mind, in both class
and performance environments. Participants can experience the scope of our humanity
by gleaning that 'movement is the message,' an invitation to slow down and allow
cellular/tissue intelligence to play a part in our responses. We learn to move beyond
previously held perceptions of the body's capabilities; the implications spill into our
daily lives, bringing more awareness to ourselves and the planet.
the arts. With a Masters and B.F.A. in Dance, and various Therapeutic and Somatic
Movement Certifications, Teri has a deep understanding of the body in motion. She has
practiced, taught, choreographed and performed dance and movement since 1979, and
she was an athlete for many years prior. As the founder and director of L.A.'s Intention
Dance Theatre and the SOMA Fest, as well as NYC's Mobility Junction Dance Company,
she has recieved dance fellowships and grants in Los Angeles, New York City, Oregon,
Wisconsin and Mexico. She has choreographed over 30 dance pieces and seven full
concerts, and has produced numerous independent artists.
Fostering integrative research, creativity, and performance in the arts, Teri offers a
unique perspective on the link between kinesthetic and expressive disciplines. For the
past decade Teri has pursued the puzzle of holding conscious awareness in
performance, expanding beyond the cognitive and immediate aesthetic concerns of
technique, style, and the individual ego of the performer. In advocacy for the planet's
diverse bio-systems, her work taps into physical and perceptual presence through
embodiment, opening a portal to the concerns of this planet and beyond through
interconnection.
Specializing in Contact Improvisation, Somatic Experiencing, and Martial Arts, Teri
brings adventures in the unmapped territories of the human body-mind, in both class
and performance environments. Participants can experience the scope of our humanity
by gleaning that 'movement is the message,' an invitation to slow down and allow
cellular/tissue intelligence to play a part in our responses. We learn to move beyond
previously held perceptions of the body's capabilities; the implications spill into our
daily lives, bringing more awareness to ourselves and the planet.
| ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & PRODUCER of Contemporary & Improvisational Dance |
What Critics have said about Teri Carter's Performance Work:
- "Powerful" Washingtn Post, Lisa Trager
- "Clever and Arresting" Village Voice, Debra Jowitt
- "Sheer Ingenuity of Movement" New York Times, Jack Anderson
- "Brilliant harnessing of the body" Los Angeles Times, Lewis Segal
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