Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood

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Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood is is an internationally recognized artist in the field of instantaneous choreography and contact improvisation, whose teaching and performing have been greatly appreciated for more than 35 years. His background includes studies in gymnastics, yoga, contemporary dance, release technique, compositional improvisation, and Aikido. He studied and performed with the founders of Contact Improvisation Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and Nita Little, and has also collaborated with Chris Aiken, Peter Bingham, Kirstie Simson, Ray Chung, Marc Boivin and Paula Zacharias. His work has been presented in many international festivals since 1980. He also danced for the companies of Jo Lechay, Marie Chouinard and Jean-Pierre Perreault. Andrew is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the Jacqueline–Lemieux award for the year 2000.