Tere O’Connor (Dance) has received a Doris Duke Artist Award for 2013. Professor O’Connor brings metaphor, memory, and aspects of consciousness to the forefront in many of his works. Funding from the Doris Duke Artist Award will allow him to both explore projects that connect writing, teaching, experiencing dance, mentoring, and advocacy and move farther away from the concept of authorship toward dances that are structured to allow for external ideas from the performers and the audience to shape them. The award includes an unrestricted grant of $250,000 over three to five years, $25,000 toward a retirement account, plus the possibility of additional funds for outreach and audience engagement. The ten-year Doris Duke Artist Award program is designed to “recognize the potential of individual artists and insure their future viability.”
