STEFANIE BATTEN BLAND | COLLABORATOR
Stefanie Batten Bland (Choreographic Artist, Movement Director) is a Jerome Robbins awardee whose interdisciplinary creative practice is embedded in human relationships. She situates her work at the intersection of installation and dance-theatre in live performance settings.
Based in New York since 2011, Company SBB was founded in France in 2008, while Stefanie was head choreographer at the Paris Opera Comique. SBB’s proscenium and installation creations have been commissioned by Ailey II, LaMama, Spoleto Festival (Italy), The Yard, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Singapore Frontier Danceland, TU Dance, Zenon Dance, Harlem Stage, Brooklyn Museum, and venues throughout Europe and Asia.
She has created 11 dance cinema films that have been shown in both domestic and international festivals. Her current credits include American Ballet Theatre Women’s Movement Initiative, Movement Director for Eve’s Song at the Public and is a 2019 fellow for New York University’s Center for the Ballet Arts. SBB has been featured in the New York Times, Bouger Magazine, Dance magazine, Dance Europe Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine and Marie Claire.
In July 2019 she will complete her MFA in interdisciplinary arts with concentration in performance creation at Goddard College. She lives in SoHo with her family.
photo credit courtesy of JC Dhien
Stefanie Batten Bland (Choreographic Artist, Movement Director) is a Jerome Robbins awardee whose interdisciplinary creative practice is embedded in human relationships. She situates her work at the intersection of installation and dance-theatre in live performance settings.
Based in New York since 2011, Company SBB was founded in France in 2008, while Stefanie was head choreographer at the Paris Opera Comique. SBB’s proscenium and installation creations have been commissioned by Ailey II, LaMama, Spoleto Festival (Italy), The Yard, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Singapore Frontier Danceland, TU Dance, Zenon Dance, Harlem Stage, Brooklyn Museum, and venues throughout Europe and Asia.
She has created 11 dance cinema films that have been shown in both domestic and international festivals. Her current credits include American Ballet Theatre Women’s Movement Initiative, Movement Director for Eve’s Song at the Public and is a 2019 fellow for New York University’s Center for the Ballet Arts. SBB has been featured in the New York Times, Bouger Magazine, Dance magazine, Dance Europe Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine and Marie Claire.
In July 2019 she will complete her MFA in interdisciplinary arts with concentration in performance creation at Goddard College. She lives in SoHo with her family.
photo credit courtesy of JC Dhien
