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Norah Zuniga Shaw
Assistant Professor, Department of Dance
Areas of Expertise
• Dance and technology
• Composition
• Critical theories of the body
NORAH ZUNIGA SHAW (Assistant Professor and director of Dance and Technology) is a choreographer and arts researcher currently working with William Forsythe and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design as co-creative director for the Synchronous Objects project. She is a published author on dance and technology topics and her recent artistic commissions include an interactive sound performance for ICMC2007 with circus artist Jerome Thomas, three new dances for television (WOSU PBS), and performances for NANO at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Zuniga Shaw teaches courses in interdisciplinary composition, improvisation, and critical theory as well as applied technologies for dancers.
Education
• MFA, Dance, University of California, Los
Angeles
• BA, Dance & Environmental Science, Hampshire College,
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