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Mary Cochran
Associate Professor of
Professional Practice in Dance
Chair of the Department of Dance
Mary Cochran, associate professor of professional practice in dance, and chair and artistic director of the department of dance, joined the Barnard faculty in 2003. Professor Cochran has also taught at Mills College, the Juilliard School, the University of Michigan, Harvard University, and the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Professor Cochran has performed and taught on every continent except Antarctica. A soloist with the Paul Taylor Dance Company from 1984-96, she has been critically praised as "an interpreter of Paul Taylor's work who absorbs technique into her bones," a "blithe spirit, weaver of magic, quintessential muse," and "a star, indeed." She continues her association with Paul Taylor to this day, having completed 19 restagings of his masterworks.
Her dance/monologue Pitiful Vignette received its New York premiere on the LIT series in SoHo in 2003. In July 2004 her work Concrete Jungle's Hawaiian Shirt premiered in Texas. Critic Wayne Lee Gay described the solo as "a constant juxtaposition of anguish and grace." Her dance/monologue The Discipline-Specific Academic Rap also premiered in Texas in 2006. Professor Cochran regularly appears as a special guest artist with Sara Hook Dances in New York City venues such as Dance Theater Workshop and Joe's Pub.
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Dance; Chair of the Department of Dance
Barnard College
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EDUCATION:
B.A., State University of New York
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeRELATED LINKS:
SPECIALIZATIONS:
Modern
Improvisation
Composition
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