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Lucinda Childs began her career in 1963 at the Judson Dance Theatre in New York. Since founding her dance company ten years later, she has created more than fifty works, both as a soloist and as part of an ensemble. In 1976, she appeared in the groundbreaking avant-garde opera ‘Einstein on the Beach’ by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson, for which she received an Obie Award.
In 1979, Childs choreographed one of her most enduring works, ‘Dance’, with music by Philip Glass and film projections by Sol LeWitt, which toured internationally and was included in the repertoire of the Lyon Opera Ballet, for which she choreographed Beethoven’s ‘Grande Fugue’.
Since 1981, Childs has choreographed over thirty works for major ballet companies, including the Paris Opera Ballet, the Ballet du Rhin and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo as well as Introdans. She has also choreographed numerous contemporary and 18th century operas, including Gluck’s ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’ for Los Angeles Opera, Mozart’s ‘Zaide’ for La Monnaie in Brussels, Stravinsky’s ‘Le Rossignol’ and ‘Oedipus Rex’, Vivaldi’s ‘Farnace’ and John Adams’ “Doctor Atomic” for Opera du Rhin.
Childs is the recipient of numerous honours. She holds the rank of Commandeur in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and received the Golden Lion of the Biennale di Venezia in 2017 as well as the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for her life’s work.
In 2018, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, New York, and in 2022 she was honoured with the Dance Magazine Award.
Status: February 2024
