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| Vicky Schick (Photography: Alan Mandel) |
When describing this photo, Vicky Schick wrote:
I sat on a gray bench with a bunch of green leaves behind me. My hair is tied loosely on top of my head. I was wearing a dark gray sweater with a light green collar sticking out, and a colorful gray, red and pink scarf around my neck.
in this episode body and soul Podcaster, respected award-winning artist and educator Vicky Schick The challenges and “universal necessity” of trust in a time of widespread distrust and anxiety are discussed. As an artist, she believes in “the innate wisdom within our bodies” and “the vulnerable practice of making art.”
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Vicky Schick has been teaching, performing and producing in the New York dance scene for forty years. She is grateful for all the wonderful people she has worked with. She is a member of the Theresa Brown Dance Company and has performed many of Brown’s dances, including in her hometown of Budapest. Previously, she was a member of the Sarah Rudner Show Ensemble. Vicky has created student work at institutions such as Barnard College, The New School, and Yale University. Her last two works were at Arts on Site and a collaborative performance with choreographer/artist Jon Kinzel at Roulette. She teaches at the Trisha Brown Dance Company’s Center for Movement Studies in New York City and taught at Hunter College for 15 years. She is a Movement Studies Artist-in-Residence (twice), a Bessie Laureate (twice), a Contemporary Art Foundation grantee, a Gibney DiP grantee, and a Guggenheim Felloww.
