David Thomson is a creator and collaborative artist. He has worked with a wide range of artists including Trisha Brown, Bebe Miller, Ralph Lemon, Sekou Sundiata, Tracie Morris, Meg Stuart, Marina Abramović, Yvonne Rainer, David Bowie, Maria Hassabi, Deborah Hay, Alain Buffard and Kaneza Schaal among many others. His work has been presented and supported by The Kitchen, Danspace Project at St Mark’s Church, Dance Theater Workshop, Movement Research, Baryshnikov Arts Center, BAM’s Next Wave Fesitival, Gibney Dance Center, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Invisible Dog, Mt Tremper Arts, PSNY and The Yard. Thomson has been recognized for his own work with awards and fellowships from US Artist, LMCC, Yaddo, MacDowell and Rauschenberg. He is currently a LMCC Extended Life | Lifeline Fellow (2018-21). He has served on the faculties of Movement Research, NYU/Experimental Theater Wing, Sarah Lawrence, The New School, Barnard, Pratt and Bennington. Thomson has served as an artist advocate, board member, arts administrator and mentor. In 2017, he initiated The Sustainability Project in collaboration with Kate Watson-Wallace, which serves as a platform and practice for research that seeks to expand the discourse surrounding ideas of financial, artistic, and personal empowerment within the arts community. Thomson began dancing at Haverford/Bryn Mawr Colleges and later received his BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from SUNY Purchase.
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