NYU Skirball presents: Seán Curran Company

Seán Curran’s career in the arts spans 35 years, beginning with traditional Irish step dancing as a child in Boston. His 30 choreographic works for his award-winning contemporary dance ensemble, Seán Curran Company, are characterized by collaborations across artistic genres and have toured to nearly 100 venues in the U.S., Europe, and Asia with seasons in New York City at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Irish Arts Center, Dance Theater Workshop, The Joyce Theater, The Guggenheim Museum, New Victory Theater, 92nd Street Y/Harkness Dance Project, Danspace Project, Symphony Space, Central Park Summerstage, and Celebrate Brooklyn. Seán Curran Company’s highly regarded service to the field includes donation of performances and classes to the American Civil Liberties Union NYC Chapter, Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Residence (a safe house for LGBTQ youth), Dancers Responding to AIDS, and the Hetrick-Martin Institute.  A graduate of New York University, Curran now serves as an arts professor in its Department of Dance in the Tisch School of the Arts. He is the recipient of the Martha Hill Award for dance educators.