David Neumann’s (Choreographer) Advanced Beginner Group’s original work has been presented in New York at PS 122, New York Live Arts, The Kitchen, Abrons Arts Center, Central Park Summerstage, Celebrate Brooklyn, Symphony Space, The Chocolate Factory and The Whitney. ABG has also performed at the Walker Art Center, Alverno College, MASS MoCA, The Ringling Festival and the American Dance Institute, among others. Neumann was a performer for many years working with, among others, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Big Dance Theater, Doug Elkins, Doug Varone and Sally Silvers. Other projects include: choreographer onFuturity (Ars Nova and Soho Rep), An Octoroon (Soho Rep), Hagoromo (BAM Harvey with Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto), and directing Geoff Sobelle in The Object Lesson at Philly Fringe, BAM and NYTW. More recent projects include: Hadestown at NYTW, The Total Bent (Public Theater), War (LCT III), and Annie Baker’s The Antipodes (Signature Theater). He is currently professor of theater at Sarah Lawrence College. Most recently, Neumann’s work, I Understand Everything Better received two NY Dance and Performance ‘Bessie’ Awards (Outstanding Production and Outstanding Sound Design/Music). He was a 2016 Artist in Residence at the SETI Institute and was awarded a Robert Rauschenberg Residency. Over the years Neumann has received three “Bessie” Awards, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award, an Asian Cultural Council Fellowship (Noh immersive), and support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Creative Capital, NYFA and National Dance Projects among others.
