Karen Sherman makes performances that incorporate her background in dance, writing, theater, music, design, and the handyman arts. Her awards include a 2007 Bessie Award for her performance in Morgan Thorson's Faker, McKnight Foundation Fellowships in Choreography and Dance, a Bush Foundation Fellowship, and residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the Bogliasco Foundation in Liguria, Italy, and Vermont Performance Lab, among many others. She is a 2016–2017 Hodder Fellow at Princeton University.
Watch: Karen Sherman in Conversation with Philip Bither
Choreographer Karen Sherman joins Walker Performing Arts Senior Curator Philip Bither for a discussion about her Walker-commissioned piece Soft Goods.
