Contemporary Dance Wyoming is an ensemble of professional Dancers that inspire through their power of movement in modern dance performance.
Founded and led by Artistic Director Babs Case, CDW is celebrating its 25th season.
The Company has worked collaboratively with artists from major dance companies around the country, building repertoire that has been described as “visually stimulating, highly athletic and exhilarating”. CDW has toured throughout the Western region, as well as performing in New York City. The Company travels statewide to offer performances and residencies in schools that educate communities about modern dance. CDW continues to grow in unexpected ways and adds a meaningful dimension to our community’s cultural history.
BABS CASE Artistic Director and DW Executive Director
Babs has performed, choreographed, and taught modern dance throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, and South America. She attributes her multidisciplinary approach to dance to her professional affiliations with the Harry Partch Foundation and Company, Richard Landry of the Philip Glass
Ensemble, and Lincoln Center Institute and Obie award winning actor Bob Berky. She was the founding director of The Center for the Arts in Stuart, FL for 12 years. Babs is a past beneficiary of the National Endowment for the Arts funding and a two-time recipient of both the Florida and Wyoming Fellowship Awards for Choreography. In 1992, she was awarded an Indo-American Research Fulbright fellowship to study dance, theatre, and visual arts in India. As an educator, Babs has taught at universities throughout the U.S., and offers multidisciplinary residencies in schools and workshops to students of all socioeconomic backgrounds. In 1999 she moved to Wyoming and formed Wyoming’s first modern dance company, Contemporary Dance Wyoming, which tours regionally performing lecture demonstrations in schools and formal concerts for the public. She has been the Artistic Director for Dancers’ Workshop for the past 25 years. Most recently her contributions to the arts were recognized by receiving the Cultural Council of Jackson Hole Award for Creativity in 2009, and by receiving the Wyoming Governor’s Arts Award in 2013.
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