Gabriel (Gabe) Masson’s career as a choreographer, performer and teacher spans 25 years. He has toured the world in the companies of Hannah Kahn, Rosalind Newman, Lucinda Childs and Doug Varone, as well as dancing in specific projects with various choreographers including Peter Pucci, Mark Morris and Michele Pogliani (Italy).
In 1997 in NYC, he formed Gabriel Masson Dance (GMD) as a vehicle for his creative output. Since then, the company has garnered rave reviews for their powerfully physical, deeply human dancing and Masson’s work has been lauded as “breathtaking” (NYTimes) possessing a “choreographic voice rich in emotional range.” (SDUnion Tribune). GMD is now based in San Diego, CA, where it had a critically acclaimed West coast premiere in October 2006. In 2002, Masson began to investigate film and has completed two projects with differently-abled dancer Hamel Bloom: "Almost Together," created with Emmy Award winning videographer Eliot Caplan, and "FAMILY: PORTRAIT," created with Mexican videographer Ana Baer.
Masson has an international reputation as a teacher and has taught and performed at festivals worldwide including the American Dance Festival, USA and Korea; The Edinburgh Festival, Scotland; and the Sao Paolo Biennial, Brazil. He is on the rotating faculty of several prestigious dance festivals here in the States including the Bates Dance Festival. After receiving an M.F.A. from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts he was on faculty there from 1990-1995 and from 1997-2001 he served as artist-in-residence at the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, PA.
Masson will be in residency at Minnesota State Mankato Feb. 15-21, 2009.
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