Company Director | Choreographer

2005: Director, Armitage Gone! Dance. New York, New York.
2004: Director, The Venice Biennale International Festival of Contemporary Dance. Venice, Italy.
1999-2002: Associate Choreographer, Ballet de Lorraine. Nancy, France.
1995-1998: Director, MaggioDanza, the Florence Ballet. Florence, Italy.
1981-1989: Director, Armitage Gone! Dance/The Armitage Ballet. New York.

Choreographer

2005: In this dream that dogs me. The Duke on 42nd Street theater. New York, New York.
2005: Ligeti Essays. Ballet de Lorraine. Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France.
2004: Time is the echo of an axe within a wood. The Joyce Theater, New York.
2001: Rave. Ballet de Lorraine. Opéra de Nancy, Nancy, France.
2000: Schrodinger’s Cat. Ballet de Lorraine. Opéra de Nancy, Nancy, France.
1999: Life Story. Stars of New York. The Royal Festival Hall, London, England.
1994: The Dog is Us. Deutsche Oper Ballet, Berlin, Germany.
1992: Segunda Piel. Ballet de Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
1987: The Tarnished Angels. The Paris Opera Ballet, Paris, France.
1986: The Mollino Room. American Ballet Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
1984: The Watteau Duets. Maison de la Culture, Grenoble, France.
1981: Drastic-Classicism. Dance Theater Workshop, New York.

Opera Director/Choreographer

2005: Opera Director/Choreographer, Pigmalion (Rameau).Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France.
2004: Opera Director, Bluebeard’s Castle (Bartok). Het Muziek Theater, Amsterdam, Holland.
2003: Opera Director/Choreographer, Orfeo Ed Euridice (Gluck) Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Italy.

Film Choreographer

2004: The White Countess. Merchant Ivory Productions. Shanghai, China.
1999: The Golden Bowl. Merchant Ivory Productions. London, England.
1994: Search and Destroy. David Salle, Director. New York.
1989: Without You, I’m Nothing. John Boskovich, Director. Los Angeles.

Television

2003: Rave, choreography adapted for television. Producers: Les Films D’Ici/Arte. France.
1995: Wild Ballerina, documentary on Armitage. Producers: Les Films D’Ici/Arte. France.
1985: The South Bank Show, documentary on Armitage. Producer: ITV. England.

Awards and Honors

2005: Grand Prix Roscigno Danza. Italy.
2002: Officier dans L'ordre des Arts et des Lettres. France.
1992: Chevalier dans L'ordre des Arts et des Lettres. France.
1986: Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography. USA.

Learn more about Karole on her website armitagegonedance.org.