Andrew Dawson is a theatre director, performer, Feldenkrais practitioner, and hand model. He studied dance with Merce Cunningham in New York and theatre in Paris with Phillipe Gaulier, Monika Pagneux, and Jacques Lecoq. Dawson created and performs, ‘Space Panorama’ (1987) the story of the Apollo 11 moon landing told with only his hands, ‘Quatre Mains’ (1998) and his award winning solo show ‘Absence and Presence’ (2005). He also created and directed the stage show of ‘Wallace and Gromit’ (1995), ‘Amnesia Curiosa’ for Rainpan 43 (2008 ), fabrik Potsdam’s award winning ‘Pandora 88.’ (2003) and ‘The Idiot Colony’ for Redcape Theatre Company (2008). That year also saw him make his choreographic debut with ‘Dr. Atomic’ an opera by John Adams at the New York MET and English National Opera. In 2010 he choreographed ‘The Pearl Fishers’ also for ENO. In 2005 he was awarded a research grant from the Wellcome Trust, London. ‘The Process of Portrayal’ explored neurological impairment through motor neuron disease and spinal cord injury. In 2010 he was awarded a subsequent Arts award from The Wellcome Trust to create ‘The Articulate Hand’ which recently received its US première at the World Science Festival in New York.
TEDMED Contributions

Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson at TEDMED 2011
In his powerful work, “The Articulate Hand,” the choreographer explores the daily life of a determined paraplegic who uses a bionic hand, and her uniquely graceful movements.

Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson at TEDMED 2011 - Q and A
The performance artist talks about his powerful work, “The Articulate Hand,” and finding grace and power in the movements of those living with physical disabilities.

Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson (Day 2) at TEDMED 2011
Dawson, a performance artist, portrays the experience of one man’s loss of proprioception, a sense of where our bodies are in space, and how he learned to think…

Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson (Day 2) at TEDMED 2011 - Q and A
The performance artist discusses portraying one man’s loss of proprioception, our sense of where our bodies are in space. How does losing it change the human experience?

Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson - Part III at TEDMED 2011
The Feldenkrais practitioner explains how the practice leads to self-awareness in movement and in life, which he demonstrates through a simple but effective hand exercise that you can…
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