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{{short description|American playwright and performing artist}}
⚫ '''Lenora Champagne''' is American playwright and performing artist.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/nyregion/performance-art-in-and-out-of-the-classroom.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Performance Art In and Out of the Classroom |work= ]|date=13 October 2002|first=Claudia|last=Rowe|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F15F9345D0C728CDDAF0894DD404482&fta=y&incamp=archive:article_related |title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; A Tradition of Dance That Untraditionally Graced the Shores of Manhattan|work= ]|date=1 June 2005|first=Jennifer|last=Dunning|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/14/theater/the-stage-red-light.html |title=THE STAGE: 'RED LIGHT'|work= ]|date=4 November 1984|first=Jack|last=Anderson|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref>
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| name = Lenora Champagne
| birth_name = Lenora Champagne
| birth_place = ], United States
| occupation = Playwright, performance artist, director
| nationality = American
| education = ] (])<br>] (], ])
| spouse = ]
| children = 1
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⚫ '''Lenora Champagne''' is an American playwright and performing artist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/nyregion/performance-art-in-and-out-of-the-classroom.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Performance Art In and Out of the Classroom |work= ]|date=13 October 2002|first=Claudia|last=Rowe|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F15F9345D0C728CDDAF0894DD404482&fta=y&incamp=archive:article_related |title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; A Tradition of Dance That Untraditionally Graced the Shores of Manhattan|work= ]|date=1 June 2005|first=Jennifer|last=Dunning|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/14/theater/the-stage-red-light.html |title=THE STAGE: 'RED LIGHT'|work= ]|date=4 November 1984|first=Jack|last=Anderson|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref>

==Early years==
As a child, Champagne wanted to be a doctor.<ref>{{citation |url=http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=bcheights19850128.2.72|title=It's Crazy—Troubles of Modern Life at the ICA|author=Leja, Lauren|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref> She moved from Louisiana to New York City in the early 1970s expecting to be a painter, but took up performance art instead.<ref name="Lenora Champagne">{{citation |url=https://vimeo.com/lenorachampagne|title=Lenora Champagne|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref> She graduated with a BA in English from ], 1972, a MA in drama from ], 1975, and a PhD in performance studies from New York University, 1980.<ref name=bio>{{citation |url=http://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/faculty/lc27.html|title=Lenora Champagne|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Champagne is a Professor of Theatre and Performance at ], SUNY.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.lenorachampagne.com|title=About|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref> In 1981, Champagne began work as an actor and director. From 1993 to 2000, she was a member playwright at New Dramatists.<ref name=bio /> In 1995, she spent time in Canada through an NEA artist's residency grant. In 2013, she taught in Japan as part of a ] grant. Champagne is a professor and head of theatre and performance at ], SUNY.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.lenorachampagne.com|title=About|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>

Champagne frequently collaborates with sculptors, media artists and installation artists. Her live performances can be seen in galleries and arts spaces such as Franklin Furnace, the New Museum, and Creative Time's Art on the Beach. She also co-created an installation for the New Museum's Art Mall as Social Space show in 1992.<ref name="Lenora Champagne"/>


==Works== ==Works==
Champagne is the author of one book and also a number of essays, plays and performance texts. Champagne is the author of one book and also a number of essays, plays and performance texts.
*''Out from Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists'' (1993) ISBN-13: 978-1559360098 *''Out from Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists'' (1993) {{ISBN|978-1559360098}}


Plays include:
⚫ ==Personal life==
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⚫ Champagne lives in New York City's West Village with her husband, playwright and director ], and their daughter Amelie.<ref>{{citation |url=http://thevillager.com/villager_380/whatdidnostradamus.html|title=What did Nostradamus know about Soho’s fate?|author=Tallmer, Jerry|publisher=The Villager|date=5 August 2010|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>
*''Memory's Storehouse'' (2011)
*''Photo Finish'' (2010)
*''Staying Afloat'' (2008)
*''Traces/fades'' (2007)
*''L'heure blue'' (2007)
*''La Recherche du Pain Perdu'' (2006)
*''Mother’s Little Helper'' (2003)
*''Memoirs of a Cajun-American Princess'' (2003)
*''The Mama Dramas'' (2002)
*''Coaticook'' (2002)
*''Dusk'' (2000)
*''The Singing: a cyberspace opera'' (book and lyrics) with composer ] (1998)
*''Wants'' solo (1997)
*''Wants'' for 3 actors (1996)
*''My Nebraska'' (1996)
*''Flying Home'' (1996)
*''Valentine’s Day, 1980'' (1996)
*''The Best Things in Life'' solo (1993)
*''The Best Things in Life'' for 3 actors (1994)
*''A Tourist’s Guide to the Big Easy'' (1996)
*''Creole, a Tropical Fantasy'' (1993)
*''The Knowledge Project'' (1992)
*''With You the Rest of…'' (1991)
*''Isabella Dreams the New World'' (1993)
*''On, Say, Can You See?'' (1990)
*''Dr. Charcot’s Hysteria Shows'' (1988–89)
*''Out from Under'' (1989)
*''Women without Parts'' (1988)
*''Sarah Bernhardt Meets Her Waterloo'' (1987)
*''Fractured Tales from There to Here'' (1987)
*''Winter Heat'' (1987)
*''As Ready, Apart from Herself'' (1986)
*''Home'' (1986)
*''The Eye of the Garden'' (1985)
*''Fractured Juliet'' (1985–86)
*''From the Red Light District'' (1984–85)
*''Reptile Warmth'' (1984–85)
*''The Way to the River'' (1984)
*''Flying Home'' (1983–84)
*''Manna'' (1983)
*''Getting Over Tom'' (1982)
*''Women in Research'' (1981–82)


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==Awards==
Selected awards include:
*NYFA Fellowship in Performance Art in 2003
*NYFA Fellowship in Playwriting in 1998
*1996 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for ''Wants'' (for 3 actors)
*1993 Native Voices/Native Visions Playwriting Award for ''Isabella Dreams the New World''
*Richard Rodgers Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for ''The Singing: a cyberspace opera''

⚫ ==Personal life==
⚫ Champagne lives in New York City's West Village with her husband, playwright and director ], and their daughter Amelie.<ref>{{citation |url=http://thevillager.com/villager_380/whatdidnostradamus.html|title=What did Nostradamus know about Soho's fate?|author=Tallmer, Jerry|publisher=The Villager|date=5 August 2010|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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American playwright and performing artist
Lenora Champagne
BornLenora Champagne
Louisiana, United States
OccupationPlaywright, performance artist, director
NationalityAmerican
EducationLouisiana State University (BA)
New York University (MA, PhD)
SpouseRobert Lyons
Children1

Lenora Champagne is an American playwright and performing artist.

Early years

As a child, Champagne wanted to be a doctor. She moved from Louisiana to New York City in the early 1970s expecting to be a painter, but took up performance art instead. She graduated with a BA in English from Louisiana State University, 1972, a MA in drama from New York University, 1975, and a PhD in performance studies from New York University, 1980.

Career

In 1981, Champagne began work as an actor and director. From 1993 to 2000, she was a member playwright at New Dramatists. In 1995, she spent time in Canada through an NEA artist's residency grant. In 2013, she taught in Japan as part of a Fulbright grant. Champagne is a professor and head of theatre and performance at Purchase College, SUNY.

Champagne frequently collaborates with sculptors, media artists and installation artists. Her live performances can be seen in galleries and arts spaces such as Franklin Furnace, the New Museum, and Creative Time's Art on the Beach. She also co-created an installation for the New Museum's Art Mall as Social Space show in 1992.

Works

Champagne is the author of one book and also a number of essays, plays and performance texts.

Plays include:

  • Memory's Storehouse (2011)
  • Photo Finish (2010)
  • Staying Afloat (2008)
  • Traces/fades (2007)
  • L'heure blue (2007)
  • La Recherche du Pain Perdu (2006)
  • Mother’s Little Helper (2003)
  • Memoirs of a Cajun-American Princess (2003)
  • The Mama Dramas (2002)
  • Coaticook (2002)
  • Dusk (2000)
  • The Singing: a cyberspace opera (book and lyrics) with composer Daniel Levy (1998)
  • Wants solo (1997)
  • Wants for 3 actors (1996)
  • My Nebraska (1996)
  • Flying Home (1996)
  • Valentine’s Day, 1980 (1996)
  • The Best Things in Life solo (1993)
  • The Best Things in Life for 3 actors (1994)
  • A Tourist’s Guide to the Big Easy (1996)
  • Creole, a Tropical Fantasy (1993)
  • The Knowledge Project (1992)
  • With You the Rest of… (1991)
  • Isabella Dreams the New World (1993)
  • On, Say, Can You See? (1990)
  • Dr. Charcot’s Hysteria Shows (1988–89)
  • Out from Under (1989)
  • Women without Parts (1988)
  • Sarah Bernhardt Meets Her Waterloo (1987)
  • Fractured Tales from There to Here (1987)
  • Winter Heat (1987)
  • As Ready, Apart from Herself (1986)
  • Home (1986)
  • The Eye of the Garden (1985)
  • Fractured Juliet (1985–86)
  • From the Red Light District (1984–85)
  • Reptile Warmth (1984–85)
  • The Way to the River (1984)
  • Flying Home (1983–84)
  • Manna (1983)
  • Getting Over Tom (1982)
  • Women in Research (1981–82)

Awards

Selected awards include:

  • NYFA Fellowship in Performance Art in 2003
  • NYFA Fellowship in Playwriting in 1998
  • 1996 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for Wants (for 3 actors)
  • 1993 Native Voices/Native Visions Playwriting Award for Isabella Dreams the New World
  • Richard Rodgers Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for The Singing: a cyberspace opera

Personal life

Champagne lives in New York City's West Village with her husband, playwright and director Robert Lyons, and their daughter Amelie.

References

  1. Rowe, Claudia (13 October 2002). "Performance Art In and Out of the Classroom". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. Dunning, Jennifer (1 June 2005). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; A Tradition of Dance That Untraditionally Graced the Shores of Manhattan". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. Anderson, Jack (4 November 1984). "THE STAGE: 'RED LIGHT'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. Leja, Lauren, It's Crazy—Troubles of Modern Life at the ICA, retrieved 19 September 2015
  5. ^ Lenora Champagne, retrieved 19 September 2015
  6. ^ Lenora Champagne, retrieved 19 September 2015
  7. About, retrieved 19 September 2015
  8. Tallmer, Jerry (5 August 2010), What did Nostradamus know about Soho's fate?, The Villager, retrieved 19 September 2015

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