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… was awarded the prestigious Danish Reumert Award 2003 in the dance category for the performance "The Mirror"?
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… is one of the most touring Danish dance companies – in Denmark as well as abroad?
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The respect and demand for Kitt Johnson’s unique works is steadily growing. In 2004 alone Kitt Johnson X-act has performed in Greece, Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Canada and USA. The company was the first Danish representative ever for contemporary Danish dance at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts.
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… has been listed on New York Times "The Dances and Dancers of the Year" list in 2003?
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Under the caption "CHOREOGRAPHIC INTERSECTION AT JACOB'S PILLOW" New York Times critic Jack Anderson notes that "Many choreographers now draw freely upon diverse techniques. A fine bit of eclecticism came in a shared program by two dancers at this summer's Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Kitt Johnson, from Denmark, combined European Expressionism with Japanese Butoh dance in "Stigma."" New York Times, 28th December 2003.
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Dance critic Glenn Sumi writes: "This was one of the best dance years in recent memory. ... Denmark's Kitt Johnson showed her versatility in this double bill ... Johnson never repeats herself, and as a solo artist she knows how to use light and sound to theatricalize every movement her muscular body makes. Hope she returns."
NOW Toronto, 23. December 2004.
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… is much in demand for teaching – in Copenhagen as well as abroad?
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During the course of 2004 Kitt Johnson was invited to Athens, Greece and Stavanger, Norway as well as to Lyon, France and Toronto, Canada in order to give workshops to the local arts communities. She teaches on a regular basis in connection with a popular "Open Training" concept in Copenhagen.
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… will be part of a research project called "Movement as a Bodily Process"
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- an Investigation of Dance Between Aesthetic Form and Bodily Learning" by Susanne Ravn, assistant professor at The University of Southern Denmark?
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… has been featured in 3 TV productions during the course of 2003?
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”Demain il fera jour” produced by Belgian TV2, a series called ”Depression” in Danish DR2 and ”Uzés Quintet” produced by the French TV channel Arte - a film which is shown at dance and film festivals as well as on tlevision worldwide.
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