André Lepecki

Lives and works in New York.
André Lepecki is an essayist, dramaturge, and independent curator based in New York City.

Full Professor at the Department of Performance Studies at New York University, and Associate Dean, Center for Research & Study, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. Editor of several anthologies on performance and dance theory, and author of Exhausting Dance: performance and the politics of movement (2006, published in thirteen languages), and of Singularities: dance in the age of performance (2016).

He has curated festivals and projects for HKW-Berlin, MoMA-Warsaw, MoMA PS1, the Hayward Gallery, Haus der Künst-Munich, Sydney Biennial 2016, among others.

In 2008 he received the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art (USA Section) award for “Best Performance" for co-curating and directing the authorized redoing of Allan Kaprow’s 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (a commission of Haus der Kunst 2006, performed at PERFORMA 07).

Since 2008, he participates in several of Brazilian artist Eleonora Fabião’s actions.

He is currently curating an online exhibit of Paul McCarthy’s early works for Xavier Hufkens gallery, Brussels. 

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