Laurie Uprichard
Parallel Programme Curator
Recently named Executive Artistic Director of Firkin Crane in Cork, Ireland, Laurie Uprichard was previously Director & Curator of Performing Arts at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, from 2016-2020. She has also worked with Stephen Petronio Company, Tere O’Connor Dance, and Quaternaire, a production and tour management agency based in Paris, France. She curated the Travelogues Series at Abrons Arts Center in 2015-16, and worked with The Joyce Theater. Laurie served as Director of the Dublin Dance Festival from 2007-2011, overseeing its transition to an annual event. From 1992-2007, she was Executive Director of Danspace Project in New York City, a period of significant growth for this venue based in the historic St. Mark’s Church. She worked with Urban Bush Women from 1991-96 and, from 1984-1991, was associated with Dance Theater Workshop. Laurie holds an M.B.A. from The American University and was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture in 2001.