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Doug Varone (born 1955/1956)^[1] is an American choreographer and director. He works in dance, theater, opera, film and fashion. He is an educator and advocate for dance. His company, Doug Varone and Dancers, has been performing for over three decades.

Varone received his BFA fromPurchase College, where he was awarded the President’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007.

Varone created many works for the concert dance stage. His commissions include works for thePaul Taylor Dance Company, theLimón Company, theHubbard Street Dance Chicago, theRambert Dance Company (London), theMartha Graham Dance Company, theDancemakers (Canada), theBatsheva Dance Company (Israel), the Bern Ballet (Switzerland) and An Creative (Japan). Varone's dances have been staged by more than 75 college and university programs.

In opera, Varone has served as a director and choreographer. Among his four productions forThe Metropolitan Opera areSalome (with itsDance of the Seven Veils forKarita Mattila), the world premiere ofTobias Picker’sAn American Tragedy andStravinsky’sLe Sacre du Printemps, designed byDavid Hockney. His MET Opera production ofHector Berloiz’sLes Troyens was broadcast worldwide in HD. Varone staged multiple premieres and new productions for theMinnesota Opera, theOpera Colorado, theWashington Opera, theNew York City Opera and theBoston Lyric Opera, among others. His theater credits include choreography forBroadway,Off-Broadway and regional theaters. His choreography for the musicalMurder Ballad at theManhattan Theater Club earned him aLortel Award nomination. Varone's film credits include choreography for thePatrick Swayze filmOne Last Dance. In 2008, Varone’sBottomland, set in theMammoth Caves of Kentucky, was the subject of thePBS broadcastDance in America: Wolf Trap’s Face of America.

As an educator, Varone holds workshops and master classes worldwide for dancers, musicians and actors. He is on the faculty atPurchase College, teaching composition and choreography.^[2]

Varone's honors and awards include:

• John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
• OBIE Award (for the direction/choreography of Lincoln Center’sOrpheus andEuridice)
• Jerome Robbins Fellowship at the Boglaisco Institute in Italy
• Two individualBessie Awards
• Two American Dance Festival Doris Duke Awards for New Work
• Four National Dance Project Awards.

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• Archival footage of Doug Varone and Dancers performing Castles in 2009 at Jacob's Pillow
• Archival footage of Doug Varone performing The Bench Quartet in 2003 at Jacob's Pillow

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