Matheson, Katy

Katy Page Matheson (1948-2005) was an American editor, writer, performer, teacher, and dance historian. Matheson began her study of ballet and modern dance while attending Duke University where she performed with the Duke University Dance Group and at the Synergic Theatre. Between her junior and senior years, Matheson spent two years in Washington, D.C., where she danced in improvisations and works choreographed by others, including revivals of Doris Humphrey's Water Study and Shakers.

Matheson moved to New York City in 1975 and continued dancing, performing with dancers like Ellen Cornfield, Marjorie Gamso, Kenneth King, Jim Self, Harry Sheppard, and Elaine Shipman, among others. Her first original piece, a group work called Secretarial Suite, was performed in 1980. She held a series of open rehearsal performances called Five Mondays in January, 1983, and later that year participated in the group work Dancers and Characters. From 1992 to 1994, she performed a series of solo improvisations, as part of dance programs at The Field and the Knitting Factory. In addition to modern dance, Matheson studied historical and early dance, and was an active member of the New York Historical Dance Company.

...