Owen Prum

is a New York-based dancer, choreographer and co-founder of the artist-run dance and performance space PAGEANT. He holds a BFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Performance documentation is available upon request. contact: owen.prum[at]gmail.com

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Weekender, September 2022. Video still: Kayhl Cooper.

Weekender, September 2022. Choreographed by Owen Prum. Performed at PAGEANT by Jade Manns and Owen Prum.

✍︎ Press

"An Artist-Run Dance Space That’s ‘All Presentation, Baby'." The New York Times, April 2023.

"Review: In This Dance, Even the Nose Scratches Are Choreographed." The New York Times, March 2023.

"Blackbare in the Basement." The Brooklyn Rail, March 2023.

"Neil Greenberg’s New Dance ‘Betsy’ Is a Wild Child." The New York Times, November 2022.

"PAGEANT: Move What Cannot Be Said." The Brooklyn Rail, October 2022.

→ Choreography

Weekender, September 2022. Performed at PAGEANT by Jade Manns and Owen Prum.

The Germ, December 2021. Performed at 464 by Cayleen Del Rosario, Jade Manns, Illiana Penichet-Ramirez, Isa Spector and Alexa West.

Burning in Four Views, May 2021. Performed by Sharleen Chidiac, Jade Manns, Susannah Yugler and Alexa West at 464, Queens, NY.

Burning in Three Views, July 2019. Performed by Larissa Asebedo, Tim Bendernagel and Miguel Castillo at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY.

Dog 1, October 2018. Solo performed at Eden's Expressway, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY.

→ Performance

Fantastic Body, April 2023. Choreographed by Cayleen Del Rosario. Performed at Judson Memorial Church by Alisya Razman Adam, Cal Fish, Leah Hansen, Emma Lee, Michael Miles, Kalliope Piersol, Owen Prum, and Aliza Russell.

Blackbare in the Basement, March 2023. Choreographed by Jordan Demetrius Lloyd. Performed at Danspace by Bree Breeden, Wendell Gray II, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Mia Martelli, Mykel Marai Nairne, Owen Prum, José Lapaz Rodriguez, Kennedy Thomas. Manhattan, NY

Connection, March 2023. Produced by Peter BD. Performed at Canada Gallery by Peter BD, Owen Prum and Shane Rossi. Manhattan, NY.

Tipping Utopia towards Kazuko Miyamoto No. 2, February 2023. Choreographed by Yoshiko Chuma. Performed by Ursula Eagly, Mizuho Kappa, Miriam Parker, Emily Marie Pope and Owen Prum. Mahattan, NY.

Code of the Chorus, December 2022. Choreographed by Anna Thérèse Witenberg. Performed by Tim Bendernagel, Josie Bettman, Angelina Hoffman, Gwendolyn Knapp, Jade Manns, Owen Prum and Alexa West. Brooklyn, NY.

Annihilation, December 2022. Choreographed by Cayleen Del Rosario. Performed at Center for Performance Research by Cayleen Del Rosario, Owen Prum and Alisya Razman Adam. Brooklyn, NY.

Betsy, November 2022. Choreographed by Neil Greenberg. Performed at La MaMa by Paul Hamilton, Opal Ingle and Owen Prum. New York, NY.

Light Cage, September 2022. Choreographed by Cayleen Del Rosario. Performed at PAGEANT by Cayleen Del Rosario, Iliana Penichet-Ramirez, Kalliope Piersol, Owen Prum and Alisya Razman Adam. Brooklyn, NY.

The Open, September 2022. Choreographed by Jade Manns. Performed at PAGEANT by Cayleen Del Rosario, Iliana Penichet-Ramirez, Owen Prum, Isa Spector and Lilah van Rens. Brooklyn, NY.

Random Night, August 2022. Choreographed by Jade Manns. Performed at Provincetown Dance Festival by Owen Prum and Lilah van Rens. Provincetown, MA.

Milk and Henny, June 2022. Created by Peter BD. Performed at Canada Gallery. New York, NY.

Belly (work-in-progress), June 2022. Choreographed by Dishman+Co Choreography. Performed at Center for Performance Research Open Studios by Tony Shevlin Gonzales, Mary Lyn Graves, Owen Prum and Ed Rice. Brooklyn, NY.

The Open, June 2022. Choreographed by Jade Manns. Performed at New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival by Cayleen Del Rosario, Iliana Penichet-Ramirez, Owen Prum, Isa Spector and Lilah van Rens. New York, NY.

Temporary Frames, Part 1, May 2022. Choreographed by Emma Rose Brown. Performed at Movement Research at the Judson Church by Emily Climer, Paul Hamilton, Dave Palazola, Owen Prum, Kim Savarino, Stacy Lynn Smith and Jennae Santos. New York, NY.

Pumpjack, March 2022. Choreographed by Alexa West. Presented by Octagon. 390 Broadway, New York, NY.

Junket, October 2021. Choreographed by Sharleen Chidiac. 464, Queens, NY.

Toy Garden, September-October 2021. Choreographed by Alexa West. Kino Saito, Verplanck, NY.

Forthcoming video work by Tony Oursler. August 2021. Premier in Austin, TX.

NO EXIT, July 2021. Choreographed by Susannah Yugler. 464, Queens, NY.

Untitled, October 2020. Choreographed by Sharleen Chidiac. Merde, Brooklyn, NY.

Triple Expo, August 2020. Choreographed by Alexa West. Gymnasium Gallery, New York, NY.

OTHERLANDS, January 2020. Choreographed by Corinne Shrearer. The Bauman, Brooklyn, NY.

Chimera, October 2019. Choreographed by Burr Johnson. Gibney, New York, NY.

It's a beautiful day too bad it won't last and neither will you, October 2019. Choreographed by Ella Wasserman Smith. University Settlement, New York, NY.

Almost Actual, April 2019. Choreographed by Chloe London. Triskelion, Brooklyn, NY.

Dreaming, April 2019. Choreographed by Larissa Asebedo. Triskelion, Brooklyn, NY.

Glass Handel, November 2018. Produced by Cath Brittan. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY.

Die Fledermaus, June-July 2018. Opera produced by Des Moines Metro Opera, Indianola, IA.

Rusalka, June-July 2018. Opera produced by Des Moines Metro Opera, Indianola, IA.

Torse, March 2018. Produced by Merce Cunningham Trust. City Center, New York, NY.

Sounddance, March 2018. Produced by Merce Cunningham Trust. City Center, New York, NY.

Fragmentation is the nature of practice, February 2018. Choreographed by Ella Wasserman Smith. Spoke the Hub Old First Reformed Church. Brooklyn, NY.

Audience and Performer, May 2017. Video artwork by Min Oh. Doosan Gallery, New York, NY.

Set Reset/Reset, May 2017. Choreographed by Trisha Brown, reconstructed by Dianne Madden for NYU Tisch Dance Class of 2017.Harkness Center and Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY.