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Ian Berg is a Boston-based tap dancer, musician, and composer currently serving as Visiting Artist in Dance at Mount Holyoke College, with adjunct professor roles at Endicott College and Boston University plus guest lecturing at Tufts University. His career bridges performance, education, and artistic direction in contemporary dance.
Education:
- B.F.A. in Contemporary Dance Performance, Boston Conservatory
Berg's research focuses on tap dance as a percussive narrative art form, integrating music composition with choreography across jazz, modern dance, and contact improvisation. His work explores rhythmic storytelling through interdisciplinary collaborations and live musical arrangements, emphasizing tap's evolution as a contemporary medium while preserving its cultural roots.
Awards and Recognitions:
- Rising Dance Star, Improper Bostonian's Best of Boston (2018)
- Bessie Schonberg Fellow, The Yard (2019)
- Next Steps Awardee, The Boston Foundation (2019)
- Choreography Fellow, Massachusetts Cultural Council (2020)
Berg directs Subject:Matter tap dance company (founded 2015), which tours nationally to venues including Jacob's Pillow, Mass MoCA, Joe's Pub, and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. His artistic leadership involves commissioning original music, developing ensemble repertory, and creating site-specific performances that challenge traditional boundaries between dance and sonic artistry.
