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UIC Department of Performing Arts
College of Architecture and the Arts
EPASW Bldg. 1040 W. Harrison St. MC-255
Chicago, IL 60607
phone 312-996-2977 | fax 312-996-0954
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Assistant Clinical Professor (Movement)
Phone: +1(312)996-6881
Email: sharong@uic.edu
Sharon Göpfert is a performer/director/educator in
Chicago
and
Brazil
. She currently is a Visiting Clinical Assistant Lecturer and teaches Movement for the Stage at University of Illinois at Chicago and serves as Outreach Director for Canoa Grande, a project based in the Northeast of Brazil that provides arts education and nutrition to children in need.
Since 1998 she has created/performed Doorslam, Refuge, Come Like Shadows, Headpoison, And So I May Return, and The Palmer Raids with PLASTICENE under the direction of Dexter Bullard. In 2003 The Palmer Raids performed in
New York City
(Ohio Theatre) and in 2005 Refuge played at the PACedge festival after a successful run at
Wesleyan
University
.
Sharon
has also appeared with TrapDoor Theatre in The Killing Game (directed by Sheldon Patinkin), Tatoo, and Lebensaum (Jeff Citation Supporting Actress and Ensemble). She has toured to
Germany
,
Scotland
, and
Brazil
with The Curious Theatre, Theatre 108, and Les Metissages. With Redmoon she performed The Hunchback at the Steppenwolf Theatre and at
New York
’s International Puppet Festival at the Public. She has directed and choreographed for
DePaul
University
(Rapture #7), Plasticene (The Perimeter), and Chicago Opera Theatre (Brundibar).
Sharon
has worked for various arts programs in the Chicago Public Schools (Public Guardian, DanceArt,
CAPE
, Theatre for Young Audiences, and Urban Gateways). Her film credits include Casting About, Hole in the Wall, Bullet on a Wire, Our Father, When Sara Looks Up and Bob Harvey.
Sharon
practices and teaches Capoeira under the tutelage of Ricardo Vieiro do Nascimento.
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