ARTISTÂ BIO
DARREN RABINOWITZ is an educator and performing artist. Originally from Morristown, New Jersey, he holds a B.A. from American University in interdisciplinary studies focused in theatre, dance, and international relations.  Rabinowitz was part of the American University Dance Company and received the Robyn Rafferty Mathais scholarship for Baggage Claim, an original one-man show drawing on his South African family roots. In 2017 he served as a Joint Distribution Committee Entwine Fellow in Rwanda at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village where he created curricula for informal arts programming. His artistic interests lie in the interplay of identity, history, family and the human condition. Currently, he is pursuing his M.A. at Columbia University's Teacher's College in International Educational Development with a concentration in family and community education.
Honors and Awards
Diller Alumni Microgrant Award (Spain) - 'Location/Dislocation/Relocation' (October 2018)
'The Wind' - Intersections Festival Washington D.C. (March 2018)
Joint Distribution Committee Entwine Fellowship: Rwanda (2017)
Performer at TEDX MidAtlanic (Oct 2016)
Performed ‘Prevention’ - original dance piece in response to the Orlando Shootings at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (July 2016)
Presented ‘And No One Noticed’ - original dance for camera piece presented at American University’s Spring Dance Concert (Apr 2016)
Semi Finalist for Fulbright Research grant to Lithuania (2015-16)
National Honor Society for Dance Arts... inducted (Apr 2015)
Circus Performer on the White House Lawn (Oct 2015 and Oct 2016 )
Finalist, 2016 Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance
Conference: 25th Annual Robyn Rafferty Mathias Research Conference, Best Performance in the Performing Arts by a Junior/Senior (April 2015)
Award: American University Hillel- Community Builder Award (April 2015)
American University Dean's List, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Speech: Introduced Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States Elena Poptodorova to American University Hillel (March 2014)