Cynthia Hopkins
Cynthia Hopkins is an American performance artist, composer, and musician.Performance work
She has written, composed, and performed five works of performance art at a number of theaters around the world, including St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, The Kitchen in Manhattan, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On December 21, 2012 she performed during and had her music performed on the special, which was streamed on Netflix on June 20, 2013. Her work, This Clement World, was reviewed in The New York Times by Jason Zinoman and by Charles Isherwood.
In addition Hopkins' work as a solo performance artist, she regularly collaborates with Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar of the Big Dance Theater and acts in other theatrical pieces. This work has included Alan Smithee Directed This Play and Ich, Kürbisgeist.
In her work as a performer, Hopkins sings and plays the accordion, guitar, piano, and the musical saw. As a musician, she has self-produced five full-length albums.Discography
- The Truth: A Tragedy
- The Success of Failure
- Must Don’t Whip ‘Um
- Accidental Nostalgia
- Alas Alack
- Devotionals
- Hooker
- Gloria Deluxe
Awards and Fellowships
- Bessie Award
- Obie Award
- Alpert Award in Theater
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Grants to Artists award