Cliff Keuter

Cliff Keuter (1940–2020) was a founding member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company whose career spanned founding his own ensemble, national and international touring, and decades of teaching and choreography in the Bay Area. After establishing the Cliff Keuter Dance Company in 1969, he maintained an active touring schedule for ten years, building a substantial body of work performed across the modern-dance world. Later in his career, he formed the New Dance Company in the Bay Area, where he continued both creating and teaching. Over his lifetime, Keuter choreographed well over 200 full-length ballets. His work was taken into the repertories of major international companies including Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet Rambert, Australian Dance Theatre, and Bat-Dor Dance Company. He received multiple National Endowment for the Arts choreographic fellowships and awards from the New York State arts council, recognition of his sustained contributions to American modern dance.