St. Mark's Church, Removed Exposure (2004) at Dixon Place, and Surfing The Shadow(2007) at Joyce SoHo (originally, Dia Center for the Arts), among other works. A handmade book for Removed Exposure, was co-created with Canadian bookmaker Gray Fraser. Bernard continued to explore themes of grief, honesty, age, and humor throughout these works, often to critical acclaim. From 2008 to 2022, through a series of residencies and performances, Bernard created most notably Ouette (Bogliasco), Showgirls (Emily Harvey Foundation and Brooklyn Studios for Dance), Vinyl Retro (The Kitchen) Poolside (Obras and Chashama), Lakeside (Obras, Chashama, and L'Annexe), Green (Cill Rialaig Project), and Device Not Detected (Emily Harvey Foundation). Bernard has been an Artist in Residence at Movement Research (1997-1998) and Brooklyn Studios for Dance (2018) and served on the board of directors at Earthdance from 2011 to 2013, where she co-founded The E|MERGE Interdisciplinary Collaborative Residency, which continues to this day. Bernard is credited as being the inaugural artist at Montreal's Edgy Women Festival produced by Studio 303 in 1994. Edgy Women and Edgy Redux are feminist experimental art events devised by Miriam Ginestier and produced by Studio 303 that ran for 23 years from 1994 to 2016. Karen Bernard was a key choreographer with the Edgy Women Festivals in 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2005. New Dance Alliance In 1986, Karen Bernard founded New Dance Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization offering artistic residencies (Black Artists Space to Create, LiftOff and Satellite) and Performance Mix Festival. For over thirty years, NDA has operated out of its Tribeca loft to provide opportunities to the artistic community starved of resources. As an artist and the Founder and executive director of New Dance Alliance (NDA), she teaches, lectures, and serves on advisory panels across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. In 2006, Bernard was awarded the BAX 10 Award, for her service to artists in the founding and development of the Performance Mix Festival. Selected works Device Not Detected (2022) Lakeside (2020) Poolside (2019) Showgirls (2018) Green, Performance (2017), Film (2018) Ouette (2012) Surfing The Shadow (2007) Removed Exposure (2004) CAUTION: The Madonna Songs (2001) Blue, Star, Dying for Lace, Vinyl (1999) It Could Have Been Different (1997) Footsteps on the Dancefloor (1996) Buono Duo (1988) References https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/arts/dance/nyc-this-weekend-dance.html External links "Ouette" by Karen Bernard http://newdancealliance.org/about/ American choreographers