Recipient
Michael Curry
In twenty-five years, Michael Curry has achieved an international reputation as a master of puppetry and kinetic theatrical design. He creates iconic, exhilarating, profoundly moving performance experiences for such global entertainment brands as The Walt Disney Company, Cirque du Soleil, Universal Studios and The Olympics, as well as many international opera and stage companies. Visualist directors such as Julie Taymor, William Friedkin and Robert LePage and production designers like Mark Fisher seek out Michael to join his vision with theirs to create entertainment events that define art, excellence and imagination for our time.
To realize his extraordinary creations, Michael created Michael Curry Design, a performance and show content producer composed of a core team of approximately fifty artists and technicians that is recognized as among the finest studios in the world. Here, visionary designs meet state-of-the-art performance technologies, many of which are unique to this facility. Michael Curry Design provides a full spectrum creative process – from initial concept, design, fabrication and manufacture to product delivery, installation and performance training.
Bio as of April, 2014