Sheron Wray information

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S. Ama Wray
photo by Aliza Rand
Born	Sheron Wray 1941 (age 82–83) England
Career
Current group	JazzXchange
Former groups	London Contemporary Dance Theatre Rambert Dance Company
Dances	Contemporary

S. Ama Wray (born June 28, 1941), known formally as Sheron Wray, is a professor of dance at the University of California, Irvine, USA [1]. She is a British dancer, teacher, choreographer and theatre director. She studied under Jane Dudley^[1] at the London Contemporary Dance School. She later performed with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre and the Rambert Dance Company before forming her own company called JazzXchange in 1992. She is presently an associate professor of dance at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine.

As a performer, Wray is best known for her Jane Dudley's Harmonica Breakdown^[2] and Texterritory, a piece integrating live text message participation from the audience. Texterritory has been performed in Trafalgar Square as part of London's 2012 Olympic Bid, the Soho Theatre, New York University and other international venues.

She was awarded a NESTA fellowship in 2003.