Masters of movement : portraits of America's great choreographers / Rose Eichenbaum, photographs and text ; Clive Barnes, foreword.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eichenbaum, Rose.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choreographers--United States--Biography.

Choreographers.

United States.

Choreographers--United States--Portraits.

Genre:

Biographies.

Portraits.

Physical Description:

xi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Books, [2004]

Summary:

Where does the impulse to create originate? What is the choreographer's responsibility to the dancers, the audience, the self? These are just a few of the probing questions that Rose Eichenbaum asks some of America's most celebrated choreographers in her quest to understand the secrets of creativity. A collection of photographic portraits and vignettes based on intimate conversations, Masters of Movement is a rare journey into the world of dance. Whether through her lens--David Parsons, in a business suit, standing on the branch of a Central Park tree; Ann Halprin lying naked at the base of a giant California redwood--or through the revelations from her thoughtful interviews, Eichenbaum captures the essential character of her subjects, who have confided the experiences and emotions that have driven their creativity and defined their styles.

Contents:

Donald McKayle - Dance Aficionado 1

Carmen de Lavallade - Vision of Loveliness 5

Fayard Nicholas - Acrobat of God 9

Graciela Daniele - Adventurer 13

Edward Villella - Prodigal Son 17

Susan Stroman - Belle of Broadway 21

Eliot Feld - Dance Engineer 25

Bella Lewitzky - Kinetic Thinker 29

Helgi Tomasson - Classic Visionary 33

Onna White - Tough Bird 37

Gregory Hines - Tap Dancer 41

Michael Kidd - Man with the Midas Touch 45

Toni Basil - Improviser 49

David Parsons - Risk Taker 53

Pilobolus - Dance Organism 57

Anna Sokolow - Rebellious One 61

Mark Morris - Bad Boy of Dance 65

Ann Reinking - Jazz Dancer 69

Vincent Paterson - Director 73

Debbie Allen - Bold and Brave 77

Dee Dee Wood and Marc Breaux - Dynamic Duo 81

Katherine Dunham - Anthropologist 85

Gus Solomons Jr. - Dance Architect 89

Patricia Birch - Little Giant 93

Rob Marshall - Dance Environmentalist 97

Sophie Maslow - Communicator 101

Jose Greco - Ambassador of Spanish Dance 105

Tommy Tune - Tall Talent 109

Luigi - Jazz Master 113

Judith Jamison - On the Path 117

Dwight Rhoden - Emissary of the Dance 121

Garth Fagan - Caribbean Man 125

Meredith Monk - Singing Body 129

Moses Pendleton - Choreographer Incognito 133

Lar Lubovitch - Dance Painter 137

Murray Louis - Movement Maven 141

Mary Anthony - Servant of the Dance 145

Bill T. Jones - Socrates of Dance 149

Elizabeth Streb - Action Hero 153

Rennie Harris - Messenger 157

Cholly Atkins - Man with the Moves 161

Alex Romero - Assistant 165

Kenny Ortega - Soul Man 169

Paul Taylor - Reporter 173

Lynne Taylor Corbett - Triple Threat 177

Eleo Pomare - Radical 181

Christopher Wheeldon - Balletomane 185

Grover Dale - Man of Means 189

Mia Michaels - Blond Bombshell 193

Alonzo King - Dance Mystic 197

Cleo Parker Robinson - Ambassador of Love 201

Donald Byrd - Tough Guy 205

Alan Johnson - Guardian of the Tradition 209

Glen Tetley - Connoisseur 213

Doug Varone - Man of Emotion 217

Ronald K. Brown - Storyteller 221

Daniel Ezralow - Free Spirit 225

Anna Halprin - Forest Nymph 229

Russell Clark - Artist/Alchemist 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 262) and index.

ISBN:

1588341852

OCLC:

55044572