Fifty Contemporary Choreographers

✍ Scribed by Martha Bremser

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Edition: 1ST
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Fifty Contemporary Choreographers provides a unique guide to some of today's most important dance-makers. Each entry includes: a biographical section a chronological list of works a detailed bibliography a critical essay Thus, instead of just presenting the facts, the entries in this book locate each choreographer's style and influence within the development of contemporary dance. The range of entries is impressively broad, spanning ballet, 'contemporary' and post-modern, and has an international scope. Fifty Contemporary Choreographers is an invaluable guide for all students and critics, dancers and general readers. Contributors include: Dale Harris, Alan Robertson, Stephanie Jordan, George Dorris, Robert Giskovic, Joan Acocella, Heidi Gilpin, Ann Copper Albright, Katie Matheson Joan Acocella, Anne Cooper Albright, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA, Judy Burns, Rachel Chamberlain Duerden, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK , Virginia Christian, Nicole D

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 9
Editor's Note......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Richard alston......Page 29
Lea Anderson......Page 36
Karole Armitage......Page 41
Pina Bausch......Page 46
Laurie Booth......Page 52
Matthew Bourne......Page 59
Trisha Brown......Page 63
Christopher Bruce......Page 70
Jonathan Burrows......Page 76
Rosemary Butcher......Page 82
Carolyn Carlson......Page 87
Lucinda Childs......Page 92
Michael Clark......Page 98
Robert Cohan......Page 105
Merce Cunningham......Page 110
Siobhan Davies......Page 117
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker......Page 125
Laura Dean......Page 131
Douglas Dunn......Page 137
Eiko and Koma......Page 143
Mats Ek......Page 147
Garth Fagan......Page 151
Eliot Feld......Page 156
William Forsythe......Page 161
Jean-Claude Gallotta......Page 167
David Gordon......Page 171
Bill T.Jones......Page 178
James Kudelka......Page 185
Jiri Kylian......Page 192
Daniel Larrieu......Page 199
Murray Louis......Page 203
Lar Lubovitch......Page 208
Maguy Marin......Page 214
Susan Marshall......Page 218
Bebe Miller......Page 223
Meredith Monk......Page 227
Mark Morris......Page 233
Graeme Murphy......Page 240
Lloyd Newson......Page 245
Robert North......Page 249
Kazuo Ohno......Page 255
Steve Paxton......Page 260
Stephen Petronio......Page 266
Pilobolus......Page 271
Ian Spink......Page 276
Elizabeth Streb......Page 283
Kei Takei......Page 287
Paul Taylor......Page 291
Glen Tetley......Page 298
Twyla Thrap......Page 305

✦ Subjects

Искусство и искусствоведение;Искусство танца;Хореография;