Fifty Contemporary Choreographers

by Bremser; Martha

• ISBN13: 9780415380812
• ISBN10: 0415380812
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A unique and authoritative guide to the lives and work of prominent living contemporary choreographers, this fully updated new edition includes many new names in the field of choreography, alongside those considered masters of the modern age. Representing a wide range of dance genres, each entry locates the individual in the context of modern dance theatre and explores their impact. Those studied include: Jerome Bel Richard Alston Doug Varone William Forsythe Phillippe Decoufle Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Ohad Naharin Itzik Gallili Twyla Tharp Wim Vandekeybus With a new, updated introduction by Deborah Jowitt and further reading and references throughout, this text is an invaluable resource for all students and critics of dance, and all those interested in the fascinating world of choreography.

Table of Contents

Entries include - Richard Alston, Lea Anderson,Karole Armitage, Pina Bausch, Matthew Bourne, Trisha Brown, Christopher Bruce, Jonathan Burrows, Rosemary Butcher, Carolyn Carlson, Lucinda Childs, Michael Clarke, Robert Cohan, Merce Cunningham, Siobhan Davies, Javier de Frutos,, Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker, Eiko and Koma, Mat Eks, Garth Fagan, Eliot Feld, William Forsythe, Jean-Claude Gallotta, Shobana Jeyasingh, Bill T. Jones, Akram Khan, James Kudelka, Jiri Kylian, Lar Lubovitch, Wayne MacGregor, Maguy Marin, Susan Marshall, Bebe Miller, Meredith Monk, Mark Morris, Graeme Murphy, Ohad Naharin, Lloyd Newson, Robert North, Kazuo Ohno, Steve Paxton, Stephen Petronio, Pilobolus, Ian Spink, Elizabeth Streb, Kei Takei, Paul taylor, Twyla Tharp, Wim Vanekeybus, Doug Varone