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Covering today's most important modern, ballet, contemporary and post-modern choreographers in Europe and North America, this unique guide is a valuable quick reference for students and critics, dancers and general readers in love with dance.

Each entry includes a biographical section, a chronological list of works, a detailed bibliography and a critical essay. In entries on choreographers such as Richard Alston, Pina Bausch, Laurie Booth, Christopher Bruce, Jonathan Burrows, Michael Clarke, Merce Cunningham, Anna Theresa De Keersmaeker, Eiko and Koma, William Forsythe,Jiri Kylain, Mark Morris, Twyla Tharp and other leading figures, readers can easily locate each choreographer's style and influence within the development of contemporary theatre dance, and swiftly discern the essential facts in his or her career. ... Read more

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This book contains interviews with a dozen choreographers on and about their technical approach to choreography. ... Read more

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Excellent Resouce
In a field where resources for musical theatre choreographers are few and far between, this text is exceptional, in-depth, and insightful.The interviews are informative and delve into the very personal choreographic processes.An excellent resource!

Interviews with people you should know...
The editorial review gives a great description - if you are a dancer or choreographer in today's business, you will want to read about how those who have succeeded got where they are. Hermes Pan, who did more than 60Hollywood musicals; Joe Layton of Broadway's Once Upon a Mattress, Sound ofMusic, and George M!, and the film Thoroughly Modern Millie; Lee Theodore,originaly in West Side Story and founder of The American Dance Machine;Michael Bennett and Bob Avian, creators of A Chorus Line; Pat Birch,choreo. of the film Grease and so much more; Larry Fuller of Evita; TommyTune of many Broadway shows; Graciela Daniele of Ragtime, AGYG, and A NewBrain; Dan Siretta of Goodspeed Opera House; Wayne Cilento, original dancerin A Chorus Line and Dancin'.

It tells how they started, who inspiredthem, and what they look for in casting and collaborators. I highly suggestit! ... Read more

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It traces her career from her studies in the Mary Wigman school, through Hitler's consolidation of power and the traumas of World War II, to the continuation of her career as choreographer and assistant to Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper in East Berlin and as a highly esteemed opera régisseur.
The Life and Times of Ellen von Frankenberg is the first part of a three part series entitled Three Women in Three Worlds of Modern Dance by Karen Bell-Kanner. Parts 2 and 3 will cover the lives of Bonnie Bird and Koula Pratsika.
This fascinating study follows the life of Ellen von Frankenberg (born in 1906), who was a dancer, choreographer and director, from the days of Germany's Weimar Republic, through the first half of the German Democratic Republic. ... Read more

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Life and Times of Ellen von Frankenberg
This is scholarly and extremely well researched book covering a fascinating period in the history of dance in the 20th century. The author Karen Bell-Kanner has traced von Frankenberg's career from the school of dancer Mary Wigman in Dresden in 1920's at a boom time for German Modern Dance to her activities as a choreographer and dance director under the Nazi regime when she lost her job, modern dance being considered 'improper'. She did manage to reform a group and was sent to perform for the troops behind the lines in Russia and even in Normandy on the eve of the Allied invasion. She experienced the fire bombing of Dresden and rebuilt her life in the ruins of Berlin. Despite all the intersting content I do have a quibble with Bell-Kanner's writing style- or rather lack of it.She appears to have translated her interviews from the German, word for word, which leave a strangley disjointed English which I felt detracted from the whole. However, a thoroughly worth-while effort in a field which is litle known in the English speaking world.
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For each of 970 choreographers there is a biography providing date and place of birth (and death when appropriate), a description of their choreographic style, a listing of their stage, television, music video, nightclub, and concert credits, and a listing of the movies they choreographed. ... Read more

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MARVELOUS WHO'S WHO OF HOLLYWODO CHOREOGRAPHERS
In this expansive encyclopedia, author Billman offers a comprehensive who's who of Hollywood film choreographers and dance directors from the start of the movie business. Each entry provides a brief biography/perspective of the talent under examination as well as providingtheir film credits and listing their career contributions in other mediums.

Of particular interest are the author's essays on the history/development of screen dance as techniques, style, and technology impacted how choreographers and dance directors executed their craft in Hollywood productions over the many decades.

A unique treasure trove of information well worth purchasing--and enjoying!

An impressive work
This book will delight you if you love dance in movies. I picked it up out of curiosity and found myself lost in its pages in no time. Even as someone who knows a lot about dancing in the movies, I keptsaying "I didn't know that!" as I read through the various biographies. It's most impressive the way the author has cross-referenced the complex relationships between dancers and choreographers. As director of the Academy of Dance on Film, he has access to the "backstory" of how things really happened, and this book is filled with wonderful anecdotes.

An Indispensable Resource
This book is a totally unique resource.It contains both a history of dance on film (by decade) and a veritable biographic encyclopedia of film choreographers and dance directors, from the well known to those who should be. Despite the massive research that must have been required for this book, it does not read like an academic tome, but is written in a lively, enjoyable style that makes it difficult to put down.An added bonus are the numerous. and often rare, photographs.

as "Dance Spirit" says...
From the review in Dance Spirit Magazine -"When you pick up a copy of Film Choreographers and Dance Directors, you'll wonder how on earth you managed without it. This comprehensive encyclopedia contains biographiesand credits for 970 choreographers, who worked on 3,500 films. This664-page book includes 184 photographs, a decade-by-decade history of dancein movies, and a detailed index." ... Read more

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Find out what skills are needed, what’s in a day’s work, and where choreography can take you. You’ll also learn about the history of dance and about dances performed around the world. From learning how to express yourself through music and dance to keeping your body healthy, choreography can help you dance your way to the top.The On the Job series lets you go behind the scenes of today’s hottest careers. You’ll discover what it takes to make it and how much fun the work can be!

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This is the first book-length study in any language about this Russian artist--Parius Petipa's colleague and Tchaikovsky's collaborator--who is widely celebrated and yet virtually unknown. It follows Ivanov from his infancy in a St Petersburg foundling home through to his career as a dancer, regisseur, and choreographer in the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet. Ivanov's artistic world is described, as is his legacy-- some dozen works, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and the famous dances from Prince Igor--that inspired Mikhail Fokine in the next generation. The book is richly documented, including the first complete publication of Ivanov's memoirs and hundreds of citations, many published here for the first time, from state documents, reminiscences, and criticism. ... Read more

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Outstanding scholarship reveals life of unknown balletmaster
Lev Ivanov has been, for the last century, a known name but an unknown figure.As fruit of exceptional research into Russian archives, Professor Wiley has produced what he claims is a `first study'--which undoubtedly itis, but which future generations of dance lovers and scholars willrecognize as a major work of historical and interpretative research. Ivanov must ever remain a shadowy figure.Contemporary comment andcontemporary records reveal as little as one might expect about a man wasonly `second balletmaster'.His legacy to us, of course, is enshrined intwo of the most popular ballet in the world--`Swan Lake' and `TheNutcracker'.Yet it is Professor Wiley who has now made clear the extentof Ivanov's contribution to the development and the greatness of theRussian imperial ballet at the Maryinsky Theatre.The book is essentialreading for anyone concerned with ballet, and it is a work of bothscholarship and artistic insights. --ClementCrisp, Ballet Critic,TheFinancial Times of London ... Read more

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Further Steps 2 brings together New York’s foremost choreographers – among them MacArthur ‘Genius’ award winners Meredith Monk and Bill T. Jones – to discuss the past, present and future of dance in the US. In a series of exclusive and enlightening interviews, this diverse selection of artists discuss the changing roles of race, gender, politics, and the social environment on their work.

Bringing her own experience of the New York dance scene to her study, Constance Kreemer traces the lives and works of the following choreographers:

Lucinda Childs, Douglas Dunn, Molissa Fenley, Rennie Harris, Bill T. Jones, Kenneth King, Nancy Meehan, Meredith Monk, Rosalind Newman, Gus Solomons jr, Doug Varone, Dan Wagoner, Mel Wong and Jawole Zollar.

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An inquiry into improvisation as practiced by Richard Bull and his contemporaries. ... Read more

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Chapters: Dances of India, Indian Choreographers, Indian Choreography Awards, Indian Dance Stubs, Bhangra, Theyyam, Yakshagana, Padayani, Remo D'souza, Prabhu Deva, Uday Shankar, Dance Forms of Tamil Nadu, Koodiyattam, Dance Forms of Andhra Pradesh, Sundeep Malani, Farah Khan, Bhuta Kola, Nataraja, Swang, Anita Ratnam, Rasa, Dandiya Raas, Rasa Lila, Theeyaattam, Shiamak Davar, Astad Deboo, Manipuri Dance, Dance Bar, Lata Pada, Sonal Mansingh, Tandava, Dappan Koothu, Saroj Khan, Longinus Fernandes, Alarmel Valli, Chitresh Das, Kumudini Lakhia, Natya Yoga, Indian Classical Dance, Adyar K. Lakshman, Chhau Dance, Sattriya Dance, Nagaradhane, Kum Uma Sharma, Traditional Dances of Himachal Pradesh, Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, Chakyar Koothu, Geeta Kapoor, Birju Maharaj, Deknni, Mamata Shankar, Chandralekha, Ramanattam, Veeru Devgan, Kamsale, Ottamthullal, Karana Dance, Tripuri Dances, Hulivesha, Garba, the Nritarutya Dance Collective, Nritya Creations, Kummattikali, Oppana, Dollu Kunitha, Pandanallur Style, Filmfare Award for Best Choreography, Gaarudi Gombe, Poorakkali, Kuthiyottam, Margam Kali, Nautch, Giddha, Bihu Dance, Munna Shukla, Mayilpeeli Thookkam, Mujra, Garudan Hanging, Thirra, Perini Shivatandavam, Mugur Sundar, Prerana Deshpande, Oyilattam, Nandi Award for Best Choreographer, Tanusree Shankar, Kummi, Baraat, Chavittu Nadakam, Vazhuvoor, Chavittunatakam, Abhishek Avasthi, Veeranatyam, Lezim, Aravana, Punjabi Dance, Filmfare Best Choreography Award, Vijay Madhavan, Mudiyett, Velakali, Fugdi, National Film Award for Best Choreography, Gummankuthu, Krishnanattam, Mayuri Upadhya, Padma Subramanyam, Nangiǎr Kūthu, Pung Cholom, Aati Kalenja, Patayani, Chitra Visweswaran, Bhavai Dance, Natyanjali, Alarippu, Darika, Malayikuthu, Vikrant Massey, Kolkali, Khajuraho Dance Festival, Duffmuttu, Bagurumba, Thacholikali, Ghoomar, R Jai Quehaeni, Rajendra Gangani, Malwai Giddha, Hasta Kosha, Mudi-Āttam, Anurita Rai, Bollywood Movie Aw...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1682451 ... Read more

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Speaking of Dance: Twelve Contemporary Choreographers on Their Craft delves into the choreographic processes of some of America's most engaging and revolutionary dancemakers.Based on personal interviews, the book's narratives reveal the methods and quests of, among others, Merce Cunningham, Meredith Monk, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, and Mark Morris.Morgenroth shows how the ideas, craft, and passion that go into their work have led these choreographers to disrupt known forms and expectations.The history of dance in the making is revealed through the stories of these intelligent, articulate, and witty dance masters. ... Read more

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Speaking of Dance
This book was everything I expected.It came to me quickly and I was very pleased with the condition of the book.

Eminently Readable & Delightful Journey in Modern Choreography
Joyce Morgenroth's work, aptly titled Speaking of Dance, allows us the pleasure of actually hearing the voices of the choreographers and, in a very real sense, seeing their work.This simple integrity of purpose may be a large part of what makes the book so eminently readable.The author signals us with her first introductory words, "Watching dance..." that we are in for a journey from audience point-of-view.Then, Morgenroth neatly take us to the source, her interviews with twelve well-known choreographers. What different sources they turn out to be!

Speaking of Dance lets the choreographers tell their stories with the full flair of their personalities.I get who they are without being spoon-fed.They speak in their twelve highly individuals styles, just what you hope for from contemporary titans in the dance world. (No doubt much clearer sounding than some of them actually articulated before Morgenroth edited for us.)In speaking they let us into their world.How much each captivates is illuminated almost as much by how they present themselves, perhaps who they are, as by what they have created on the floor...and, in some cases, off the ceilings, on the walls, with the music coupled with each artist's internal vision.In every case I learn

Smart and lively
I like this book alot.In the introduction, we hear the voice of Joyce Morgenroth, author and interviewer.An auspices start.The writing is smart and lively.Morgenroth loves dance, has a keen eye for details, and lots of questions.Through the intro, her energetic and easy writing makes her feel close... and she is willing to take us along into the kitchens and lofts to speak with dancemakers about the alchemy of choreography.

First stop, though is a short history of modern dance.We get facts but Morgenroth concentrates on the catalysts that led to explorations.She places each of the artists in the book in context.

The interviews start with a short bio but the heft is the voice of the artist.The pieces are spontaneous and intimate and also well-structured. The artists' stories of their histories are funny and human. No matter how well known, it is clear that each artist is still deeply involved with the process of making work.

I teach dance compostion and after reading Speaking of Dance realized what a priceless resource this is for young people making art.We can't give them a formula, just tips and the courage to get out there and try.

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This 1987 book of essays captures some of the clearest, mostinsightful, least pretentious dance writing around. Culled fromDance Magazine, the New York Times Ballet Review,Dancing Times, and other publications, these essays (originallypublished as reviews) serve as a guidebook through the world of late20th-century dance, in form ("Patterns and Spinning Are Only aPart of It"), in trends ("The Rise of the MaleEnsemble"), and especially in personalities ("Some PersonalGrumbles About Martha Graham"). Jack Anderson does what few dancewriters are able to do: in jargon-free language he describes theintellectual content of modern dance, as well as how the body movesthrough space and how it can communicate emotions beyond the power ofspeech. ... Read more

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Chapters: Filmfare Award for Best Choreography, Nandi Award for Best Choreographer, Filmfare Best Choreography Award, National Film Award for Best Choreography, Bollywood Movie Award - Best Choreography, Santosham Best Choreography Award. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Filmfare Best Choreography Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Although the awards started in 1953, the best choreography category did not start until 1989. Most AwardsSaroj Khan - 8Farah Khan - 5 Saroj Khan, with eight wins, holds the record for most awards in this category, followed by Farah Khan, with five. Saroj Khan also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won three awards between 1989 and 1991. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4028847 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1930 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Yesterday & tomorrow: Jewish choreographers grapple with their heritage.
Author: Shayna Samuels
Publication: Dance Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
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Volume: 80Issue: 4Page: 66(8)

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Dance Magazine, Inc. on April 1, 2009. The length of the article is 995 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The science inside a dance: what can choreography do for scientific research? William Forsythe and Ohio State University team up to find out.(teach-learn connection)
Author: Steve Sucato
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Date: April 1, 2009
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Volume: 83Issue: 4Page: 50(3)

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Dance Magazine, Inc. on April 1, 2010. The length of the article is 1626 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The traps of pop music: do hit songs make hit choreography?
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Dramatically candid conversations about the creative life with 59 leading American choreographers.

"Eichenbaum's firsthand knowledge of dance, her passion for dancing and the people who do it, and her appreciation of the minutiae of lives, both everyday and Olympian, all combine to open windows onto the soul of dance and the lives of those who helped to define and shape the art in the 20th century."—Jennifer Dunning, dance critic, New York Times

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; Anna 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. 118 duotones. ... Read more

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Dancer's Delight
Masters of Movement is a book for every lover of dance , dance student and those whose hearts belong to dance.Each and every interview cements the idea of the connectivity of our creativity.The author has done a great deed assembling these moments for us to enjoy.It is wonderful that she was able to interview these creative creatures before some of them "moved on".Highly recommend it for anyone who has enjoyed: ballet, modern dance, jazz dancing, movies with a dance theme and those old Hollywood movies that had any kind of dancing in it.This book has something for everyone.

WOW!
I expected to be wowed by the photos in Ms. Eichenbaum's book, as I have attended some of her photography exhibits.What I did not expect was that I would be so entertained by the interviews!I am not very familiar with the world of dance but with her interviews, she has portrayed the spirit, the style and the passions of each individual -- they are all very inspirational.And with the photos and the prose combined she has really captured the essence of these dancers.You do not need to be a dancer to appreciate this book!

Outstanding work of art!
Lavish treatment of the American Dance scene.Warm in tone, intriguing and evocative in purpose.Photos are emotional and revealing. A 'must have' for anyone passionate about the art of dance and the dancer.

Beautiful Art
As an artist and art educator, I am enthralled with the photos in this book. The design elements and knowledge of art and dance all combine to create a beautiful presentation of each dance artist.The wonderful part is that the dancers are shown in their own environment. The love, absolute love of what they are doing shows in every face. The text is something you want to sit down and absorb over and over. This book is not only for one familiar with dance, but lovers of photography and the arts also. Can't wait for more!

American Choregraphy Revealed!
I love this book.It is esthetically gorgeous.The text reveals the depth and complexity of these amazingly talented choreographers elicited by compelling and often humorous questions.I think Rose Eichenbaum's images and accompanying interviews show tremendous respect for her subjects. And they respond in turn by revealing so much both in front of the camera and as they speak to her of their art.If you are curious about who has been or is responsible for American dance today, you will want to read this book.Bravo! ... Read more

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This important study of the powerful and creative personality of Antony Tudor covers his work in the United States and Provides valuable insights into his wit as well as his unique working methods, teaching and choreography. ... Read more