Fifty Contemporary Choreographers

Author(s): Martha Bremser

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"Fifty Contemporary Choreographers" provides a unique guide to some of today's most important dance-makers. The range of entries is impressively broad, spanning ballet, 'contemporary' and post-modern dance, and has an international scope. Each entry locates each choreographer's style and influence within the development of contemporary dance and includes: a biographical section; a chronological list of works; a detailed bibliography; and a critical essay. The choreographers discussed include: Michael Clark; Merce Cunningham; Mark Morris; Anne Teresa; De Keersmaeker; and Twyla Tharp.

General Information

  • : 9780415380829
  • : Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • : Routledge
  • : 0.521
  • : 31 January 2009
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 November 2011
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Martha Bremser
  • : Paperback
  • : 2nd Revised edition
  • : 792.820922
  • : 400

More About The Product

Martha Bremser is an editor, writer and teacher. She edited the award-winning International Dictionary of Ballet (St James Press, 1993), and currently teaches English Literature and Critical Thinking at Channing School, London. Lorna Sanders lectures within higher education both in the UK and in Europe. She is also course leader for 'Ballet Education Practice', a teacher training course run by the Royal Ballet School /Royal Opera House Education departments.

Contributors Acknowledgements Editor's Note Introduction Deborah Jowitt Richard Alston Jane Pritchard Lea Anderson Donald Hutera Karole Armitage Ellen Gainter Jerome Bel Ramsay Burt Matthew Bourne Ginnandrea Poesio Ronald K. Brown Jennifer Dunning Trisha Brown Debra Cash Christoper Bruce Jane Pritchard Jonathan Burrows Rachel Duerden Rosemary Butcher Lesley Anne Sayers Lucinda Childs Debra Cash Michael Clark Rachel Duerden Merce Cunningham Ellen Gainter Siobhan Davies Sarah Whatley Philippe Decoufle Bonnie Rowell Javier De Frutos Lorna Sanders Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Sandra Genter Mats Ek Giannadrea Poesio Garth Fagan Donald Hutera Eliot Feld Nancy Goldner William Forsythe Sandra Genter Itzik Galili Lisbeth Wildschut Shobana Jeyasingh Stacey Prickett Bill T. Jones Donald Hutera Akram Khan Stacey Prickett James Kudelka Katherine Kerby Fulton Jiri Kylian Lesley Anne Sayers Lar Lubovitch Stacey Prickett Lin Hwai-Min Yu Ling Chao Vincent Mantsoe Karen Vedel Maguy Marin Ginnandrea Poesio Susan Marshall Jennifer Predock Linnel Wayne McGregor Helena Hammond Bebe Miller Donald Hutera Meredith Monk George Dorris Mark Morris Joan Acocella Graeme Murphy Anita Donaldson Ohad Naharin Henia Rottenburg Lloyd Newson Josephine Leask Henri Oguike Lorna Sanders Steve Paxton Ann Cooper Albright Pilobolus Ellen Gainter Angelin Preljocaj Ramsay Burt Garry Stewart Alan Brissenden Elizabeth Streb Debra Cash Paul Taylor Debra Cash Twyla Tharp Ellen Gainter Wim Vandekeybus Ben Felsenburg Doug Varone Elizabeth Schwyzer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Jennifer Dunning