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Marion Rice dedicated her creative life to teaching, preserving, protecting and performing the fifty or so dance works taught to her by Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Miriam Winslow and other modern dance luminaries while she was a student and performer at the Boston Braggiotti School in Boston in the early 1900s.
The Spencer Town Center Historic District encompasses the historic downtown of Spencer, Massachusetts.When first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the district covered 250 acres (100 ha) centered on Main Street between High and North Streets.
Michelle Dorrance (born September 12, 1979) is an American tap dancer, performer, choreographer, teacher and director. [1] Awarded a MacArthur "Genius Grant", she is the Founder and artistic director of Dorrance Dance.
Contact Improvisation (CI) is a postmodern dance practice that explores movement through shared weight, touch, and physical awareness. Originating in the United States in 1972, contact improvisation was developed by dancer and choreographer Steve Paxton, drawing on influences from modern dance, aikido, and somatic practices. [2]
The Pillow presents international dance in many forms, styles, and traditions. A performance on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage. Pillow founder Ted Shawn was instrumental in beginning the careers of Martha Graham and Jack Cole, and the Pillow has continued this mentoring role in the careers of artists such as Alvin Ailey, José Limón, and Mark Morris.
In 2011, he premiered the 150th work of his professional career, Festival Dance, to critical acclaim during sold-out performances at his dance center in Brooklyn. Morris and his Dance Group collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Falling Down Stairs, a film by Barbara Willis Sweete available on volume 2 of Ma's Emmy-winning Inspired by Bach ...
In 1997 in Boston, she was presented with the Tapestry Award for excellence in teaching from Thelma Goldberg of the Dance Inn in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1998, she became the youngest dancer and first woman to receive the Living Treasure in American Dance Award from Oklahoma City University. She received the "Savion Glover Award for Keeping ...
Mary O'Donnell Fulkerson (1946–2020) was an American dance teacher and choreographer. [1] Born in the United States, she developed an approach to expressive human movement called 'Anatomical Release Technique' in the US and UK, [2] [3] which has influenced the practice of dance movement therapy, as seen in the clinical work of Bonnie Meekums, [4] postmodern dance, as exemplified by the ...