Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1917, May 22 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
1936-1956 | Studied dance with Martha Graham, Helen Tamiris, Hanya Holm, Elizabeth Anderson-Ivantzova, Nenette Charisse, Edward Caton, and in classes taught by Charles Weidman and the Dance Unit, directed by Anna Sokolow Studied acting under Miriam Goldina, Stanford Meisner, and Stella Adler |
1940 | B.S. in education, City College of New York |
1942 | Choreographed Private Johnny Jukebox Danced in Helen Tamiris's Liberty Song |
1942-1943 | Served in the Army Air Force |
1943 | Choreographed Landscape with Three Figures, 1859, based on the story of abolitionist John Brown |
1945 | Danced in Broadway musical Up in Central Park, choreographed by Tamiris Danced in Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun, choreographed by Tamiris |
1946 | Married Helen Tamiris (died 1966) |
1948 | Danced in musical revue Inside U.S.A., choreographed by Tamiris Danced in Broadway musical Lend an Ear, staged by Gower Champion Choreographed Spanish Dance, Man of Action, and Strange Hero |
1949 | Danced in Broadway musical Touch and Go, choreographed by Tamiris |
1950 | Choreographed Dance in the Sun, adapted by filmmaker Shirley Clark for her 1953 film of the same title; The Ballad of John Henry; and Faces with Walt Whitman Danced in Broadway musical Bless You All, and assisted Tamiris with choreography |
1951 | Choreographed Man of Action |
1952 | Appeared in film Just for You as a specialty dancer, choreographed by Tamiris |
1954 | Created choreography for Warner Bros. film, His Majesty O'Keefe Choreographed Man Dancing and Tom O'Bedlam |
1955 | Danced in Broadway musical Plain and Fancy, choreographed by Tamiris Won Broadway's Donaldson Award "for all that is finest in theatrical achievement" |
1957 | Choreographed Indeterminate Figure and Progress Created dances in off-Broadway production of Volpone |
1958 | Choreographed Jazz: Three Ways, Three Happy Men, The Boss Man and the Snake Lady, With My Eye and With My Hand, A Dancer Prepares, and For a Young Person |
1959 | Choreographed Dance in the Sun |
1960 | Choreographed An Entertainment and An American Journey Co-founded Tamiris-Nagrin Dance Company |
1962 | Choreographed Two Improvisations |
1963 | Choreographed The Man Who Did Not Care |
1964 | Created choreography for The Emperor Jones, Boston Arts Festival |
1965 | Choreographed Path, Not Me But Him, In the Dusk, A Gratitude, In Defense of the City, and Why Not |
1966 | Began to focus on solo career after Tamiris's death |
1967-1971 | Teacher, SUNY, Brockport, New York |
1968 | Choreographed The Peloponnesian War, a work of protest against the Vietnam War |
1969-1973 | Formed and directed the Workgroup, an improvisational dance company open to choreographers, dancers, musicians, filmmakers, and playwrights |
1971 | Choreographed The Image; Duet; The Ritual; Polythemes, Wind I; Rondo; Mary Annie's Dance; and Rituals of Power |
1972 | Choreographed Songs of the Times; Fragment: Rondo I and II; Ritual for Two; Ritual for Eight; Quiet Dance I, II; Wounded Knee; and Sea Anemone Suite |
1973 | Choreographed Hello-Farewell-Hello and Steps |
1974 | Choreographed Untitled (I), Jazz Changes, and Sweet Woman |
1975 | Choreographed Nineteen Upbeats and The Edge is also a Center |
1976 | Choreographed Ruminations |
1977 | Choreographed Someone and Untitled (II) |
1978 | Created and appeared in monologue based on Albert Camus' The Fall Choreographed Getting Well, Time Writes Notes on Us, and Silence is Golden |
1979 | Choreographed Jacaranda to a libretto created by Sam Shepard |
1981 | Choreographed Poems off the Wall |
1982-1992 | Professor of dance, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona |
1988 | Published How to Dance Forever: Surviving Against the Odds. New York: Harper Collins |
1989 | Edited Helen Tamiris (selections from first draft of unfinished autobiography) |
1991 | Doctorate of Fine Arts, SUNY Brockport, New York |
1992 | Received the Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beineke Chair for Distinguished Teaching, American Dance Festival Professor emeritus, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona |
1993 | Choreographed Apartment 18C for dancer June Watanabe Received Master Teacher/Mentor Award from the National Endowment for the Arts |
1994 | Published Dance and the Specific Image: Improvisation. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press |
1997 | Published The Six Questions: Acting Technique for Dance Performance. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press Choreographed Croissant |
2004 | Honorary Doctor of Arts, CalArts, Los Angeles, Calif. |
2008, Dec. 29 | Died, Tempe, Ariz. |