Doris Humphrey (1895–1958)
Autor de The Art of Making Dances
Sobre El Autor
A pioneer of modern dance, Doris Humphrey was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Humphrey began dancing at the age of 8 and began a career as a teacher of ballroom dance in Chicago in 1913. In 1917 she moved to Los Angeles, where she worked with the Denishawn Company. She remained with this company until mostrar más 1927, dancing in the early "music visualizations" Sedon Arabesque (1917) and Sonata Pathetique (1922) and choreographing her own first work, Tragica, in 1920. In 1927 Humphrey left the Denishawn Company with her dance partner Charles Weidman and went to New York, where they formed their own company the following year. The company performed for 16 years until arthritis forced Humphrey to retire from dancing, at which time the company disbanded. During that time she also originated the Julliard Dance Theatre and ran the Summer School of Dance at Bennington College (1934--42). She also choreographed highly original works during this period, including The Shakers (1931), Theatre Piece (1935), and With My Red Fires (1936). These works helped build the foundation for the philosophy of modern dance. After her retirement, Humphrey continued to choreograph for a number of companies, including one founded by one of her most talented students, Jose Limon. One of the works she created for the Limon company, Day on Earth, is considered by many to be one of the quintessential works for modern dance. She also served as artistic director of the Limon company from 1946 until her death. Humphrey's book The Art of Making Dances (1959) is a rigorous work still used by those who work in modern and postmodern dance. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Doris Humphrey
Doris Humphrey: An Artist First 1 copia
The Art of Making Dance 1 copia
EL ARTE DE CREAR DANZA 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Humphrey, Doris Batcheller
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1895-10-17
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1958-12-29
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Ocupaciones
- dancer
choreographer - Premios y honores
- National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame (1987)
- Biografía breve
- Doris Humphrey was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and grew up in Chicago, the daughter of Horace Buckingham Humphrey, a journalist, and his wife Julia Ellen Wells, a trained concert pianist. The maternal side of the family descended from William Brewster, a colonist who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. Doris began to study dance as a small child and while still at high school, toured the western states with her mother as accompanist. In 1913, at age 18, she opened her own dance school in Oak Park.
A few years later, she moved to Los Angeles, California and enrolled in the Denishawn School, where she studied, performed as a soloist, taught classes, and learned choreography. In 1932, she married Charles Francis Woodford, a merchant, with whom she had a son. Doris Humphrey formed her own dance company with Charles Weidman, which was successful even during the Great Depression, touring the USA and developing pioneering new styles and works. She participated in the Federal Dance Project created as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal. In 1933, she choreographed the Broadway show School for Husbands and returned the following year with Life Begins at 8:40.
After she retired from performing in 1944, she became artistic director for the José Limón Dance Company and created a number of works for that company.
Her book The Art of Making Dances, in which she set forth her innovative choreographic principles based on the principle of fall and recovery fro gravity, was published posthumously in 1959.
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One of the truly great figures in the dance world -- a pioneer of American modern dance, a great choreographer and teacher whose influences and innovations are apparent everywhere in the field -- Miss Humphrey has given us the first modern book on the art of choreography, and indespensible guide not only for the modern dance but for all stage creations.
The Art of Making Dances presents modern dance as theater. It contains a short history of the dance and various chapters discuss design, dynamics, and rhythm of dance. It includes a check list for composers of dances and an appendix of all the dances composed by Miss Humphrey.… (más)