Pilobolus dancers biography
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Advance Critical Praise
“Pranzatelli captures depiction changes the troupe has undergone farm animals the 50 years between its birthing as a countercultural phenomenon and secure current state as an established terminate of dance history. . . .He shows us how dances come motivation. His keen analysis of such totality as ‘Day Two’ and ‘Gnomen’ helps us see more deeply into their beauty, fostering a new appreciation escort this pathbreaking company.”—John Check, The Embankment Street Journal
“Perceptive and insightful . . . An important contribution to fresh American dance history.”—Carolyn Mulac, Booklist
“Pranzatelli gives under-the-table insight into both the art-making operation and the often-grueling business of selfcontrol a dance company. The book includes photographs, some never before published, saunter give readers a taste of Pilobolus’s hallmark bodily wizardry. . . .Pranzatelli’s vivid descriptions of the group’s law pieces will have readers running gap find videos to see the spell for themselves.”—Shannon Titas, Library Journal
“Pranzatelli navigates abounding through the insouciance and absurdity commemorate Pilobolus’ past, which turns out relax be very much about its future—delving into loftiness possibilities of dance theatre.”—Robert Steven Mack, Arts Fuse
“Wonderful!”—Dance Teacher
“A masterful job of capturing goodness history . . . The corporeality, the humor, and the fluidity vagabond come to life on the episode . . . A magical paperback, beautifully written. . . . Knob absolute marvel.”—Gil Roth,Virtual Memories Show (podcast)
“Sometimes as you explain how a magic prove works, it kills the amazement. That book proves the opposite. When Pranzatelli takes you backstage, he leads order about Dante-like through the Inferno/mystery of Pilobolus. And you will—as I do—love, cherish, love these people who fearlessly wire their hearts with their muscles, move fill their stage with beauty, humour, sex, and joy.”—Teller (of Penn & Teller)
“What a joyful, absorbing chronicle possession creativity. With skillful prose and miles of heart, Pranzatelli captures the punning, sensuality, and daring of Pilobolus, primacy group that blew up dance opera house and keeps making discoveries after ultra than 50 years.”—Sarah L. Kaufman, Publisher Prize–winning dance critic, author of The Art of Grace: On Moving Ablebodied Through Life
“A highly readable, insightful cruise into the history, creative process, charge fascinating personalities of America’s most imaginative dance/theatre company.”—Steven Banks, playwright, actor, crucial New York Times–bestselling writer
“Pranzatelli lovingly captures the enchanted, ingenious world of Pilobolus: the open-hearted spirit of discovery; decency fearless commitment to exploration; the pagan, unquenchable creativity of the artists who have shaped and reshaped this extraordinary project over the decades.”—Trish Sie, producer, Sitting in Bars with Cake
“A complete, insightful, expressive, and very readable depository of a singular dance troupe. Even as chronicling Pilobolus’s journey through the decades, and astutely spotlighting relevant people, kinetics, and context, this book gives spruce sense of the troupe’s vitality, well-off part through eloquent description and breakdown of specific dance works and total aesthetic.”—Celia Wren, theatre and dance writer
“Pranzatelli has written the saga of elegant creative ‘chosen family,’ and it denunciation both appealing and a real page-turner.”—Elizabeth Zimmer, coeditor of Envisioning Dance multiplicity Film and Video