Comments on: Dance + Words = Good (Daniel Nagrin, part one) http://danceonpaper.com/2007/11/22/the-nagrin-project/ write about dance! Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: danseur http://danceonpaper.com/2007/11/22/the-nagrin-project/#comment-74 danseur Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:43:54 +0000 http://danceonpaper.com/2007/11/26/the-nagrin-project/#comment-74 Thanks David, I'm wondering if it was simply his age or where he was at in life that made him resist a discussion; had he been younger, perhaps he would have been in a different state of mind to talk about his work. I'm not sure. He was very open otherwise. I would have loved to see those works you mentioned. In general he fascinates me as a dance artist. It seems to me like he had a very fresh and unconventional way of approaching dance and choreography- one in which he bypassed the paradigms of technique and company-based structure that were quite established then. I have yet to view more of his work, but he was a maverick of sorts, in 20th-century American dance. Definitely one to be remembered and honored! Peter Thanks David,

I’m wondering if it was simply his age or where he was at in life that made him resist a discussion; had he been younger, perhaps he would have been in a different state of mind to talk about his work. I’m not sure. He was very open otherwise.

I would have loved to see those works you mentioned. In general he fascinates me as a dance artist. It seems to me like he had a very fresh and unconventional way of approaching dance and choreography- one in which he bypassed the paradigms of technique and company-based structure that were quite established then. I have yet to view more of his work, but he was a maverick of sorts, in 20th-century American dance. Definitely one to be remembered and honored!

Peter

]]> By: David J http://danceonpaper.com/2007/11/22/the-nagrin-project/#comment-73 David J Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:33:27 +0000 http://danceonpaper.com/2007/11/26/the-nagrin-project/#comment-73 Rather poignantly, I'm only reading this after recently finding out about Nagrin's death last December 29th. I say poignantly, because the big impression he made on me as a dance student & wannabe performance artist in New York in late 1977 or early '78 was with a staged adaptation of 'La Chute' by Camus. The only other performance of his I saw featured 'Jacaranda', a piece with a text by Sam Shepard. His use of language seemed exacting enough that I can understand the intimidating quality to his statement in the context of a Q&A...rather shamefully, maybe sensing his strictness, I never sought him out as a teacher. Rather poignantly, I’m only reading this after recently finding out about Nagrin’s death last December 29th. I say poignantly, because the big impression he made on me as a dance student & wannabe performance artist in New York in late 1977 or early ’78 was with a staged adaptation of ‘La Chute’ by Camus. The only other performance of his I saw featured ‘Jacaranda’, a piece with a text by Sam Shepard. His use of language seemed exacting enough that I can understand the intimidating quality to his statement in the context of a Q&A…rather shamefully, maybe sensing his strictness, I never sought him out as a teacher.

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