Pearl Lang ( born Pearl Lang , birth name is Pearl Lack, May 29, 1921 - February 24, 2009 ) is an American dancer, choreographer and teacher. She became known as a follower of Martha Graham's choreographic style, as well as many years of work in her own dance troupe - the Pearl Lang Dance Theater .
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Career
Born in Chicago . From childhood she was engaged in dancing and studied acting at . Frances Allis, a choreography teacher for actors, taught them their own contemporary style, which had much in common with Martha Graham . Lang mastered the Ellis technique and performed with her troupe in Chicago. In 1938, the 17-year-old Pearl enrolled in a program for gifted students at the University of Chicago , where she studied until 1941. This year she moved to New York . Native Pearl Lack took the stage name Pearl Lang. She began to study with Martha Graham and , and then joined . In it, she remained a soloist from 1942 to 1952, and also took part as a guest artist from 1954 to 1970 [6] . She became the first woman to dance seven parts from Martha Graham's repertoire - and for thirty years these performances have been popular with critics and the public. She was part of the first cast of the first ballets: , Punch and Judy ], И] became light) , Imaginary wing] , distraction of angels] , Canticle for Innocent Comedians ( Song for innocent comedians) , Ardent Song (Flaming song) , "Dark Meadow" (Dark Meadow) , Night Journey (Night Journey) , "Eye of Anguish" (Eyes of Fear) and "Appalachian Spring" (Spring in the Appalachians) . She also participated in Broadway productions of Carousel (1945–47), Finian's Rainbow, and Peer Gynt [7] .
In 1952, she founded her own troupe - Pearl Lang Dance Theater. For the troupe she staged sixty-three works as a choreographer, thirty-six of which were based on Jewish subjects . Acted as a choreographer for films, opera and television. Her work was also performed by the , the and the Israeli ensemble Bat Sheva . In 1970, she invited Alvin Ailey and his troupe to move to the same building with her troupe on 229 East 59th Street in Manhattan. Together they began to lead the American Dance Center (American Dance Center) as a dual school [8] . The last New York season of the Pearl Lang Dance Theater was held at Danny Kay's studio in 2001.
Rewards
Among the Lang awards and recognition are: two Guggenheim Scholarships for choreography, Martha Graham Award for performance and choreography, Award for contribution to Jewish culture through dance, For achievements from artists and writers Achievement Award from the Congress for Jewish Culture, Achievement Award from the Artists and Writers for Peace in the Middle East , Achievement Award from the Congress for Jewish Culture, Cultural Achievement Award from ( , Award Achievements Yuri art ( Excellence in Jewish Art ), and on July 19, 1985, the Juilliard School awarded her the title of Honorary . In 1997 she was included in the Hall of Fame of the International Committee for the Israel Dance Library. for the teacher’s achievements in life - “Lifetime Distinguished Teaching” [9] .
Teaching
As a teacher, Lang worked at Yale University faculties from 1954 to 1968, at the Juilliard School from 1952 to 1969, Connecticut College and the 1963 to 1968, as well as at Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. School of Contemporary Dance ) - almost to death. Among her many students were singer Madonna and choreographer Pina Bausch . [ten]
Death
Lang was in the process of recovering from hip surgery when she died of a heart attack. This happened in Manhattan three months before her 88th birthday. She lived in the Upper West Side with her husband, actor Joseph Wiseman , whom she married in 1964. [11] Wiseman died less than eight months after his wife died on October 19th.
Movies
- Lang and Francisco Moncion dance: Black Marigolds , music by Alan Hovanessa . From the broadcast of CMS 1962 for the morning broadcast of Camera Three , directed by Nick Hawing, created in collaboration with
- The Dybbuk for CBC
Work as a choreographer
- Song of Deborah, Moonsung and Windsung 1952
- Legend, Rites 1953
- And Joy is My Witness, Nightflight 1954
- Sky Chant 1957
- Persephone 1958
- Black Marigolds 1959
- Shirah 1960
- Apansionada 1961
- Broken Dialogues 1962
- Shore Bourne 1964
- Dismembered Fable 1965
- Pray for Dark Birds 1966
- Tongues of Fire 1967
- Piece for Brass 1969
- Moonways and Dark Tides 1970
- Sharjuhm 1971
- At That Point in Place and Time 1973
- The Possessed 1974
- Prairie Steps 1975
- Bach Rondelays, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, A Seder Night, Kaddish 1977
- Icarus, Cantigas Ladino 1978
- Notturno 1980
- Gypsy Ballad, Hanele the Orphan, The Tailor's Megilleh 1981
- Psalm, Song of Songs 1983
- Tehillim 1984
- Dance Panel # 7 2000
- The Time is Out of Joint 2001
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 uploading Freebase data - Google .
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/arts/dance/27lang.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries
- ↑ Tracy, Robert. Goddess: Martha Graham's Dancers Remember . New York: Proscenium Publishers, 1996.
- ↑ Pearl Lang Dance Theater, 2001-02 Season , Danny Kaye Playhouse.
- ↑ Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater . The official website of Alvin Ailey. Archived on September 25, 2006.
- ↑ Pearl Lang Dance Theater, 2001-2002 Season , Danny Kaye Playhouse.
- ↑ Profile
- ↑ We Remember - Pearl Lang, 1922 - 2009 | Jewish Women's Archive
Links
- Anderson, Jack. “Pearl Lang, Dancer and Choreographer, Dies at 87” ( The New York Times , February 26, 2009)
- Pearl Lang on the Internet Movie Database
- Lang, Pearl on the Internet Broadway Database