TY - BOOK AU - Butterworth,Jo AU - Sanders,Lorna TI - Fifty contemporary choreographers T2 - Routledge key guides SN - 9780367376765 AV - GV1785.A1 F54 2021 U1 - 792.8/20922B 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Choreographers KW - Biography KW - Choreography KW - Modern dance N1 - P.B; Includes bibliographical references; Kyle Abraham -- Germaine Acogny -- Jose Agudo -- Jerome Bel -- Camille A Brown -- Tsung-lung Cheng -- Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui -- Deborah Colker -- Jorge Crecis -- Fleur Darkin -- Philippe Decoufl?e -- Michelle Dorrance -- William Forsythe -- Sharon Fridman -- Emanuel Gat -- Jacopo Godani -- Marco Goeke -- Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten -- Johan Inger -- Shobana Jeyasingh -- Akram Khan -- Amit Lahav -- Rosemary Lee -- Liv Lorent -- Russell Maliphant -- Dada Masilo -- Wayne McGregor -- Mourad Merzouki -- Rocio Molina -- Mark Morris -- Ohad Naharin -- Gideon Obarzanek -- Dimitros Papaioannou -- Crystal Pite -- Alain Platel -- Angelin Preljocaj -- Frances Rings -- Lia Rodrigues -- Tero Saarinen -- Benoit Sawan-Pouffer -- Hofesh Shechter -- Garry Stewart -- Maresa von Stockhert -- Jo Stomgren -- Meg Stuart -- Sabura Teshigawara -- Jasmin Vardimom -- Charlotte Vincent -- Sasha WaltzIzadora Weiss N2 - "Fifty Contemporary Choreographers is a unique and authoritative guide to the lives and work of prominent living contemporary choreographers; this third edition includes many new names in the field of choreography. Representing a wide range of dance genres and styles, each entry locates the individual in the context of contemporary dance and explores their impact. Those studied include: Kyle Abraham Germaine Acogny William Forsythe Marco Goeke Akram Khan Wayne McGregor Crystal Pite Frances Rings Hofesh Shechter Sasha Waltz With an updated introduction by Deborah Jowitt and further reading and references throughout, this text is an invaluable resource for all students and critics of dance and all those interested in the ever-changing world and variety of contemporary choreography"-- ER -