Dance 2wice - Hardcover

Tarr, Patsy; Miller, Abbott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714843652 ISBN 13: 9780714843650

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2004

Synopsis

Dance 2wice is a collection of unique photographic essays depicting contemporary dance. Distilled from the pages of the award-winning disciplinary arts journal 2wice, the images explore the dynamic dialogue between performance and photography and bring together the talent of some the world's most respected dancers, choreographers, and photographers. In these carefully conceived collaborations, the transitory art of such key contemporary dance figures as Merce Cunningham, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, and Karole Armitage is vividly captured: The pages become the stage for beautifully choreographed performances.

About this title

About the Author

After founding the multidisciplinary studio Design/Writing/Research in 1989 with Ellen Lupton, Abbott Miller joined Pentagram's New York office as a partner in June 1999. He has pioneered the concept of 'designer as author', undertaking projects in which content and form are developed in a symbiotic relationship. His projects are often concerned with the cultural role of design and the public life of the written word. A member of the Society of Environmental Graphic Designers (SEGD), and a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), Miller has received numerous design honours. Since 1997 he has been Co-Chair, with Ellen Lupton, of the Graphic Design Department of the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. He is a contributing editor of Eye magazine and the co-author of four books including Design/Writing/Research: Writing on Graphic Design, also published by Phaidon. Patsy Tarr is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of 2wice magazine and President of the '2wice Arts Foundation', a not-for-profit organization based in New York that supports art, film, dance and performance through its publications, as well as making grants and charitable gifts. Nancy Dalva writes regularly about dance for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and The New York Times, among other publications. She is a senior writer for 2wice magazine.

Review

'A delightful book in which short essays inform the pictures, where movement is frozen and choreography expressed. I just wanted to keep it out so I could keep going through it. This is a book for all lovers of dance and has been beautifully put together.' (Fiona Baile, Musical Opinion) 'Beautiful...would grace any coffee table...a must-have for anyone interested in contemporary dance or photography.' (Dance Expression)

Edition details

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714843652
• ISBN 13: 9780714843650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160