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Geoffrey Holder
Chanteur/euse, Réalisateur/trice, Chorégraphe, Peintre, Photographe, Auteur-compositeur/trice, Danseur/se, Acteur/trice, Compositeur, Designer, Scénographe
Trinité-et-Tobago
Français
Le Trinidadien Geoffrey Holder est une icône mondiale de la danse. Il est peintre par ailleurs.
Il a rencontré l’Africaine Américaine Carmen de Lavallade, autre icône mondiale de la danse. Ils se sont mariés en 1954.
Linda Atkinson et Nick Doob leur ont consacré un long métrage documentaire en 2006, CARMEN AND GEOFFREY (2006, 80 Minutes, Couleur, Digital Beta, 4:3, Stereo).
Linda Atkinson et Nick Doob leur ont consacré un long métrage documentaire en 2009.
Il a rencontré l’Africaine Américaine Carmen de Lavallade, autre icône mondiale de la danse. Ils se sont mariés en 1954.
Linda Atkinson et Nick Doob leur ont consacré un long métrage documentaire en 2006, CARMEN AND GEOFFREY (2006, 80 Minutes, Couleur, Digital Beta, 4:3, Stereo).
Linda Atkinson et Nick Doob leur ont consacré un long métrage documentaire en 2009.
English
Dance icon and painter.
Geoffrey Holder came from Trinidad to debut in House of Flowers, which he also co-choreographed with Herbert Ross. Later he directed and designed the costumes for The Wiz winning two Tony-Awards in the process. With his 6 foot 6 inch frame, extraordinary voice, and exuberant virtuosi, he seems a force larger than life. A two time Tony-Award winner, Drama Desk winner, Clio Award winner, and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Geoffrey’s many and varied talents have won him recognition as an actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, composer, librettist, director, costume designer, scenic designer, writer, photographer and painter. His ballet, Dougla is a permanent part of the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s repertoire, as is his work Prodigal Prince for the Ailey Company. Geoffrey is currently working on a feature film version of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Red Slippers, as well as an African-American version of Alice in Wonderland. Additionally, he is the collaborator and subject of a book by the New York Times dance critic, Jennifer Dunning, The Marvelous World of Geoffrey Holder.
Source:
http://firstrunfeatures.com/newsletter/Publicity/carmenandgeoffrey.html
Geoffrey Holder came from Trinidad to debut in House of Flowers, which he also co-choreographed with Herbert Ross. Later he directed and designed the costumes for The Wiz winning two Tony-Awards in the process. With his 6 foot 6 inch frame, extraordinary voice, and exuberant virtuosi, he seems a force larger than life. A two time Tony-Award winner, Drama Desk winner, Clio Award winner, and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Geoffrey’s many and varied talents have won him recognition as an actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, composer, librettist, director, costume designer, scenic designer, writer, photographer and painter. His ballet, Dougla is a permanent part of the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s repertoire, as is his work Prodigal Prince for the Ailey Company. Geoffrey is currently working on a feature film version of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Red Slippers, as well as an African-American version of Alice in Wonderland. Additionally, he is the collaborator and subject of a book by the New York Times dance critic, Jennifer Dunning, The Marvelous World of Geoffrey Holder.
Source:
http://firstrunfeatures.com/newsletter/Publicity/carmenandgeoffrey.html
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