James Waring (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Waring was a dancer, choreographer, costume designer and theatrical director based in New York City in the 1940s through the 1970s. He was a prolific choreographer as well as a dedicated teacher who selflessly helped his students and proteges to advance their careers, while maintaining a critical attitude towards his own work. He has been called "one of the most influential figures in the New York avant-garde in the late fifties and early sixties," "one of dance's great eccentrics," "a focal point for dance experimentation before the existence of the Judson Dance Theater," and "the quintessential Greenwich Village choreographer in the late 1950s and 1960s." Waring's collage style of building dance works influenced the development of the avant-garde Happenings which were staged in the late 1950s