Anawalt its true that his works took a beating. Dance critics needed to make sure that people understood Gerald Arpino is a brated choreographer and George Balanchine is a. Woman what gerry arpino did was he took the classical vocabulary and he then stretched it in a way which was very american and very modern, to be more exaggerated to be faster to be more dynamic. It was really trying to find a way to hold onto that tradition of classical ballet but to give it that modern american sensibility. Kisselgoff the thing is that, he choreographed for the moment. He was of his time. Some works died very soon, but some did not. Weiss gerry was an eclectic choreographer. He didnt really have one style. At that time, ballet was the conservatory and i think by breaking out of that, he probably threatened some people, and also, frankly, there were moments when he went overboard. Mckenzie i always had a love hate relationship with gerry in the studio. In retrospect, he broke down a holierthanthou
Theatre Ballet, Brigham Young University’s top performing ballet company, has cultivated a close relationship with the Gerald Arpino Foundation under the guidance of BYU Department of Dance Chair Shayla Bott and Artistic Director Ashley Parov. The Arpino Foundation is an organization charged with the preservation and licensing of Gerald Arpino and Robert Joffrey’s choreographic works. […]