Catching the Moment with Paul Kolnik
For nearly 50 years the legendary dance photographer, Paul Kolnik, helped create the visual identity of the New York City Ballet.
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One of the first dances I reviewed for Fjord was Jack Ferver’s hilarious yet penetrating “Everything is Imaginable” at New York Live Arts. It featured a series of solos in which accomplished dancers from different genres portrayed their childhood idols. In one vignette, Martha Graham Dance Company principal Lloyd Knight became Martha Graham. Last week at the Guggenheim, the Works &Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival premiered a fleshed-out, hourlong treatment of this concept: “The Drama” by Knight, Ferver, and filmmaker Jeremy Jacob. This time, Knight depicted himself as well as Graham, in a compelling work that told his life’s story through dance, film and the spoken word.
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For nearly 50 years the legendary dance photographer, Paul Kolnik, helped create the visual identity of the New York City Ballet.
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