Word: lichtensteins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Roots and Flowers. A tall, bear-like figure whose bywords are "life" and "energy," Lichtenstein works in a ramshackle, sometimes abrasive manner...
...Lichtenstein realizes that one of the Academy's biggest problems is that "we are where we are-in New York, but not in the heart...
...Lichtenstein's most successful solution to that problem, aside from his dance programs, has been in the area of theater, where he has been able to offer more venturesome seasons than anything available on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge. This year, for example, he has already put on Robert Wilson's twelve-hour epic The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (TIME, Dec. 31) and the Chelsea Theater Center's sparkling revival of Leonard Bernstein's Candide. This week Lichtenstein unveils his greatest coup yet: a three-month season by three top British repertory...
Brooklyn born, raised and educated (Brooklyn College), Lichtenstein studied with Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham, then danced with the New York City Opera and the Dance Drama Company. He quit to spend three years as a fund raiser for Brandeis University. This was followed by a Ford Foundation fellowship on which he activated the subscription program of the New York City Ballet, an accomplishment that brought him to the attention of the Academy's board of directors...
...When I came here, I tried to make this place come alive," Lichtenstein says. "Life can take root in the strangest places. I think we have another five years before we are in a stable situation. It won't be a quick spring flowering. It has roots. But I can feel this place beginning to flower...