Word: mallardi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fine's case, inspiration came in a quick moment, while the task of choreographing took several months. Once he had chosen his theme, he discussed it with Claire Mallardi, who helped choose the best style for its presentation. Her concern is to avoid techniques that are "tacky, superficial, imitative or sophomoric...
Late at night, after the run-through had ended, the choreographers met quietly with the company's artistic director, Claire Mallardi, to discuss their pieces. After commenting on each of them, Mallardi raised several points I had heard her discuss before. One of them concerned the facial expressions that the dancers had worn on stage...
...Mallardi believes strongly in the ideal of the suffering artist. According to her, no true artist, including the photographer, should expect to make a dime from his or her work. "Every great artist came from poverty," Mallardi told me. "The worst thing was to go home and tell your family. Now the arts are being permeated by the middle class, and the middle class is funding mediocrity...
Earlier, when Mallardi and I were negotiating the price of some photos she wanted to buy, she pointed out that several years ago she had choreographed a long piece, "A Paper Event," and the paper had cost her $2000 for three night. I was moved by her noble ideals to reduce my modest demands to a new low. Mallardi, who studied with Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham, is a highly demanding person who can identify what she wants from her associates, and seems...
...performance was of high quality, an impressive effort carried through by a handful of students. I don't know who is responsible, or whom to congratulate: Elizabeth S-Wilderson and Martha Urann, choreographers of yet another piece, Lise Newcomer; artistic director Claire Mallardi; or the dancers from outside the undergraduate community. Then again, the energy of performance isn't something any one individual creates...