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José Montalvo (choreographer)
José Montalvo (born 1954) is a prominent French dancer and choreographer. A 2001 winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Dance Production, his work has been performed in Europe, America and Asia. Biography Early life José Montalvo was born in 1954 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France.Alan RidingDANCE; An Idealist Who Sees the Beauty in Diversity ''The New York Times'', October 24, 1999 He is of Spanish descent, as his parents moved to France during the Spanish Civil War. He took dance lessons at the Toulouse National Dance Centre as a child. At the age of twenty, he moved to Paris to study Art History and Visual Arts, where he intended to become an architect. He then studied Dance with American choreographer Jerome Andrews. He went on to study Dance with Dominique Dupuy ( fr) and Françoise Dupuy, when he learnt "expressionist" dance, pioneered by Jean Weidt. Later, he was trained by Carolyn Carlson, Lucinda Childs, Alwin Nikolaïs and Merce Cunningham. Career He st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as the Society of West End Theatre Awards, but they were renamed in honour of the British actor of the same name in 1984. The awards are given to individuals involved in West End productions and other leading non-commercial theatres based in London across a range of categories covering plays, musicals, dance, opera and affiliate theatre. A discretionary non-competitive Special Olivier Award is also given each year. The Olivier Awards are recognised internationally as the highest honour in British theatre, equivalent to the BAFTA Awards for film and television, and the BRIT Awards for music. The Olivier Awards are considered equivalent to Broadway's Tony Awards and France's Molière Award. Since inception, the awards have been held at va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
