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That Still Moment: Poetry and Essays on Dance

That Still Moment: Poetry and Essays on Dance

Denby, Edwin
Revely-Calder, Cal

Paperback

Series: Ekphrasis

Art Criticism & TheoryPoetry AnthologiesIndividual Artists

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ISBN10: 1644231379
ISBN13: 9781644231371
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Published: Oct 8 2024
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.10 Depth: 6.90
Language: English
The newest volume in the beloved ekphrasis series focuses on dance and poetry through the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest critics

I am interested at the moment in recalling to you how it looks when one sees dancing as non-professionals do, in the way you yourselves I suppose look at pictures, at buildings, at political history or at landscapes or at strangers you pass on the street. Or as you read poetry. --Edwin Denby

After starting his career as a dancer with companies and troupes in Germany and Switzerland, Edwin Denby moved to Manhattan, where he formed friendships with prominent members of the New York School, including Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery, and artists such as Rudy Burckhardt. In his critical writing, he brought his experience as a dancer to the page along with a poet's sensibility, distinguishing himself as an authority through delicate observation and illustrative prose. This collection of writings highlights Denby's interdisciplinary scope and range of expression, as well as his sharp, singular voice and empirical sensibility toward all works of art.

This Still Moment pairs Denby's landmark essays on dance criticism and portraits of major performers, such as Vaslav Nijinsky, with selections of his poetry that are long out of print. The writer and editor Cal Revely-Calder further contextualizes Denby's life and work in his insightful introduction.

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