Lar Lubovitch (born April 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is a choreographer and founded his own dance company, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (founded in 1968 is a Dance company based in New York City and founded by Lar Lubovitch in the late 1960s Based in New York City, he and the company have toured worldwide. The City of New York He has been noted as one of the most important contributors to twentieth-century ballet. [1]
In addition to the company, Lar has also done creative work in ballet, ice-skating venues, and musical theater notably "Into the Woods". Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. He has played a key role in raising funds to fight AIDS.
One of America’s most versatile, popular and widely seen choreographers, Lar Lubovitch founded the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968 and at the time of writing (2005) has choreographed more than 100 dances for the company. Based in New York City, the company has performed in virtually all 50 American states as well as in more than 30 countries.
Starting in 1995, the company began focusing on creating dances in New York and teaching throughout the world. A prolific choreographer, during the recent 2004-05 year, Lubovitch created three new dances. The first, Love Stories, was a collaboration between the Lubovitch company and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (it premiered in Chicago in March 2005), the second, Do You Be, was created solely with the Lubovitch company in honor of Meredith Monk and premiered in NYC in November 2004). Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942, in New York) is an American Composer, performer director vocalist film-maker The third, Elemental Brubeck, is a collaboration between the Lubovitch company and the San Francisco Ballet (premiered in Paris in July 2005). The San Francisco Ballet ( SFB) is a Ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. Also in 2005 the Lubovitch company is collaborating with the Limon Dance Company in the creation of another new dance, and in early November the Lubovitch company stages its annual New York City season at the 850-seat Skirball Center on Washington Square, in New York City.
Recent projects (as of 2005) have included: the Lubovitch company’s world premiere of My Funny Valentine as part of the company’s 2001 season in New York at City Center, and (the year before that) staging the world premiere of its acclaimed hit Men's Stories as part of the company’s 2000 season in New York at the Orensanz Center for the Arts. New York City Center, historically known as City Center of Music and Drama, and also known as New York City Center 55th Street Theater, is a 2750-seat Moorish Recent projects also include the creation of a full-evening-length (3-act) ballet composed by Elliot Goldenthal based on Othello in an unprecedented collaboration between the Lubovitch company and American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet. " Othello " is an orchestral score composed by Elliot Goldenthal for Lar Lubovitch 's production of the ballet in 1998 and released commercially on the Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2 1954 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an acclaimed Academy Award and Golden Globe winning See also American Ballet Theatre, based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century Othello was broadcast nationwide on PBS’s Great Performances and nominated for an Emmy Award. Great Performances is a Television series devoted to the Performing arts and has been aired on the U
Lubovitch works are included in the repertories of companies throughout the world, including (among others) the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project and Netherlands Dance Theater. New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|300px| New York State Theater]] New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a Ballet company founded in 1948 by The Paris Opéra Ballet is the official Ballet company of the Opéra national de Paris, otherwise known as the Palais Garnier, though The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest Ballet troupes in Europe. Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German Ballet company which rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko in Stuttgart. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a Modern dance company based in New York New York. Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Михаил Николаевич Барышников (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet -born Russian The White Oak Dance Project was a Dance company founded in 1990 by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Mark Morris to be the touring arm of the Baryshnikov Dance
Lubovitch made his Broadway debut in 1987 with the musical staging for the Stephen Sondheim/ James Lapine musical, Into the Woods, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven James Lapine (born January 10 1949, Mansfield Ohio) is an American theatrical director and librettist. Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented In 1993 he choreographed the highly praised dance sequences for the Broadway show The Red Shoes. This article refers to the Broadway musical For others uses see The Red Shoes The Red Shoes is a musical with a book by The final ballet from that show joined the repertories of American Ballet Theatre and the National Ballet of Canada. The National Ballet of Canada is Canada 's largest Ballet troupe For his work on that show, he received the 1993-94 Astaire Award from the Theater Development Fund. In 1996 he created the musical staging (and two new dances) for the Tony-Award-winning Broadway revival of The King and I. The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Most recently he devised the musical staging for Walt Disney’s stage version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame in Berlin. Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris is an 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. In 2004 he was honored with the Elan Award for his outstanding choreography.
In addition to his work for stage, screen and television, Lubovitch has also made a notable contribution to the advancement of choreography in the field of ice dancing. Ice dancing is a form of Figure skating which draws from the world of Ballroom dancing. He has created dances for Olympic gold medalists John Curry, Peggy Fleming and Dorothy Hamill and has choreographed a full-length ice-dancing version of The Sleeping Beauty, starring Olympic medalists Robin Cousins and Rosalynn Sumners. John Curry (born 9 September 1949 died 15 April 1994 was a British figure skater. Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948 in San Jose California) is an American Figure skater who won an Olympic Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956 in Chicago Illinois) is an American figure skater. The Sleeping Beauty ( Спящая Красавица, Spyashchaya Krasavitsa) is a Ballet in a prologue and three acts Opus 66 by Pyotr Robin Cousins (born August 17, 1957 in Bristol) is a British retired competitive figure skater. Rosalynn Diane Sumners (born April 20, 1964) is an American ladies' singles figure skater. The ballet was broadcast throughout Great Britain and America. He also choreographed a TV project with Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay, who won the silver medal for France at the 1992 Olympics. Isabelle Duchesnay (born December 18, 1963, Aylmer Quebec, Canada) is an ice dancer who competed for both Canada Paul Duchesnay (born July 21, 1961 in Metz, France, moved to Aylmer, Quebec, Canada in 1962 was an The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was staged in 1992 The show, based on The Planets by Gustav Holst, was broadcast by the A&E TV-network in June 1995 and was nominated for an International Emmy Award, a Cable ACE Award and a Grammy Award. The Planets Op 32 is a seven- movement Orchestral suite by the British composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 Gustav Theodore Holst (21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934was an English Composer and was a music teacher for nearly 20 years A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Most recently he created two new ice dances for Paul Wylie, a duet for Renee Roca & Gorsha Sur, and an ensemble piece for the Ice Theatre of New York. Paul Stanton Wylie (born October 24, 1964) is an American figure skater and 1992 Olympic silver medalist Renee Roca (born 1963 is an American figure skater and choreographer Georgi "Gorsha" Sur (born January 1 1967 in Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) is an ex-Soviet American Ice dancer. The Ice Theatre of New York is a professional Figure skating group that performs Modern dance choreography on ice
Born in Chicago, Lubovitch was educated at the University of Iowa and the Juilliard School in New York. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. His teachers at Juilliard included Antony Tudor, Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow and Martha Graham. Antony Tudor ( 4 April 1908 - 19 April 1987) born William Cook, highly influential twentieth-century English Ballet José Arcadio Limón (1908 - 1972 was a pioneering modern dancer and choreographer Anna Sokolow (February 9 1910 Hartford Connecticut &ndash March 29 2000 in New York City New York) was a Jewish American Dancer and See also Martha Graham ( May 11, 1894 &ndash April 1, 1991) was an American Dancer and Choreographer He danced in numerous modern, ballet, jazz and ethnic companies before forming the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968.
Lubovitch’s work is renowned for its musicality, rhapsodic style and sophisticated formal structures. His radiant, highly technical choreography and deeply humanistic voice have been acclaimed throughout the world.
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