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Daniel E. Lewis Biography (1944-)

Born July 12, 1944, in New York, NY; son of Jerome (a tool and dye maker) andLouise (an x-ray technician; maiden name, Lavria) Lewis; married Jane Zarrington (a choreographer), December 13, 1980. Addresses: HOME--260 W. 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011. AGENT--Pentalle, 104 Franklin Street, New York,NY 10013.

Nationality

American

Birth Details

July 12, 1944

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
• Dancer: Yiddish Theater, NY, 1960-64; A Choreographic Offering, Legend, Psalm, The Winged, Comedy, The Unsung, Jose Limon Dance Company, Asia, Europe,South America, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, U.S., 1962-74; Daniel Lewis Dance Company, 1981; Ruth Currier Company; Felix Fibich Company; Stuart Hodes Company; Sofie Maslow Company; David Wood Company; Norman Waler Company;Charles Weidman Company; Anna Sokolow Company; American Dance Theater; The Juilliard Dance Ensemble.
• Credits; DIRECTOR
• Batsheva Company, Israel, 1969.
• Repertory Dance Theater of Salt Lake City, UT, 1969.
• Royal Swedish Ballet, 1970, 1971, 1973.
• Royal Danish Ballet, 1972.
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 1972.
• American Ballet Theatre, 1969, 1970.
• National Ballet of Canada, 1968.
• Danzahoy Caracus, 1980.
• The National Ballet School of Toronto, 1985.
• Dance Kern Holland, 1985.
• Credits; CHOREOGRAPHER; INDIVIDUAL DANCES
• "The Minding of the Flesh Is Death," Juilliard School, NY, 1967.
• "My Echo, My Shadow and Me," Contemporary Dance System, 1972.
• "Irving the Terrific," Lincoln Center Student Programs, NY, 1972.
• "And First They Slaughtered Angels," New York State Council of the Arts,1974.
• "Cabbagepatch," University of California at Los Angeles, 1976.
• "Proliferation," 1976.
• "Life and Other Things," 1978.
• "Mostly Beethoven," 1979.
• "There's Nothing Here of Me but Me," Amherst College, MA, 1980.
• "Beethoven Duet," University of Calgary, 1980.
• "Open Book," 1981.
• "Moments," 1982.
• "To Doris and Charles," Portland State College, OR, 1982.
• "Textured Lighting," 1984.
• "Atomic Ambiance," 1985.
• "Women," 1985.
• "Mind Over Matter," 1985.
• CHOREOGRAPHER:PRODUCTIONS Dido and Aeneur, Dallas Civic Opera, TX, 1971.
• Aiada, Houston Grand Opera, TX, 1978.
• Feathertop and Le Rossignol, American Opera Center, Lincoln Center, NY, 1980.
• The Tempest and Nefertiti, Amherst College, MA, 1977.
• Crisp, INTAR, NY, 1981.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
• Dancer: And David Wept, CBS; Lamp unto My Feet; Camera Three; others.
• Writings;BOOKS
• The Illustrated Dance Technique of Jose Limon, Harper and Row, 1984.