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.