biography
pronunciation:
[petrohnioh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1956– )
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| biography:
| Dancer and choreographer, born in Nutley, New Jersey, USA. He was studying medicine at college when a chance visit to a dance class changed the course of his life. He trained in contact improvisation with Steve Paxton and also with such leading modern dance experimentalists as Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown. He began choreographing while still a member of Brown's company (1979–86), then headed his own troupe. In the 1990s he worked closely with the British choreographer, Michael Clark |
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