Doug Varone, have you heard of him? If you said “yes”, great, and here is your chance to learn more. If you said “no”, even better, as you get to learn about the exquisite compositions and brief life of Doug Varone.
Varone has created pieces such as Rise, Alchemy, Lux, and Boats Leaving to name a few. Graduating from SUNY Purchase, he thought he wanted to be a Broadway star, but found at Purchase there was more to dance, it was an art form and he could be an expressive artist. When he was young he was a tapper, and believed that was the only way he could dance for a living, but later Varone says, “dance was a unique contemporary artwork and you could say things with it” (Dance In Video). He was in the Limon Company for about a year. Then he danced with the Lar Lubovitch Company for eight.
Varone's company performing Orpheus and Euridice
He has always been creating things even when in these companies. He was influenced by the idea of wanting to create something other people were not. He leaves the boundaries he had grown up and been taught behind. He started to explore ways he never knew the body could move, different ways to use music, and get “off the block” (Dance in Video). He continues to make pieces and wow his audience. Dance in Video shows Varone talking about his company,
Doug Varone and Dancers, and his unplanned, yet still, upcoming plans.
Its interesting that he started off as a tapper. I wonder if he continued to tap throughout his dance career. I love the fact that he was influenced by the idea of wanting to create something other people were not, that is what makes an excellent artist.
ReplyDeleteYes- very interesting, so did Bill Evans. I personally love the weighted style he employs with his choreography.
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