Richard Powers (dance historian)
- Richard Powers (dance historian)
Richard Powers is an expert in American social dance, noted for his choreographies for dozens of stage productions and films, and his workshops in Paris, Rome, Prague, London, Venice, Geneva, St. Petersburg and Tokyo as well as across the U.S. and Canada. He has been researching and reconstructing historic social dances for twenty-five years and is currently a full-time instructor at Stanford University Dance Division. He teaches a variety of social dance history and practicum classes for the dance division of the Stanford University Drama Department. He joined the Dance Faculty in 1992 and serves as a faculty liaison to the Friends of Dance at Stanford organization.
Richard founded the Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance (1981) to produce large-scale monthly recreations of Victorian and Ragtime Balls. Formed the Flying Cloud Troupe, a 30-member performing company (1982) and co-founded the supporting Fleeting Moments Waltz & Quickstep Orchestra.
Richard started and directed the Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble (1992) and serves as an advisor and choreographer for the Swingtime Dance Troupe.
Recognition
Powers was selected by the Centennial Issue of "Stanford Magazine" as one of Stanford University's most notable graduates of its first century and was awarded the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for distinctive and exceptional contributions to education at Stanford University (1999).
Recipient of the Post-Corbett Award, Cincinnati's foremost arts recognition (1992).
Choreographies in film
*Ragtime era dance for the 1989 film "Cold Sassy Tree"
*19th century ballroom dances for the 1989 film "North and South"
*Ragtime era dance for the 1994 film "Spring Awakenings"
*Victorian ballroom dances for the 1986 TV film "Mrs. Perkins' Ball"
Extended Links
* [http://www.stanford.edu/dept/dance/faculty/rpowers.html Richard Powers Faculty Page]
* [http://www.stanford.edu/group/dance/vintage/ Vintage Dance Ensemble Website]
* [http://dance.stanford.edu Dance at Stanford Website]
* [http://swingtime.stanford.edu Swingtime Official Website]
* [http://www.splittree.org/waltz/powers.htm Powers' biography]
* [http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/musings.htm Powers' writing about dance and dancing]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Richard Powers (disambiguation) — Richard Powers may refer to: * Richard Powers (born 1957), American novelist and 2006 winner of the National Book Award for Fiction * Richard Powers (dance historian), American choreographer and dance historian * Richard M. Powers (1921–1996),… … Wikipedia
dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… … Universalium
Richard Wagner — Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813, Leipzig, Germany 13 February 1883, Venice, Italy) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas , as they were later called). Unlike most… … Wikipedia
Swingtime Dance Troupe — [http://swingtime.stanford.edu Swingtime] is a student run swing performance troupe based at Stanford University in California. It was founded the fall of 2002 by four students Megan Kale, Darick Tong, Maria Reese, and Andy Huang in the wake of… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Master Juba — Portrait of Boz s Juba from an 1848 London playbill Master Juba (ca. 1825 – ca. 1852 or 1853) was an African American dancer active in the 1840s. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences… … Wikipedia
MacArthur Fellows Program — For the award in the field of ecology, see Robert H. MacArthur Award. The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship (nicknamed the Genius Award) is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation each year to typically … Wikipedia
Vietnam War — Part of the Cold War and the Indochina Wars … Wikipedia
Jim Steranko — Steranko at New York Comic Con February 2009 Born James F. Steranko November 5, 1938 (1938 11 05) … Wikipedia
Keele University — Infobox University name = Keele University caption = The Keele University shield motto = Thanke God for All established = 1949 (as University College of North Staffordshire); university status granted in 1962 type = Public chancellor = Prof Sir… … Wikipedia
