A Handel ode inspired by John Milton's poetry supplies the music for one of his major works, and he danced as both a Carthaginian queen and The Sorceress in another, his adaptation of Purcell.
One dance created by this choreographer includes a hunting scene in which dancers playing dogs pretend to pee on other dancers playing bushes. A Roland Barthes essay inspired this artist's Championship Wrestling. The Balkan dances this artist encountered working for the Koleda Folk Ensemble greatly influenced his work. This artist replaced toy soldiers with G.I. Joe action figures in his modern adaptation of The Nutcracker, called The (*) Hard Nut, created while European critics were savaging his work at La Monnaie in Brussels. A Handel ode inspired by John Milton's poetry supplies the music for one of his major works, and he danced as both a Carthaginian queen and The Sorceress in another, his adaptation of Purcell. For 10 points, name this choreographer of L'Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Moderato and Dido and Aeneas, known for using large dancers in his compositions.
One dance created by this choreographer includes a hunting scene in which dancers playing dogs pretend to pee on other dancers playing bushes.
Mark Morris