Bettie de Jong was a longtime fixture at this man's namesake dance (*) company.
This choreographer turned a Shakespeare tragedy into a goofy romance set to "The Dance of the Hours" in Troilus and Cressida (Reduced). This choreographer's fame skyrocketed when his dance Duet, in which two dancers simply stand still onstage, occasioned a review by Louis Horst consisting of nothing but a blank column. This choreographer's first major success was a modern dance piece unusually set to the Baroque music of Handel, entitled Aureole. Bettie de Jong was a longtime fixture at this man's namesake dance (*) company. His most famous piece, supposedly inspired by the sight of a woman running after a bus, is set to two J. S. Bach violin concerti and is based on everyday movements like walking and running. For 10 points, name this American choreographer best known for Esplanade.
This choreographer turned a Shakespeare tragedy into a goofy romance set to "The Dance of the Hours" in Troilus and Cressida (Reduced).
Paul Taylor