Andy de Groat

Andy de Groat (November 1947 – January 10, 2019) was an American choreographer best known for his collaborations with interdisciplinary impresario Robert Wilson.[2][3]

Andy de Groat
BornNovember 1947[1]
Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 2019(2019-01-10) (aged 71)
Montauban, France
NationalityAmerican
OccupationChoreographer
Years active1972–2019

Biography

Born in November 1947 in Paterson, New Jersey, de Groat grew up in a working-class family with little involvement in the arts. His father, a truck driver, was unsupportive of his interests, and Mr. de Groat had little contact with his family after leaving high school. He was studying painting at the School of Visual Arts in New York when he met Mr. Wilson in late 1966 at the Bleecker Street Cinema in Greenwich Village, where de Groat had a part-time job.[1]

De Groat started his career in the 1972, where he choreographed the plays Ouverture at that year's Shiraz Arts Festival. He also helped to choreograph Le Regard du Deaf and Einstein on the Beach at the 1976 Festival d'Avignon. He created the Red Notes dancing company in New York City in 1973. He created two ballets titled Red Notes and Fan Dance.[4]

In 1982, de Groat moved his dance company to France. Henceforth he lived in Paris, Tarbes, and Montauban.[5] He specialized in spinning, and applied it to works such as The Nutcracker, La Bayadère, and Giselle.[6]

Choreographic works
  • Fan Dance (1978)
  • Stabat Mater (1991)
  • La Bayadère (1993)
  • Tangos (1995)
  • Swan Lake (1996)
  • The Nutcracker (1996)
  • Igitur or Elbehnon's Folly (2009)

References
  1. Sulcas, Roslyn (23 January 2019). "Andy de Groat, 71, Downtown Choreographer, Is Dead" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. "L'"oiseau" Andy De Groat, danseur et chorégraphe, est décédé". Le Figaro (in French). January 12, 2019.
  3. Levithan, Robert (8 April 2015). "The One Who Got Away".
  4. Burke, Siobhan (14 December 2015). "Review: Reviving Andy de Groat's Works in New York" – via NYTimes.com.
  5. "Impressions of Andy de Groat & Catherine Galasso's "get dancing"". www.dance-enthusiast.com.
  6. "Fiche d'Andy Degroat". Centre nationale de la dance (in French). Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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