Pilobolus by Robert Pranzatelli

Pilobolus by Robert Pranzatelli

Written with unprecedented access to the company - with insights from archival materials and interviews with its founders, dancers, and current artistic directors - and featuring both classic and never-before-seen photos, Pilobolus offers previously untold details about the groups history and the creation of its most significant works.

“Sometimes when you explain how a magic trick works, it kills the amazementThis book proves the opposite. When Pranzatelli takes you backstage, he leads you Dante-like through the Inferno/mystery of Pilobolus. And you will—as I do—love, love, love these people who fearlessly flex their hearts with their muscles, and fill their stage with beauty, humor, sex, and joy.”—Teller (of Penn & Teller)“What a joyful, absorbing chronicle of creativity. With skillful prose and miles of heart, Pranzatelli captures the wit, sensuality, and daring of Pilobolus, the group that blew up dance theatre and keeps making discoveries after more than 50 years.”—Sarah L. Kaufman, Pulitzer Prize–winning dance critic, author of The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life

“A highly readable, insightful journey into the history, creative process, and fascinating personalities of America’s most inventive dance/theater company.”—Steven Banks, playwright, actor, and New York Times–bestselling writer

“Pranzatelli lovingly captures the enchanted, ingenious world of Pilobolus: the open-hearted spirit of discovery; the fearless commitment to exploration; the irreverent, unquenchable creativity of the artists who have shaped and reshaped this remarkable project over the decades.”—Trish Sie, filmmaker, Sitting in Bars with Cake

“A thorough, insightful, expressive, and very readable account of a singular dance troupe. While chronicling Pilobolus’s journey through the decades, and astutely spotlighting relevant people, dynamics, and context, this book gives a sense of the troupe’s vitality, in part through eloquent description and analysis of specific dance works and overall aesthetic.”—Celia Wren, theater and dance writer

“Pranzatelli has written the saga of a creative ‘chosen family,’ and it is both appealing and a real page-turner.”—Elizabeth Zimmer, coeditor of Envisioning Dance on Film and Video

Robert Pranzatelli is the author of a number of essays published by the Paris Review and other literary journals, and a longtime staff member of Yale University Press.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780813080499
ISBN 10	0813080495
Title	Pilobolus
Author	Robert Pranzatelli
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University Press of Florida
Year published	2024-04-06
Number of pages	290
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.