[Kaplan, Peggy Jarrell. (b. 1943)] Gordon, Peter. (b. 1951) & Haring, Keith. (1958–1990) & Jones, Bill T. (b. 1952) & Smith, Willi. (1948–1987) & Zane, Arnie. (1948–1988). "Collaborators of Secret Pastures," 1984–85.
Four original gelatin silver print photographs of the creative team behind Creative Pastures, a ballet that premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1984. The images, taken by American photographer Peggy Jarrell Kaplan, include portraits of composer Peter Gordon, costume designer Willi Smith, set designer Keith Haring, and choreographers Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. Titled, dated, and numbered 4/5 on gallery label to frame verso. Unexamined out of frame, but seemingly very fine. Individual images 5.5 x 5 inches (14 x 12.7 cm.), framed to 35.5 x 12.25 inches (90.2 x 31.1 cm.).
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company premiered Secret Pastures at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1984 with a set of collaborators who connected the stage to the street. Smith created costumes; artist Keith Haring designed the set; hairstylist Marcel Fievre conceived androgynous brush cuts; and art-rock composer Peter Gordon and his Love of Life Orchestra composed the score. Secret Pastures explored politics, economics, race, and sexuality, depicting men dancing with each other, interracial communities, and shared labor that served people rather than business. Smith’s unisex, interchangeable costumes for the production expressed his own efforts to undermine stereotypes of gender and race.
"Photographer Peggy Jarrell Kaplan has photographed approximately 135 artists who have performed or collaborated with BAM. In 1984, she had photographed enough BAM artists that Humanities Director Roger Oliver suggested she shoot the complete round of season artists to illustrate the Next Wave Journal. Kaplan also photographed the artists for the 1985 journal...Kaplan's black & white portraits, mainly of choreographers and dancers, have been shown widely, often in conjunction with performance festivals, in cities around the world." (Susan Yung, "Peggy Jarrell Kaplan: Portraits of BAM Artists (1982–2015)," BAM Blog)
[Kaplan, Peggy Jarrell. (b. 1943)] Gordon, Peter. (b. 1951) & Haring, Keith. (1958–1990) & Jones, Bill T. (b. 1952) & Smith, Willi. (1948–1987) & Zane, Arnie. (1948–1988). "Collaborators of Secret Pastures," 1984–85.
Four original gelatin silver print photographs of the creative team behind Creative Pastures, a ballet that premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1984. The images, taken by American photographer Peggy Jarrell Kaplan, include portraits of composer Peter Gordon, costume designer Willi Smith, set designer Keith Haring, and choreographers Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. Titled, dated, and numbered 4/5 on gallery label to frame verso. Unexamined out of frame, but seemingly very fine. Individual images 5.5 x 5 inches (14 x 12.7 cm.), framed to 35.5 x 12.25 inches (90.2 x 31.1 cm.).
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company premiered Secret Pastures at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1984 with a set of collaborators who connected the stage to the street. Smith created costumes; artist Keith Haring designed the set; hairstylist Marcel Fievre conceived androgynous brush cuts; and art-rock composer Peter Gordon and his Love of Life Orchestra composed the score. Secret Pastures explored politics, economics, race, and sexuality, depicting men dancing with each other, interracial communities, and shared labor that served people rather than business. Smith’s unisex, interchangeable costumes for the production expressed his own efforts to undermine stereotypes of gender and race.
"Photographer Peggy Jarrell Kaplan has photographed approximately 135 artists who have performed or collaborated with BAM. In 1984, she had photographed enough BAM artists that Humanities Director Roger Oliver suggested she shoot the complete round of season artists to illustrate the Next Wave Journal. Kaplan also photographed the artists for the 1985 journal...Kaplan's black & white portraits, mainly of choreographers and dancers, have been shown widely, often in conjunction with performance festivals, in cities around the world." (Susan Yung, "Peggy Jarrell Kaplan: Portraits of BAM Artists (1982–2015)," BAM Blog)