NAGRIN, Daniel 1917-

PERSONAL: Born May 22, 1917, in New York, NY; son of Harry Samuel (a cutter of women's coats) and Clara (a homemaker; maiden name, Wexler) Nagrin; married Helen Tamiris (a dancer), 1946 (died, 1966); married Phyllis Steele (a painter), January 24, 1992. Education: City College (now of the City University of New York), B.S., 1940.

ADDRESSES: Home—Daniel Nagrin Theatre, Film, and Dance Foundation, Inc., 208 East 14th St., Tempe, AZ 85281.

CAREER: Dancer, choreographer, teacher, and writer. Arizona State University, Tempe, professor of dance, 1982-92, professor emeritus, 1992—. Tamiris-Nagrin Dance Company, codirector; Workgroup (improvisational dance company), director; American Dance Festival, held Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beineke Chair for Distinguished Teaching, 1992. Military service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-43.

MEMBER: Actors' Equity Association, Phi Kappa Phi, American Dance Guild.

AWARDS, HONORS: D.F.A., State University of New York College at Brockport, 1991; grant from National Endowment for the Arts, 1991-92; D.H.L., Arizona State University, 1992; named Master Teacher/Mentor by National Education Association, 1993; The Nagrin Videotape Library of Dances was presented in New York City, at Joyce Theatre, as a fifteen-hour retrospective of his work; grant from New York State Council for the Arts.

WRITINGS:

How to Dance Forever: Surviving As a Dancer, Morrow (New York, NY), 1988.

Dance and the Specific Image: Improvisation, University of Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 1993.

The Six Questions: Acting Technique for Dance Performance, University of Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 1997.

Choreography and the Specific Image: Nineteen Essays and a Workbook, University of Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 2001.

Contributor to dance journals.