NYAB Event - Peggy Jarrell Kaplan “Japanese Mood: Portraits of Contemporary Choreographers”

Peggy Jarrell Kaplan “Japanese Mood: Portraits of Contemporary Choreographers”

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At Nippon Gallery
Media: Photography

Peggy Jarrell Kaplan, a New York based photographer, is well known for her portraits of international choreographers who explore new dance forms. In addition to photographs of Pina Bausch, William Forsythe, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and visual artists including Andy Warhol, she has compiled an almost complete collection of contemporary Japanese dance over the last 25 years. Focusing on the power of expression, often in close-up and larger than life-size, Kaplan searches for the inner movement that is the source of dance. Working within the genre of black & white classical portraiture, Kaplan’s studio becomes a different kind of stage. The exhibition will include black and white portraits of Kazuo Ohno, Akaji Maro, Ushio Amagatsu (Sankai Juku), Saburo Teshigawara, Kim Itoh, Hiroshi Koike (Pappa Tarahumara), Hiroaki Umeda, the Sennichimae Blue Sky Dance Club, Ryohei Kondo (The Condors), the New York based choreographers, Eiko & Koma, and Yoshiko Chuma, and many other choreographers, all whose work has been presented in New York City.