1939 - 2024
Steve Paxton American Choreographer
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American Choreographer Steve Paxton was born Steven Douglas Paxton on 21st January, 1939 in Tucson, Arizona, USA and passed away on 19th Feb 2024 Mad Brook Farm, East Charleston, Vermont, USA aged 85. He is most remembered for Inventor of Contact Improvisation. His zodiac sign is Aquarius.
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| First Name |
Steve
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| Middle Name |
Douglas
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| Last Name |
Paxton
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| Full Name at Birth |
Steven Douglas Paxton
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| Alternative Name |
Steven Douglas Paxton, Steve Douglas Paxton, Steven Paxton
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| Birthday |
21st January, 1939
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| Birthplace |
Tucson, Arizona, USA
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| Died |
19th February, 2024
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| Place of Death |
Mad Brook Farm, East Charleston, Vermont, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
American experimental dancer and choreographer
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| Occupation |
Choreographer
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| Claim to Fame |
Inventor of Contact Improvisation
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Experimental Dance, Contemporary Choreography, Contemporary Dance, Contact Improvisation
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Steve Paxton (born 1939 in Phoenix, Arizona, died 19 February 2024) was an experimental dancer and choreographer. His early background was in gymnastics while his later training included three years with Merce Cunningham and a year with José Limón. As a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, he performed works by Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown. He was a founding member of the experimental group Grand Union and in 1972 named and began to develop the dance form known as Contact Improvisation, a form of dance that utilizes the physical laws of friction, momentum, gravity, and inertia to explore the relationship between dancers.
