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Auteur(s) : Aronson, Arnold
Titre(s) : Ming Cho Lee [Texte imprimé] : a life in design / Arnold Aronson
Publication : New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (335 p.) : ill. ; 32 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; From East to West, 1930-54 ; First years in New York, 1954-58 ;
The career begins, 1958-61 ; 1962 ; The annus mirabilis ; The emblematic stage,
1963-64 ; Interlude: The studio ; Explorations in opera and dance, 1965-68 ; Verticals,
scaffolds and collage, 1965-72 ; Regional theatre ; The curse of Broadway ; Interlude:
Master teacher ; City Opera to the Met, 1970-74 ; The Metropolitan Opera, 1974-83
; The monumental and the minuscule ; from K2 to the Kremlin, 1982-85 ; New paths
in dance, 1973-2003 ; Playing with the canon, 1979-99 ; New directions, 1994-2004
; 2005 and beyond ; Watercolors ; Chronology: productions designed by Ming Cho Lee,
1952-2005.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index. - Theatre Library Association George Freedley Memorial Award, 2014
"Ming Cho Lee is considered to be the most influential stage designer in the United
States in the past forty years, and one of the most respected designers in the world.
His work with theater, opera, and dance companies in the 1960s, particularly the New
York Shakespeare Festival, the New York City Opera, and the Joffrey Ballet, transformed
the very nature of the design in America and introduced a scenic vocabulary and spatial
aesthetic that underlies scenographic styles to the present day. Lavishly illustrated
with over five hundred images in both color and black and white, this book chronicles
Lee's career from his early training as a water-colorist in China, his designs for
over three hundred productions, and his esteemed forty-year career at the Yale School
of Drama as a mentor to an entire generations of scenic designers. A recipient of
the National Medal of Arts, the highest national award given in the arts awarded by
the President of the United States, Lee's work has been showcased at the New York
Public Library for the Performing Arts, and in fall 2013, the Yale School of Architecture
will host a major retrospective of his work. His other awards include a Tony Award,
Outer Circle Critics' Award, and three Drama Desk Awards. Arnold Aronson has taught
at Columbia University since 1991 and has previously worked in the theater departments
at Hunter College, The University of Michigan, Cornell University, and The University
of Virginia. He served as the editor of Theatre Design 惞chnology from 1978 to 1988
and is the author of American Set Design. In 2007, he served as the first non-Czech
General Commissioner of the Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design and Theatre Architecture."
Sujet(s) : Lee, Ming Cho
Décorateurs de théâtre -- États-Unis
Genre ou forme : Biographies
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781559364614. - ISBN 1559364610
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44515268g
Notice n° :
FRBNF44515268
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