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Agnes de Garron
Resume of Agnes de Garron Agnes de Garron has danced, taught, directed, performed and choreographed for more than 30 years in New York City, San Francisco, Norfolk,VA , Tennessee and New Orleans. He had toured in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. He worked as a puppeteer and papier mache mask ...Read More
Resume of Agnes de Garron Agnes de Garron has danced, taught, directed, performed and choreographed for more than 30 years in New York City, San Francisco, Norfolk,VA , Tennessee and New Orleans. He had toured in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. He worked as a puppeteer and papier mache mask maker for 13 years. He started the first gay men’s movement classes in San Francisco in the 70’s and has worked as a Special Ed teacher, dance therapist working with Learning Disabled and Autistic Children. He was a member of Norfolk Civic Ballet and studied at Pacific Ballet in SF. He was artistic director of Reconstellation General Dance, one the original founders of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in SF and the Puppetears of Ecstasy. He was a leading performer of Lake Ivan Performance Group in NYC for eight years and has danced duets with Robert La Fosse, a former principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He starred in Lawrence Brose’s film “De Profundis. Agnes's creative endeavors have been seen at P.S. 122, CBGB Gallery, Cherry Lane Theater, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Ontological Theater, Judson Church's Movement Research and the SF Japan Center's Kabuki Theater. Charles McNulty, theater critic for the Village Voice, reviewing Richard Foreman's play "Permanent Brain Damage" said: " the production derives a powerful emotional current from (Agnes) de Garron's wounded, clownlike persona. With his saucer eyes, rubbery limbs, and peculiar genius for handling scarves, he brings poignant life to this elusive, mind-tickling stage poem." Robert F. Gross of Theater Review Journal had these comments about Agnes' work in Richard Foreman's play. "In a female impersonation utterly devoid of archness or camp, Agnes de Garrron was mute and riveting. In this production, the tension necessary to realize a Foreman text successfully was achieved through De Garron's complex interactions."
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