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Joan Acocella

ジョーン・アコチェラ

Jōn Akocera

別名: Joan Barbara Ross

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1945-04-13 (San Francisco, California, U.S.)
死没
2024-01-07 (New York City, Manhattan, New York, U.S.) 78歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Oakland, California → New York City

経歴

職業
Dance critic, Author, Editor
活動期間
1970年〜2024年
所属
The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Financial Times, The Village Voice, Dance Magazine

学歴

University of California, Berkeley
College of Letters and Science / English
学位: BA
期間: 1962-1966
卒業年: 1966
国: United States
Bachelor of Arts in English
Rutgers University
Comparative Literature
学位: PhD
期間: 1970s-1984
卒業年: 1984
国: United States
Thesis on Ballets Russes

受賞歴

Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
2009
主催: National Book Critics Circle
結果: 受賞
Award in Literature
2007
主催: American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果: 受賞
Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award
2017
主催: American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Mark Morris

1993年 Biography

Biography of modern dancer and choreographer Mark Morris.

DanceCreativity

Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints

2007年 Essays

Explores virtues common among extraordinary artists.

ArtVirtues

Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder

1999年 Non-fiction

Women and multiple personality disorder.

PsychologyMental Illness

Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism

2000年 Criticism

Criticism on Willa Cather.

Literary Criticism

The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays

2024年 Essays

Posthumously published essay collection.

LiteratureDance

全著作

  • Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder (1999)
  • Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism (2000)
  • Mission to Siam: The Memoirs of Jessie MacKinnon Hartzell (2001, ed.)
  • Mark Morris (2004)
  • The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky (2006, ed.)
  • Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints (2007)
  • The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays (2024)

作風・主題

文体
Knowledgeable without show-offMeticulous researchEnergetically conversational
頻出モチーフ
Virtues of artistsDance criticismLiterary criticism

健康

  • Cancer
    晩年
    Died on January 7, 2024

評価・遺産

Renowned American dance critic for The New Yorker.

豆知識

  • Her son performed in The Nutcracker with New York City Ballet
  • Accompanied Mikhail Baryshnikov on his first return to Riga since defection