Valentine to “All That Jack (Cole)”

Feb

2016

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MoMA curator Dave Kehr, Debra Levine

Debra Levine, independent curator, "All That Jack (Cole)"

Gwen Verdon honored

Sean Fosse, Nicole Fosse, Wayne Cilento, Steve Jones

Nicole Fosse in interview

The great Barrie Chase

Ladies of The Monkey Bar

Barrie Chase, Fred Astaire

Dance legend Carmen de Lavallade

Debra Levine, Carmen de Lavallade

Debra Levine, Carmen de Lavallade, Grover Dale

Debra Levine, Carmen de Lavallade, Grover Dale

Debra Levine, Carmen de Lavallade

Lecturing on Cole

Introducing GILDA (1946)

Debra Levine, Wayne Cilento

Where Cole reigns supreme

Debra Levine, Julie McDonald, Tonia Barber

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A Valentine to all the super-talented folks who contributed, by way of interviews and film introductions, or just by being there, to renewed appreciation for a great American choreographer.

Thanks, all, for participating in “All That Jack (Cole)” at The Museum of Modern Art, Jan 20 – Feb 4, 2016.

Below: director/choreographer Rob Marshall introduces GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)

A video posted by MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (@themuseumofmodernart) on Feb 3, 2016 at 3:18pm PST

arts•meme recommends PRISCILLA

Leave it to filmmaker Sofia Coppola to make a woman’s story with a foil who is half moving target/half stick in the mud. That is Jacob Elordi playing the charmingly dumb, thick on the empathy, maddeningly faithful until he’s not, and meltingly sexy Elvis Presley, in the marvelous new bio-pic, PRISCILLA. Actress Cailee Spaeny gives her much-lauded performance as the child bride of The King, navigating that fine line of a woman who seems to have it all but who inexorably realizes how little she actually has. I loved the movie, with its extenuated scenes of the young couple lolling about in a big honeymoon-style bed with breakfast trays placed discreetly outside the door. The stuff, the clothes, the cars, the hangers-on. Watching this movie, I found myself grinning ear to ear (mostly at Elordi’s hilarious quirks as the King) so long I became aware of it. Then I glanced at the guy in the seat next to me and he was grinning as well. Pure pleasure at the movies. Ms. Coppola is so very talented. PRISCILLA in theaters now.

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