Beverly Schmidt Blossom

Beverly Schmidt Blossom
Born(1926-08-28)August 28, 1926
DiedNovember 1, 2014(2014-11-01) (aged 88)
EducationRoosevelt University
AwardsNew York Dance and Performance Award; Martha Hill Award

Beverly Schmidt Blossom (August 28, 1926 – November 1, 2014) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She was an original member and soloist with the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theater, a modern dance choreographer for Illinois Dance Theatre, Blossom & Co. and others, and a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Training

Born in Chicago, Illinois to Theodore and Florence Schmidt, she held a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Roosevelt University and a master's degree in dance from Sarah Lawrence College where performance artist Meredith Monk was one of her dance composition students.[1]

New York career

She was a principal dancer of the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theatre from 1953–63, dancing alongside Murray Louis and Phyllis Lamhut.[2] She produced concerts of her own choreography in New York in the 1960s, participating in the development of the Filmstage theatre of actor/poet Roberts Blossom, her husband from 1966-70.[3]

University of Illinois

Blossom was professor of dance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1967–90, and was a professor emerita until her death. She choreographed and performed more than 100 works and received numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council, and private foundations.[1]

Solo career

She renewed her career as a performer, presenting her solo works at the 1988 Jacob's Pillow, Massachusetts "Splash" Festival, and at the Joyce Theatre 1989 showcase "Womanworks".[3]

New York Times reviews

Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times called Blossom "a rare performer", adding "a zany, hilarious goof of a clown, Miss Blossom is also a tragic figure of great dignity, bringing an audience to tears and laughter as her dances ravel and unravel, simultaneously, before one's eyes" (1985).

In 1994 Anna Kisselgoff described Blossom's tribute to her mentor Nikolais after his death: "Here, she is the tattered clown with a suitcase, gazing at a shattered Styrofoam mannekin. Reassembling the figure, she swept it into a soaring curve. but this was only a remembrance of poetic time past, a strong tribute to the death of an artist."[4]

Documentary of Roberts Blossom

Blossom appeared in a documentary about her former husband, actor Roberts Blossom in 2000, titled, Full Blossom: The Life and Times of Actor/Poet Roberts Blossom. The couple had one son, Michael.[5]

Retirement

After her retirement, she choreographed for her own company (Blossom & Co. Inc.), in addition to guest performing and teaching.[1][3] In December 2010, she appeared in the Nikolais Centennial Alumni Concerts at Hunter College, speaking and performing at both presentations.[6]

Blossom was a mentor to Henning Rübsam, who first studied with her at the Nikolais studio and then performed her work starting in 1994. Other interpreters of Blossom's dances have included Betsy Fisher, Cynthia Pipkin-Doyle[7] and Christine Reisner.[4]

Awards

Death

Beverly Blossom died in Chicago, Illinois on November 1, 2014, from cancer, aged 88. Her sole immediate survivor is her son, Michael Blossom.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Faculty profile: Beverly Blossom Archived 2016-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, dance.uiuc.edu; accessed November 8, 2014.
  2. ^ Profile Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, elitedance.com; accessed November 3, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Beverly Blossom official website Archived September 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, beverlyblossom.com; accessed November 3, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Kisselgoff, Anna, "Dance Review; Blossom Tribute To Departed colleague, Arts", New York Times, July 2, 1994; accessed April 4, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Obituary, nytimes.com, accessed November 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "The Nikolais Centennial Alumni Concerts", Bearnstow Journal; accessed November 3, 2014.
  7. ^ Pipkin-Doyle, Cynthia. "Cynthia Pipkin Doyle". Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Choreographer, dancer," Illinois Alumnus 27(3): 50 (spring 2015).

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