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Teacher wisdom: Milton Myers.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUL-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Teacher wisdom: Milton Myers.(THIS MONTH)(the Horton technique)(Interview)

Article Excerpt
TLC Milton Myers has helped shape the careers of hundreds of dancers through the Horton technique, a dance form combining elements of modern, jazz, and ballet, recognized in signature works of Alvin Alley American Dance Theatre. Myers danced with Alley after performing extensively with the Joyce Trisler Danscompany. He now teaches at The Alley School, Steps on Broadway, The Juilliard School, and Philadanco and will direct the Contemporary Traditions program at the School at Jacob's Pillow for a 19th summer. He recently spoke with Rachel Straus about his more than 30 years' experience as a teacher.

WHAT IS HORTON TECHNIQUE? It's very active! Lester Horton believed that the body could be trained and freed through constant movement. He developed exercises to get the body and the pelvis in and out of the floor, move it up to down and around. For...

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