Die "Dance Heritage Coalition (DHC) ist ein Non-Profit-Organisation, gegründet 1992, die sich des Schutzes des amerk. Tanzermächtnisses widmet. Seit 1999 gibt es die Liste "Amerika`s nicht ersetzbare Tanzschätze", die bis dato 100 Tänzer beinhaltete. Nun wurden 12 weitere in die Liste aufgenommen. Darunter Michael Jackson.
(17-12-2012) Founded in 1992, the Dance Heritage Coalition (DHC) is the sole national non-profit organization in the USA dedicated to documenting, preserving, and creating access to materials documenting America’s dance legacy. Since 1999 the list of “America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures” included 100 dancers. Noone had been added to the list since....until last week. Michael Jackson was among new 12 honorees.
The other honorees include: Jacques d’Amboise, Jane Dudley, Garth Fagan, Frederic Franklin, Loie Fuller, Carmen de Lavallade, John Martin, Sophie Maslow, Daniel Nagrin, The Rockettes, and Maria Tallchief.
They were nominated by a national survey and vote in 2012. The original intention was to add 10 new Treasures to the original 100. However, in recognition of extremely close voting and in honor of the year 2012, it was decided to bring the number up to 12. Afterwards the nominees were confirmed by the Dance Heritage Coalition (DHC) Board of Directors. The 12 figures are celebrated online along with the initial list of 100 in an Online Exhibition of Dance Treasures.
The list of “America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures” encompasses individuals, organizations, and dance styles, and is intended to heighten public interest in the magnificence and richness of America's dance heritage and the imperative to document and preserve it for future generations. “America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100” was created by the DHC in 1999 from nominations submitted nationwide and vetted by a panel of experts; the Treasures formed the basis of the DHC’s traveling exhibition, which visited seven locations from 2004 to 2009. With the closing of the touring exhibit in 2009, the commemorative materials have been expanded and collected on the DHC’s website. A separate webpage is devoted to each of the Treasures, with essays, resource lists and curated visual materials. New pages for the 12 latest honorees have now been added to the online exhibition, which was launched in July 2012.
Michael Jackson's entry in the press release pf the DHC reads as follows:
Michael Jackson - The pop star who created the best-selling album of all time (“Thriller”), he has long been recognized as an exceptional dancer who combined elements from various vernacular dance styles to create a signature vocabulary and stage persona; his choreographed music videos broke ground in the development of this form.
Michael Jakson, der Pop-Star der das meist verkaufte Album aller Zeiten Thriller erschuf ist seit langer Zeit anerkannt als ein außergewöhnlicher Tänzer, der Elemente verschiedenster Tanzststiele kombiniert hat um ein Tanzvokabular und eine Bühnepräsenz zu erschaffen, seine choreographierten Musik-Videos waren bahnberechend bei der Entwicklung dieser Kunstfrom.
http://www.danceheritage.org/next_12_pr_final.pdf
http://mjfanclub.net/home/index.php?...news&Itemid=82
Hier können alle Mitglieder ersehen werden:
http://www.danceheritage.org/treasures.html
Und unter Michael Jackson kommt diese Seite: Ein Essay von Carrie Stern wird bald ergänzt
Ehre wem Ehre gebührt.
