| |
| | UW-Eau Claire Music and Theatre Arts Department : Artist-in-Residence David Appel, dancer/choreographer |
 | | David Appel was born in Philadelphia and raised in nearby Abington, Pennsylvania. |
 | | The freestyle dancing coming into vogue during the mid-late 1960's acted as a creative outlet and means for discovering a quirky musicality, and laid the groundwork for an unusually visceral play of time--and a use of improvisation--that are among the signature threads running through his dances. |
 | | Appel, a choreographer, performer, and teacher, has a background in a variety of techniques, including modern, release, T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Aikido, contact and other improvisation forms, movement re-education, and healing. |
| www.uwec.edu /mus-the/Dance/AppelResidency.htm (435 words) |
|