[NEohioPAL] Eleo Pomare

[DALE SHIELDS]

Eleo Pomare

Born: 1937  

Died: August-2008
New York City

Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher

His company performed throughout the 
      United States and later toured successfully in Asia, Africa, Canada, 
      Spain, Australia, and the West Indies. 

      
      
Pomare often creates dances based on visual and literary works or 
      socio-political issues. He has produced dances 
      for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Dayton Contemporary Dance 
      Company, The National Ballet of Holland, Balletinstituttet (Oslo, Norway), 
      the Cleo Parker-Robinson Dance Company, the Australian Contemporary Dance 
      Company, and the Ballet Palacio das Artes (Belo, Horizonte, Brazil). 

      
As a founder and the first artistic director of Dancemobile (1967), 
      Pomare helped bring free professional dance concerts to the streets of New 
      York City. For his outstanding contributions to modern dance, January 7, 
      1987 was declared Eleo Pomare Day by the Borough President of Manhattan. 
      Pomare is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and several awards from 
      the National Endowment of the Arts.
















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