Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Learning His Body, Learning to Dance

By NEIL GENZLINGER
Published: November 24, 2009
Gregg Mozgala, a 31-year-old actor with cerebral palsy, had 12 years of physical therapy while he was growing up. But in the last eight months, a determined choreographer with an unconventional résumé has done what all those therapists could not: She has dramatically changed the way Mr. Mozgala walks.
In the process, she has changed his view of himself and of his possibilities.
Mr. Mozgala and the choreographer, Tamar Rogoff, have been working since last winter on a dance piece called “Diagnosis of a Faun.” It is to have its premiere on Dec. 3 at La MaMa Annex in the East Village, but the more important work of art may be what Ms. Rogoff has done to transform Mr. Mozgala’s body.


Watch the rehearsal of the piece at the link.

Below is an artist profile of Tamar Rogoff and Gregg Mozgala from the 2010 International VSA Festival:



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