1. Arnie Zane was an American photographer, choreographer, and dancer.
12 Facts About Arnie Zane
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The second son of an Italian-Jewish family, Zane was born in the Bronx, New York on September 26,1948.
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Arnie Zane graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in theater and art history.
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Not long afterward, Arnie Zane began pursuing an interest in photography.
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Arnie Zane was immensely interested in the human body, particularly its gestures, its movement, and its essence.
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Arnie Zane met Jones, the man who would later become his lifelong partner, while visiting his Alma mater.
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The story goes that the 22-year-old Zane was immediately enamored of Bill T Jones when he spied him across campus in 1971.
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Welk's improvisational workshop stressing the physical interdependence between dancers, fascinated Arnie Zane and sparked his passion for dance.
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In Secret Pastures, Arnie Zane played a mad scientist who creates a fabricated man.
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Arnie Zane received his first award in the arts for photography when he received a Creative Artists Public Service Fellowship in 1973.
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Arnie Zane was the recipient of a second CAPS Fellowship in 1981 for choreography, as well as two Choreographic Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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In 1980, Zane was co-recipient, with Bill T Jones, of the German Critics Award for his work, Blauvelt Mountain.