David Earle
| David Earle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 17, 1939 Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Choreographer, dancer, artistic director |
| Current group | Dancetheatre David Earle |
| Former groups | Toronto Dance Theatre |
David Earle (born September 17, 1939) is a Canadian choreographer, dancer and artistic director. He co-founded Toronto Dance Theatre with Patricia Beatty and Peter Randazzo where he choreographed and produced new modern dance pieces. Afterwards he started his own company called Dancetheatre David Earle where he continues to choreograph new works. He is a member of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the Jean A. Chalmers Award for Distinction in Choreography and an honorary doctorate degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
Earle was born in Toronto on the 17th September 1939. He trained with the National Ballet School and studied in New York with Martha Graham. He was a dancer with the José Limon Dance Company for a single season, then assisted with setting up the London Contemporary Dance Theatre in England.
After returning to Toronto Earle co-founded Toronto Dance Theatre with Patricia Beatty and Peter Randazzo in 1968. They agreed to share the role of artistic director and each create choreography for the company. Earle became known for emotional theatricality and attractive ensemble pieces. As time passed Earle assumed a more dominant role in the affairs and choreography of the company.
One of Earle’s dances during this time was Miserere, originally part of a larger work called Exit, Nightfall (1981). The piece incorporates liturgical themes and recreates the Stations of the Cross and other religious imagery.
Earle joined the founders in 1977 to buy St. Enoch’s Church to convert it to the Winchester Street Theatre. In 1979 Earle created the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, a training program for professional modern dancers. This caused Toronto Dance Theatre to face financial difficulties and the founders experienced a lack of creative energy. Earle and the other founders offered the artistic directorship of the company to Kenny Pearl in 1983.
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