Joyce Trisler
{{Short description|(1934–1979) dance teacher and choreographer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1934}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California
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|death_place = New York, New York
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|occupation = Dancer, choreographer, educator
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|alma_mater = University of California Los Angeles, Juilliard School
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Joyce Trisler (1934–1979) was an American modem dancer and choreographer.{{cite web |title=Trisler, Joyce (1934–1979) |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/trisler-joyce-1934-1979 |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=13 August 2024}}
Biography
Trisler was born in 1934 in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web |last1=Moseley |first1=Monica |title=Trisler, Joyce |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801160 |website=American National Biography |date=2000 |access-date=13 August 2024 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801160}} She attended the University of California, Los Angeles.
Trisler started her career with the Lester Horton Dance Theater. She moved to New York City in the 1950s to study with Doris Humphrey and attended the Juilliard School, graduating in 1957. Trisler danced with the Juilliard Dance Theater from 1955 through 1959. She also danced with Alvin Ailey.
She established the Joyce Trisler Danscompany in the mid-1970s.{{cite web |title=Joyce Trisler photographs |url=https://archives.nypl.org/dan/185512 |website=The New York Public Library |access-date=13 August 2024}}
Trisler died on October 13, 1979, in New York City at the age of 45.{{cite web |last1=Running |first1=Jennifer |title=Joyce Trisler, 45, Choreographer, Modern Dancer and a Teacher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/13/archives/joyce-trisler-45-choreographer-modern-dancer-and-a-teacher.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 August 2024 |date=13 October 1979}}
Ailey created Memoria in her honor. The ballet debuted at New York City Center in 1979.{{cite web |title=Surprising Things You May Not Know About Alvin Ailey's 'Memoria' |url=https://www.alvinailey.org/blog/surprising-things-you-may-not-know-about-alvin-aileys-memoria |website=Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |access-date=13 August 2024 |date=27 June 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Dunning |first1=Jennifer |title=Dance: Ailey Homage to Joyce Trisler |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/03/archives/dance-ailey-homage-to-joyce-trisler-the-program.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 August 2024 |date=3 December 1979}}
References
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External links
- [https://vimeo.com/32855178 Video of Joyce Trisler’s Journey]
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Category:People from Los Angeles
Category:American choreographers
Category:American modern dancers