In June 1954 he formed the Dance-Percussion Trio with David Shapiro and Ronald Gould (who would go on to form the New York Percussion Trio), and the group toured the United States in June and July of that year. Nagrin and his wife formed the Tamiris-Nagrin Company in 1960. When Tamiris died in 1966, Nagrin concentrated on a solo career. In the early 1970s Nagrin formed "The Workgroup", a performance company with a focus on improvisation.
Nagrin's better known choreographic works include "The Peloponnesian War" (with music by Eric Salzman), "Strange Hero", "Man of Action", "Spanish Dance", and "Jazz, Three Ways". Additionally, he choreographed for the 1954 film His Majesty O'Keefe.
In 1985, a 15-hour compilation of Nagrin's work, The Nagrin Videotape Library of Dances, was assembled. It is held in the Dance Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
^ abDunning, Jennifer (January 3, 2009). "Daniel Nagrin Dies at 91; Modern Dancer and Choreographer". The New York Times.
^"Finding Aid for the Collection of Material about Daniel Nagrin, 1941-1982". On-line Archive of California. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
Bibliographyedit
Chujoy, Anatole (1967), The Dance Encyclopedia. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-24027-7
McDonagh, Don (1976), The Complete Guide to Modern Dance.
Nagrin, Daniel (1988), How to Dance Forever: Surviving Against the Odds. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-688-07799-4
Nagrin, Daniel (1994), Dance and the Specific Image: Improvisation. Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-5520-7, ISBN 0-8229-5520-2
Nagrin, Daniel (1997), Six Questions : Acting Technique for Dance Performance (1997 edition). Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-5624-2, ISBN 0-8229-5624-1
Nagrin, Daniel (2001), Choreography and the Specific Image: Nineteen Essays and a Workbook. Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-5750-8, ISBN 0-8229-5750-7
Schlundt, Christena L. (1997), Daniel Nagrin: A Chronicle of His Professional Career. University of California Publications: Catalogs and bibliographies, vol. 13. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-09813-7