Honor roll.

Daniel Nagrin was a mesmerizing performer. He had a smoldering intensity, as though he would catch fire at any moment. He danced in Broadway musicals, his teaching influenced Meredith Monk and Bill Evans, he wrote books on dance, and he co-founded the Tamiris-Nagrin Dance Company. His choreography intersected dance and theater in classics like Strange Hero (1948), which depicted a cool gangster type, and the anti-war marathon solo, The Peloponnesian War (1968), where he displayed a myriad of disturbing characters. Arizona State University honors its Professor Emeritus on September 16-18 in Tempe. "Celebrating the Nagrin Legend" will feature signature Nagrin pieces performed by guest dancer Shane O'Hara.

Goucher College faculty members will perform signature solos of Eleanor King, September 16-17, on campus in Towson, Maryland. King was an original member of the Doris Humphrey/Charles Weidman dance group in the 1920s and died in 1991. King's spare, expressive works were influenced by her travels in Korea and Japan. She preferred the Eastern credo, "Observe the beauty of the passing form," rather than what she called the American sentiment of "Look ma, I'm dancing." Also influenced by Native American dances, King sought to integrate the spirit with the body. Pictured are Linda Garofalo (left), in Mother of Tears (1935), Glenna Blessing in To the West (1943), and Elizabeth Lowe Ahearn in Air (1952).