Career
Most active through the 70s and 80s, he founded and ran the West Coast Dance Company (1974-1979) and Editor Mock Dancers (1980-1985), as well as the Editor Mock Dance Studio. Born in Chicago, Mock trained with dancers Jimmy Payne and Anna Nasfif, and was later influenced by Lester Horton, Katherine Dunham, and a mix of jazz traditions. He became known both as a solo performer and as a choreographer.
As a soloist he specialized in improvisation, mixing modern dance with mime, storytelling, and voice.
He died of an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-related illness. In 2013, Amara Tabor-Smith, a Bay-Area choreographer who studied and danced with Mock from the age of 14, created the multi-venue He Moved Swiftly But Gently Down the Not Too Crowded Street: Editor Mock and Other True Tales in a City That Once Was.
The piece wandered through the city June 15 and June 21-23.
