Judson Dance Theater Performative Traces

Name: Judson Dance Theater Performative Traces
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ISBN: 9780415975735

ISBN-10: 0415975735

ISBN-13: 9780415975735

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ramsay Burt

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The Judson Dance Theatreexplores the work and legacy of one of the most influential of all dance companies, which first performed at the Judson Memorial Church in downtown Manhattan in the early 1960s. There, a group of choreographers and dancers--including future well-known artists Twyla Tharp, Carolee Schneemann, Robert Morris, Trisha Brown, Yvonne Rainier, and others--created what came to be known as " postmodern dance." Taking their cues from the experiments of Merce Cunningham, they took movements from everyday life--walking, running, gymnastics--to create dances that influenced not only future dance work but also minimalism in music and art, as well as the wedding of dance and speech…

Book details

List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/9/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.82" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



List of illustrations


Acknowledgements



Introduction: transatlantic crossings



Cunningham, Judson, and the historical avant-garde



Minimalism, theory, and the dancing body



Allegories of the ordinary and particular



Before and after 1968: dance, politics, and the avant-garde



Repetition: Brown, Bausch, and De Keersmaeker



Traces of intimacy and relationless relations



The Judson tradition at the start of a new century


Notes


Bibliography


Index