Judson Dance Theater: performative traces
by Burt, Ramsay
The Judson Dance Theatre explores 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 …
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- Full title :Judson Dance Theater : performative traces / Ramsay Burt.
Summary
The Judson Dance Theatre explores 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
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0203969669, 9780203969663, 9786610553365, 661055336X
- oclc:ocn252849573
- LC Classification:GV1786.J82
- Dewey Decimal:792.809747/1
Table of Contents
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Transatlantic crossings; 2. Cunningham, Judson, and the historical avant-garde; 3. Minimalism, theory, and the dancing body; 4. Allegories of the ordinary and particular; 5. Before and after 1968: Dance, politics, and the avant-garde; 6. Repetition: Brown, Bausch, and De Keersmaeker; 7. Traces of intimacy and relationless relations; 8. The Judson tradition at the start of a new century; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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