Banes Sally Banes

Democracy's Body (eBook, PDF)

Judson Dance Theatre, 1962-1964

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Produktbeschreibung

Democracy's Body offers a lively, detailed account of the beginnings of the Judson Dance Theater--a popular center of dance experimentation in New York's Greenwich Village--and its place in the larger history of the avant-garde art scene of the 1960s. JDT started when Robert Dunn, a student of John Cage, offered a dance composition class in Merce Cunningham's studio. The performers--many of whom included some of the most prominent figures in the arts in the early sisties--found a welcome performance home in the Judson Memorial Church in the Village. Sally Banes's account draws on interviews, letters, diaries, films, and reconstructions of dances to paint a portrait of the rich culture of Judson, which was the seedbed for postmodern dance and the first avant-garde movement in dance theater since the modern dance of the 1930s and 1940s. Originally published in 1983, this edition brings back into print a highly regarded work of dance history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 1993
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822396567
• Artikelnr.: 54794408

Autorenporträt

Sally Banes

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1. Robert Dunn's Workshop 1
2. "A Concert of Dance" at Judson Church 35
3. The Judson Workshop 71
4. The Plot Thickens 107
5. Dance in the Sanctuary and in the Theater 131
6. From Great Collective to Bus Stop 165
Notes 215
Illustrations 247
Bibliography 257
Index 263