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""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 future dance work but also minimalism in music and art, as well as the wedding of dance and speech in solo performance pieces. Judson's legacy has been explored primarily in the work of dance critic Sally Banes, in a book published in the 1980s. Although the dancers from the so-called ""Judson School"" continue to perform and create new works--and their influence continues to grow from the US to Europe and beyond--there has not been a book-length study in the last two decades that discusses this work in a broader context of cultural trends. Burt is a highly respected dance critic and historian who brings a unique new vision to his study of the Judson dancers and their work which will undoubtedly influence the discussion of these seminal figures for decades to come ""Performative Traces: Judson"" ""Dance Theatre and Its Legacy ""combines history, performance analysis, theory, and criticism to give a fresh view of the work of this seminal group of dancers. It will appeal to students of dance history, theory, and practice, as well as all interested in the avant-grade arts and performance practice in the 20th century.

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Author:   Ramsay Burt
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780415975742

ISBN 10:   0415975743
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   29 June 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter One . Introduction: Transatlantic Crossings Modernist dance theory and postmodern dance Performance and embodied experience. Discursive interventions and unruly dancing bodies. Overlapping European and American contexts. The rest of this book Chapter Two. Cunningham, Judson, and the Historical Avant- garde Walkaround Time Judson Dance Theatre conclusion Chapter Three. Minimalism, theory, and the dancing body. Simone Forti and Robert Morris Early work by Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer Dance theory and art theory. 'My body remains the enduing reality' Chapter Four. Allegories of the ordinary and particular. The ultimate fairy tale: Fred Herko Transgressing boundaries: David Gordon Objects and dances: Lucinda Childs and Steve Paxton Transgressing boundaries: Carolee Schneemann Chapter Five. Before and after 1968: dance, politics, and the avant-garde. Jill Johnston 16 Millimeter Earrings The new dance and African American issues Simone Forti and Bill T Jones at Woodstock Trio A at The People's Flag Show Chapter Six. Repetition: Brown, Bausch, and De Keersmaeker Formal repetition in Accumulation with Talking plus Watermotor interpellation and complicity in Cafe Muller complicity and resistance in Rosas Danst Rosas knights' moves Chapter Seven. Traces of intimacy and relationless relations Point of view One-to-one Mirroring Bausch's melancholia The politics of friendship Chapter Eight. Judson Dance Theater at the start of a new century reconstructions Judson in Europe going on, the American way Bibliography

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