Democracy's Body Judson Dance Theater, 1962-1964
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780822313991 |
Publisher: | Duke University Press Books |
Imprint: | Duke University Press |
Pub date: | 19 Oct 1993 |
DEWEY: | 792.8097471 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 288 |
Weight: | 448g |
Height: | 227mm |
Width: | 168mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |