| Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theatre, 1962-1964 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Banes, Sally (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0822313995 ISBN-13: 9780822313991 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1993 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Dance - Classical & Ballet |
| Dewey: 792.809 |
| LCCN: 93021760 |
| Lexile Measure: 1360 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.01" W x 8.99" (1.07 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |