Judson Dance Theater
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Judson Dance Theater was an informal group of dancers who performed at the Judson Memorial Church, New York between 1962 and 1964. The group of artists that formed Judson Dance Theater are considered the founders of Postmodern dance. The theater grew out of a dance composition class taught by Robert Dunn, a musician who had studied with John Cage. The artists involved with Judson Dance Theater were avant garde experimentalists who rejected the confines of Modern dance practice and theory.
The first Judson concert took place on July 6, 1962, with dance works presented by Steve Paxton, Fred Herko, David Gordon, Alex and Deborah Hay, Yvonne Rainer, Elaine Summers, William Davis, and Ruth Emerson. Seminal dance artists, musicians and visual artists that were part of the Judson Dance Theater include:
- David Gordon
- Steve Paxton
- Yvonne Rainer
- Trisha Brown
- Lucinda Childs
- Sally Gross
- Deborah Hay
- Simone Forti
- Elaine Summers
- Aileen Passloff
- Meredith Monk
- Jessica Cargill
- Jen Scoble
- Carolee Schneemann
- Malcolm Goldstein
- Philip Corner
Developments in dance practice that can be traced back to the Judson Dance Theater include:
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[edit] Further reading
- Banes, Sally (1993) Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theater, 1962-1964. Duke University press. ISBN 0-8223-1399-5
- Burt, Ramsay (2006) Judson Dance Theater: Performative traces. Routledge. ISBN 0-4159-7574-3
[edit] External links
- Judson Memorial Church Archive at Fales Library, New York University
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