Judson Dance Theater located at the Judson Memorial Church, New York the group of artists that formed Judson Dance Theater are considered the founders of Postmodern dance. The artists involved with Judson Dance Theater were Avant garde experimenatalists 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 artist that were a part of the Judson Dance Theater include:
Banes, S. (1993) Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theater, 1962-1964. Duke University press. ISBN 0822313995
External links
Judson Memorial Church Archive (http://dlib.nyu.edu:8083/falesead/servlet/SaxonServlet?source=judson.xml&style=saxon01f2002.xsl) at Fales Library, New York University
JudsonDanceTheater located at the Judson Memorial Church, New York the group of artists that formed JudsonDanceTheater are considered the founders of Postmodern dance.
The artists involved with JudsonDanceTheater were Avant garde experimenatalists who rejected the confines of Modern dance practice and theory.
The years 1962 to 1964 are considereed the golden age of the JudsonDanceTheater.
Dance Repertory Performance I. One Short Term unit or an equivalent in dance education, such as DANC s29A (Dance as a Collaborative Art I).
Twentieth-Century American Dance I. Dance activity in America presents an overwhelming array of talent and diversity ranging from turn-of-the-century artists such as Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis, through such mid-century innovators as Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey, to Merce Cunningham and the JudsonDanceTheater in the sixties.
Dance as a Collaborative Art I. The integration of dance and other arts for the purpose of producing a forty-minute piece that is performed mostly for elementary school children.
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