Judson Dance Theater
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Judson Dance Theater was an informal group of dancers who performed at the Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, Manhattan New York City between 1962 and 1964. It grew out of a dance composition class taught by Robert Dunn, a musician who had studied with John Cage. The artists involved were avant garde experimentalists who rejected the confines of Modern dance practice and theory, inventing as they did the precepts of Postmodern dance.
The first Judson concert took place on July 6, 1962, with works created 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 who were part of the Judson Dance Theater include:
Developments in dance practice that can be traced back to the Judson Dance Theater include:
The Judson Dance theatre are a group of artists who followed Cunningham's path to create a dance revolution in the 1960's. The Judson Dance theatre were formed in a church and were political activite and tought dance could happen anywhere. They performed pedestrian movements and the dancers were sometimes untrained. They blended theatre, film and dance. They don't believe art should happen on stage - they think art can happen anywhere and you dont have to be a perfect dancer.
ReplyDeletePedestrain movement is movement that is done in everyday life - not technique.