Using "ordinary" movements, the Judson Dance Theater stripped dance of its theatrical conventions
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Taking its name from the Judson Memorial Church, a socially engaged Protestant congregation in New York's Greenwich Village, Judson Dance Theater was organized as a series of open workshops from which its participants developed performances. Redefining the kinds of movement that could count as dance, the Judson participants―Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, Philip Corner, Bill Dixon, Judith Dunn, David Gordon, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Fred Herko, Robert Morris, Steve Paxton, Rudy Perez, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Carolee Schneemann and Elaine Summers, among others―would go on to profoundly shape all fields of art in the second half of the 20th century. They employed new compositional methods to strip dance of its theatrical conventions, incorporating "ordinary" movements―gestures typical of the street or home, for example, rather than a stage―into their work, along with games, simple tasks, and social dances to infuse their pieces with a sense of spontaneity.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done highlights the workshop's ongoing significance. The catalog charts the development of Judson, beginning with the workshops and classes led by Anna Halprin, Robert Ellis Dunn and James Waring, and exploring the influence of other figures working downtown such as Simone Forti and Andy Warhol, as well as venues for collective action like Judson Gallery and the Living Theatre. Lushly illustrated with film stills, photographic documentation, reproductions of sculptural objects, scores, music, poetry, architectural drawings and archival material, the publication celebrates the group's multidisciplinary and collaborative ethos as well as the range of its participants. 使用“普通”的动作,贾德森舞蹈剧院剥夺了舞蹈的戏剧惯例
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Judson Dance Theater的名字来自纽约格林威治村的Judson Memorial Church,这是一个从事社会活动的新教教会,它是作为一系列开放的讲习班组织起来的,参与者从这些讲习班发展表演。重新定义了可以算作舞蹈的运动类型,贾德森的参与者——特里莎·布朗、露辛达·查尔兹、菲利普·科纳、比尔·狄克逊、朱迪思·邓恩、大卫·戈登、亚历克斯·海、黛博拉·海、弗雷德·赫克、罗伯特·莫里斯、史蒂夫·帕克斯顿、鲁迪·佩雷兹、伊冯·雷奈尔、罗伯特·劳申伯格、卡罗利·施尼曼和伊莱恩·萨默斯,以及其他人——将继续深刻地塑造20世纪下半叶所有艺术领域。他们采用新的作曲方法,将舞蹈从戏剧惯例中剥离出来,将“普通”的动作——例如,街头或家中的典型动作,而不是舞台上的动作——融入到他们的作品中,同时加入游戏、简单的任务和社交舞蹈,为他们的作品注入一种自发性。
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