Reinventing dance in the 1960s : everything was possible / edited by Sally Banes with the assistance of Andrea Harris ; with a foreword by Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2003.Description: xvi, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0299180107 (hc.)
  • 9780299180102 (hc.)
  • 029918014X (pbk.)
  • 9780299180140 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Reinventing dance in the nineteen sixties
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 21 792.8 BAN
LOC classification:
  • GV1783 .R44 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreward / Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Introduction / Sally Banes -- 1. Gulliver's hamburger: defamiliarization and the ordinary in the 1960s Avant Garde / Sally Banes -- 2. Anna Halprin and the 1960s: acting in the gap between the personal, the public, and the political / Janice Ross -- 3. James Waring and the Judson Dance Theater: influences, intersections, and divergences / Leslie Satin -- 4. The philosophy of art history, dance, and the 1960s / Noël Carroll -- 5. Dance quote unquote / Jill Johnston -- 6. Dancing in New York: the 1960s / Gus Solomons, Jr. -- 7. Monk and King: the sixties kids / Deborah Jowitt -- 8. One route from ballet to postmodern / Wendy Perron -- 9. Radical discoveries: pioneering post-modern dance in Britain / Stephanie Jordan -- 10. Ballet review's beginnings: an interview with Arlene Croce / Joan Acocella and Sally Banes -- 11. PastForward choreographers' statements / Tricia Brown ... [et al.].
Summary: "The 1960s was a pivotal decade in dance, an era of intense experimentation and rich invention. In this volume a range of dance critics and scholars examine the pioneering choreographers and companies of the era, such as Anna Halprin's West Coast experiments, the innovative Judson Dance Theater, avant-garde dance subcultures in New York, the work of Meredith Monk and Kenneth King, and parallel movements in Britain. The contributors include Janice Ross, Leslie Satin, Noel Carroll, Gus Solomons Jr, Deborah Jowitt, Stephanie Jordan, Joan Acocella and Sally Bames." -- Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreward / Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Introduction / Sally Banes -- 1. Gulliver's hamburger: defamiliarization and the ordinary in the 1960s Avant Garde / Sally Banes -- 2. Anna Halprin and the 1960s: acting in the gap between the personal, the public, and the political / Janice Ross -- 3. James Waring and the Judson Dance Theater: influences, intersections, and divergences / Leslie Satin -- 4. The philosophy of art history, dance, and the 1960s / Noël Carroll -- 5. Dance quote unquote / Jill Johnston -- 6. Dancing in New York: the 1960s / Gus Solomons, Jr. -- 7. Monk and King: the sixties kids / Deborah Jowitt -- 8. One route from ballet to postmodern / Wendy Perron -- 9. Radical discoveries: pioneering post-modern dance in Britain / Stephanie Jordan -- 10. Ballet review's beginnings: an interview with Arlene Croce / Joan Acocella and Sally Banes -- 11. PastForward choreographers' statements / Tricia Brown ... [et al.].

"The 1960s was a pivotal decade in dance, an era of intense experimentation and rich invention. In this volume a range of dance critics and scholars examine the pioneering choreographers and companies of the era, such as Anna Halprin's West Coast experiments, the innovative Judson Dance Theater, avant-garde dance subcultures in New York, the work of Meredith Monk and Kenneth King, and parallel movements in Britain. The contributors include Janice Ross, Leslie Satin, Noel Carroll, Gus Solomons Jr, Deborah Jowitt, Stephanie Jordan, Joan Acocella and Sally Bames." -- Jacket

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