Pioneers & Places
Robert Dunn studied this subject at the New England Conservatory in Boston before moving to NYC.
What is music composition and theory?
This rejection of "glamour, virtuosity, and spectacle" was written by Yvonne Rainer in 1965.
What is Yvonne Rainer’s “NO Manifesto of 1965”?
This Simone Forti work (1961) involves ten participants climbing up on the bodies of others.
What is "Huddle"
This dance has an image of the red-dress.
What is "Rite of Spring"?
This person taught a choreography class that brought the Judson Dance Theatre folks together.
Who is Robert Dunn?
Steve Paxton formerly danced with this person.
Who is Merce Cunningham?
Post-Modern choreographers aimed to reduce dance to this concept.
What is 'the essential'
Trisha Brown intended this 1970 work to draw attention to the simple act of walking through an unnatural scenario.
What is "Man Walking Down the Side of a Building"?
This dance has an image of a cafe scene with many chairs and several characters.
What is "Café Müller"?
This movement sparked the rights of female identifying people providing them with birth control and access to abortion.
What is the "women's movement"?
This Greenwich Village location was the home of Judson Dance Theatre between 1962–1964.
What is the Judson Memorial Church?
Yvonne Rainer started using this term in the early 1960s to categorize the work at Judson Church.
What is "post modern"
This person created a dance in reverse moving from old age back to youth
Who is Meredith Monk?
This move is part of "The Nelken Line"
What is (show the move)
This ongoing war between 1955 and 1975 prompted American youth and artists to gather and protest.
What is the "Vietnam War"?
Robert Dunn organized the first dance concert at Judson Memorial Church in this year.
What is 1962?
This concept, exhibit by choreographers like Martha Graham, was rejected by post-modern dance.
What is virtuosity/glamour/heroic
This 1966 Yvonne Rainer work is known for unenhanced physicality and executing labor as a task.
Who is "Trio A"?
This dance shows a variety of different aged people walking forward and showing off different parts of their body.
What is "Kontakthof"
These laws passed in 1964 & 65 allowed African American votes to rise exponentially? (name 1/2)
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Name two famous visual artists who participated in Judson Memorial Church activities.
Who are Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol?
This type of dance, created by Barbara Dilley, acts as a dancers' "meditation hall" or a practice that provides opportunities to sensitize our awareness.
What is Contemplative Dance?
This minimalist 1973 Lucinda Childs work features four women performing intricate walking patterns with only the sound of their footsteps audible.
What is "Calico Mingling"?
This german word describes Pina Bausch's type of dance.
These two figures paved the way for post modern dance with their 'chance' and 'nature/healing' approaches.
Who are Merce Cunninham and Ana Halprin?