{"product_id":"democracys-body-judson-dance-theatre-1962-1964-9780822313991","title":"Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theatre, 1962-1964","description":"\u003ci\u003eDemocracy's Body\u003c\/i\u003e offers a lively, detailed account of the beginnings of the Judson Dance Theater--a popular center of dance experimentation in New York's Greenwich Village--and its place in the larger history of the avant-garde art scene of the 1960s. JDT started when Robert Dunn, a student of John Cage, offered a dance composition class in Merce Cunningham's studio. The performers--many of whom included some of the most prominent figures in the arts in the early sisties--found a welcome performance home in the Judson Memorial Church in the Village. Sally Banes's account draws on interviews, letters, diaries, films, and reconstructions of dances to paint a portrait of the rich culture of Judson, which was the seedbed for postmodern dance and the first avant-garde movement in dance theater since the modern dance of the 1930s and 1940s. Originally published in 1983, this edition brings back into print a highly regarded work of dance history.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413504921874,"sku":"9780822313991","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a93fa9e9-a7c4-412b-9d6b-371b6dd263d3.jpg?v=1729354698","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/democracys-body-judson-dance-theatre-1962-1964-9780822313991","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}