{"product_id":"nevertheless-a-choreographic-workbook-9780300279283","title":"Nevertheless: A Choreographic Workbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eA legendary choreographer's personal and practical guide to the art of dance-making\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yvonne Rainer was a founding member of Judson Dance Theater, a 1960s New York artists' collective that championed ordinary, spare movements and spontaneity. Rainer's decades of creativity--in dance and in filmmaking--have inspired generations of avant-garde, political, and feminist choreographers. Her many works include the iconic dance \u003ci\u003eTrio A\u003c\/i\u003e and the film \u003ci\u003eHand Movie\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Rainer dancer and choreographer Emmanuèle Phuon helps Rainer gather teaching notes from her dance classes and workshops, passages from her creative journals, and her newer thoughts on movement and art, opening a window on to the life's work of a transformative artist. With fifty prompts for improvisational movement (\"39. Travel a long distance as fast as you can while making regular changes in your means of locomotion\"), sly illustrations by Pascal Lemaître, and an illuminating interview with Phuon, this workbook makes Rainer's friendly, humorous, and down\u0026amp;-to-earth creative practice available to everyone. Because, as Rainer says, if you can move, you are a dancer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvonne Rainer\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1934) is an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, and a cofounder of the Judson Dance Theater. She lives in New York City. \u003cb\u003eEmmanuèle Phuon\u003c\/b\u003e, a choreographer, dancer, and teacher, is a faculty member at Montclair State University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts' Open Arts\/Collaborative Arts, and Yale University. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. \u003cb\u003ePascal Lemaître\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and illustrator based in Belgium. He has illustrated five books by Toni Morrison and his work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500486230290,"sku":"9780300279283","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aa29541c-02ea-4932-a0b0-5e26d2106d2a.jpg?v=1753194021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nevertheless-a-choreographic-workbook-9780300279283","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}