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"Contempory choreographers who built on the radical experimental work of the 1960's have gradually reintroduced in new guises much of what was discarded" (Bremser)To what extent is this true of the 2 works you have studied?
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Jenni Lewis "Contempory choreographers who built on the radical experimental work of the 1960's have gradually reintroduced in new guises much of what was discarded" (Bremser) To what extent is this true of the 2 works you have studied? The work of post-modern dance company Judson Dance Theatre in America during the 1960's stripped away conventional dance form to produce a new style of movement that experimented with the way in which the dancers body could move. Minimalist, gestural or pedestrian movement was added to the vocabulary of dance movement. The style focussed on the movement of the dancer, visually spectacular and technically demanding movement began to develop, with inspiration drawn from other forms of movement like martial arts. The process of choreography changed to develop a style called contact improvisation, often performed as it was created as the emphasis of the dance began to move from the product to the process. As New Dance...
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