Brief Notes on Dance Postmodernism

Post modernism
War in Vietnam
Time of women's liberation
Old dance forms were not up to date with cultures
Judson church movement
Sharon Davis
1960's
Freedom to dance without censorship
Baptism memorial church originally lead by Robert Dunn
First performance - 'Free' and lasted 3 hours
Proposes a dancer can be better through technique
1970's
Trisha Brown (Started her own company)
Robert Dunn - transformed music into 'Chance' choreography
Made hard movements, so people could not copy them easily.
The dance company started as a drop in centre later became an avant-garde for experimental…