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1voteThis article traces the influence of postmodern aesthetics in literature, visual art, architecture, music, and dance. Postmodern dance is noted for collapsing the boundaries between “high” dance (classical ballet and modern dance) and “popular” dance (jazz dance, folk and tribal dance, ballroom dancing, break and line dancing, and Broadway musical choreography).
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1voteRead about the revolutionary impact of the Judson Dance Theater, whose original members, in the 1960s, were considered by many to be the founders of postmodern dance. The article focuses specifically on the liberating influence the group had on dance choreography, allowing for intensive exploration and expansion of possibilities in choreographic methods. (Note: this link opens a PDF.
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1voteThis scholarly article provides an introduction to postmodernism, defining it through its differences from modernism. The article traces the influence of postmodernism in all areas of the arts, and roots this influence in postmodernist literature.
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1voteThis Web site provides an outline of postmodern dance by Richard Finkelstein, an eminent stage designer. Among the characteristics listed are the mixing of genres, the blurring of gender roles, the rejection of narrative form, and the inclusion of seemingly random elements. A bar on the left of the site features an extensive variety of dance topics to explore in greater depth.
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