{"product_id":"9780822396567","title":"TEST1 Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theatre, 1962-1964","description":"\u003ci\u003eDemocracy's Body \u003c\/i\u003eoffers 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.","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110754861296,"sku":"9780822396567","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780822396567_p0.jpg?v=1763753058","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780822396567","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}