{"title":"Thomas J. Lax","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Lax offers insightful explorations into contemporary performance art and dance, with a particular focus on innovative movements such as Judson Dance Theater and the work of artists like Ralph Lemon. His writing balances critical analysis with vivid descriptions, making complex artistic concepts accessible to a broad audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful investigation of arts and culture that delves into experimental practices and the evolution of modern dance. Lax’s work invites reflection on how performance challenges traditional boundaries and reflects wider cultural shifts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ralph-lemon-by-thomas-j-lax-9781633450073","title":"Ralph Lemon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoMA Dance is a new series of monographs exploring dance makers in the twenty-first century. Each volume focuses on a single contemporary choreographer, presenting a rich collection of newly commissioned texts along with a definitive catalogue of the artist's projects. Accessible, informative, and inspiring, they are indispensable guides to contemporary dance for fans and scholars alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Cincinnati and raised in Minnesota, Ralph Lemon is one of the most significant figures to emerge from New York's downtown dance community in the 1980s. His politically resonant and deeply personal projects are investigations of race, identity, memory, and mourning. A polymath and self-described conceptualist, he combines dance with visual art, film, and ethnography, creating works that live on the theatre stage, in print, and in the museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRalph Lemon\u003c\/em\u003e features texts by scholars and performers, an original photoessay by Lemon, and an extensive chronology, greatly enhancing the understanding and appreciation of Lemon's boundary-pushing body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383969169644,"sku":"9781633450073","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15748223482769.jpg?v=1773391862"},{"product_id":"judson-dance-theater-by-ana-janevski-9781633450639","title":"Judson Dance Theater","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exploration of Judson Dance Theater's radical influence on postwar American art history and its lasting impact on contemporary artistic discourse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking its name from the Judson Memorial Church, a socially engaged Protestant congregation in New York's Greenwich Village, Judson Dance Theater was organised as a series of open workshops from which its participants developed performances. Redefining the kinds of movement that could count as dance, the Judson participants—Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, Philip Corner, Bill Dixon, Judith Dunn, David Gordon, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Fred Herko, Robert Morris, Steve Paxton, Rudy Perez, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Carolee Schneemann, and Elaine Summers, among others—would go on to profoundly shape all fields of art in the second half of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJudson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done\u003c\/em\u003e highlights the ongoing significance of the history of Judson Dance Theater. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, it charts the development of Judson, beginning with the workshops and classes led by Anna Halprin, Robert Ellis Dunn, and James Waring. It also explores the influence of other figures working downtown such as Simone Forti and Andy Warhol, as well as venues for collective action like Judson Gallery and the Living Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLushly illustrated with film stills, photographic documentation, reproductions of sculptural objects, scores, music, poetry, architectural drawings, and archival material, the publication celebrates the group's multidisciplinary and collaborative ethos as well as the range of its participants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463367082220,"sku":"9781633450639","price":68.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781633450639-judson-dance-theater.jpg?v=1775032128"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/thomas-j-lax.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}