Transcendent @Bard.
When Lucinda Childs' Dance premiered at BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. in 1979, it
divided audiences: A small faction threw tomatoes while others cheered.
Today it's considered a seminal work A seminal work is a work from which other works grow. The term usually refers to an intellectual or artistic achievement whose ideas and techniques have been adopted or responded to in later works by other people, either in the same field or in the general culture. , an ultimate collaboration
among the minimalist artists Among the artists to whom the term minimalist was originally applied are: - Carl Andre (Born 1935) American Sculptor
- Dan Flavin (1933-1996) American Installation Artist
- Donald Judd (1928-1994) American Sculptor
Philip Glass (music), Sol LeWitt
(film/decor), and Childs. In the stripped-clown choreography, dancers
synchronize with their ghosted projections, sometimes dwarfed, other
times paralleled or doubled by the images. The repeating patterns of
dance, music, and image ultimately lead toward a state of transcendence.
Dance will have a rare remounting this summer at Bard SummerScape,
followed by performances in the fall at Williams College, the University
of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. at Gainesville, and the Joyce Theater. See
www.fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape.
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