The Judson Dance Theatre Presents An Evening Of Dance By Elaine Summers: Fantastic Gardens

New York: Judson Dance Theatre, 1964. Offset. 8 ½ x 11 in. Very good with two ½ in. closed tears and lines from folding into thirds. Item #6709

Flyer advertising a performance of Elaine Summers’ Fantastic Gardens at Judson Dance Theatre. An all-evening performance that combined film, sculpture, music, dance, and stochastic method developed with John Cage and Robert Dunn, Fantastic Gardens is an important work in the history of avant-garde dance and intermedia performance. Produced by Summers, one of the founders of The Judson Dance Theatre and the founder of Experimental Intermedia, the work featured 43 performers, including Fred Herko, June Ekman, Sally Stackhouse, Sandra Neels, and Rudy Perez. 

A document from The Judson Dance Theatre’s heyday and the emergence of intermedia performance. .

Price: $200.00