Dance Theater
- Bill
T. Jones and Arnie Zane took classical dance and transformed it into duo
performance art. They molded the pas de
deux into their own style, adding unusual intimacy, costuming, and
theatrical design.
- “Dance
was used to punctuate or defuse emotional states or to link one body gesture to
another.” – Tim Miller, Buddy Systems,
1986
- Pina
Bausch and the Tranztheater Wuppertal used dance as a full extension of one’s emotions.
She redesigned classical, natural, and repetitious movements into dramatic and
visceral stories. Her performers were men and women of all heights, shapes, and
colors who performed from simple tasks such as walking and turning to
extraordinary trust falls and leaps.
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The physical performance of Pina’s works powerfully affected its spiritual
meaning.
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Live Art
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Stephen Taylor Woodrow created an exhibitory called The Living Paintings in 1986. This building was dedicated to
viewing people who had literally become art statues, covered so deeply in paint
and stood so firmly in place that the only recognition of human life was the
fact that they blinked or the actors would intentionally break to touch a
viewer or shift position.
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Live models were the new connection between painting and performance for
artists such as Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, and many others of the late 1980’s who
wanted to see their artwork “come to life!”
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Identities
- Multiculturalism
art sparked in the early 1990’s when artists explored cultural differences and
struggles from real life situations of diversity. Styles of art, dance, and
music became very distinct among ethnicities.
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Unfortunately, satirical and stereotypical racism, sexism, and emancipation
sparked causing uproars and sickening sights. The worst of these was extreme
public indecency, intimacy, and excruciation of the human body.
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Performances were mainly set in private apartments, abandoned buildings, or just
outside university campuses, but police surveillance increased. As well,
censorship watches and arrests increased which looped to heavier protesting about
personal body rights. An endless cycle...
The New
Europeans
- In
Europe during the same time, networks of theaters were becoming more organized and
more available and performances became more disciplined, grand, and polished.
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Theater for them became more about exploring the body and acknowledging what
each piece represents. They appreciated the body in a sophisticated way rather
than a sexualized, selfish way.
New Media
& Performance
- In
the late 1990’s, artists came up with ways to incorporate technology and technological
themes into their pieces such as updated special effect lighting, film
projection, and surround sound. As well, mythology and sy-fy became popular
themes.
- Feminist
designs and campaigns became more predominant, and a collage of live
performances and recorded media became the gradual norm through advancement in
technology.
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A Widening
World
- Religion
and trends overtook history and culture starting in the new century of the year
2000. People became illiterate and ill-informed and rarely any artist spoke up
against the judging eyes of the media.
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Visual performance through photography and artwork appeared as an anonymous,
passive-aggressive reaction to media influence. Naked bodies could no longer be
appropriately seen and politics consumed daily activity and controlled every
action.
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True art diminished as a result.
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By: Bretten James
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