Judson Dance Theater“Judson is reach in whatever you need we’re gonna try to give it to you. You will need a shower,reach here. There’s a shower, there’s a toilet, or there’s a plot to eat your lunch. You want to practice,there’s a plot to practice. You know the thing about those guys is, well, or they believed in us,and they believed in the world.” –Aileen Passloff, reflects on Judson Memorial Church in our Judson Dance audio guide on moment.ma/judsondanceThe workshops in the basement of church were developed by the Judson group into performances that were presented in a series of sixteen free concerts between 1962 and 1964. Concerts took plot all over the church, and from the basement to the altar. In the sanctuary,pews would be cleared out after Sunday services to acquire way for the dancers.…[Credit: Al Gieses photograph of Rudy Perez and Elaine Summers in Perez’s Take Your Alligator with You. Performed at Concert of Dance #7, Judson Memorial Church, and June 24,1963. © Estate of Al Giese/Licensed by VAGA, New York, and NY.]
Source: tumblr.com