ABSTRACT

Further Steps 2 brings together New York’s foremost choreographers – among them MacArthur ‘Genius’ award winners Meredith Monk and Bill T. Jones – to discuss the past, present and future of dance in the US. In a series of exclusive and enlightening interviews, this diverse selection of artists discuss the changing roles of race, gender, politics, and the social environment on their work.

Bringing her own experience of the New York dance scene to her study, Constance Kreemer traces the lives and works of the following choreographers:

Lucinda Childs, Douglas Dunn, Molissa Fenley, Rennie Harris, Bill T. Jones, Kenneth King, Nancy Meehan, Meredith Monk, Rosalind Newman, Gus Solomons jr, Doug Varone, Dan Wagoner, Mel Wong and Jawole Zollar.

chapter |40 pages

Introduction

What's the RAGE in dance?

chapter |8 pages

Lucinda Childs

chapter |12 pages

Douglas Dunn

chapter |11 pages

Molissa Fenley

chapter |16 pages

Rennie Harris

chapter |10 pages

Bill T. Jones

chapter |10 pages

Kenneth King

chapter |8 pages

Nancy Meehan

chapter |16 pages

Meredith Monk

chapter |14 pages

Rosalind Newman

chapter |9 pages

Gus Solomons jr

chapter |11 pages

Doug Varone

chapter |11 pages

Dan Wagoner

chapter |11 pages

Jawole Zollar