{"product_id":"dance-dance-film-essays-douglas-crimp-9781733688949","title":"Dance Dance Film Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreviously uncollected dance writings from the legendary art critic who defined the Pictures Generation, in a handsome clothbound edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePioneering AIDS activist, art critic, educator and curator Douglas Crimp is known for the fluidity and acuity of his writing on an array of passions. His book \u003ci\u003eAIDS: Cultural Analysis\/Cultural Activism\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) deconstructed the art world's complicated and mostly disheartening responses to the AIDS crisis; \u003ci\u003eOn the Museum's Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) explored postmodernist art practices in relation to the politics of institutions; and \u003ci\u003eBefore Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), a brilliant combination of memoir and criticism, chronicled Crimp's first decade in 1970s New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new book collects the critic's incisive pieces on dance (a lifelong interest) and dance on film, which, according to \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \"galvanized the field and synthesized histories of ballet, modern dance and postmodern performance.\" Written from 2006 to 2010, these in-depth essays are devoted to choreographers and filmmakers such as Charles Atlas, Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, Tacita Dean, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Yvonne Rainer. Before his death in July 2019, Crimp penned a new essay specifically for this book that probes the idea and definition of the \"dance film.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis beautifully designed clothbound volume, which shows Crimp as an outstanding and ever-evolving writer, includes an introduction by curator Lynne Cooke, who co-curated Crimp's landmark 2010 show at the Museo Reina Sofia, \u003ci\u003eMixed Use, Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Crimp\u003c\/b\u003e (1944-2019) is famed for his scholarly contributions to the fields of postmodern theory and art, institutional critique, dance, film, queer theory and feminist theory. His writings are marked by his desire to merge the often disjunctive worlds of politics, art and academia. From 1977 to 1990, he was the managing editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eOctober\u003c\/i\u003e. Before his death, Crimp was Fanny Knapp Allen Professor of Art History and Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Crimp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733688943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733688949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dancing Foxes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Douglas Crimp","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048869687551,"sku":"9781733688949","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c98a35af-af6c-4fcc-95ed-13dfe0fac8e6.jpg?v=1684998295","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dance-dance-film-essays-douglas-crimp-9781733688949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}