{"product_id":"nevertheless-yvonne-rainer-9780300279283","title":"Nevertheless: A Choreographic Workbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eA legendary choreographer's personal and practical guide to the art of dance-making\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yvonne Rainer was a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, a New York artists' collective that revolutionized dance in the 1960s by championing ordinary, spare movements and spontaneity. Rainer's decades of creativity--in dance and in filmmaking--have inspired generations of avant-garde, political, and feminist choreographers. Her many works include the iconic dance \u003ci\u003eTrio A\u003c\/i\u003e and the film \u003ci\u003eHand Movie\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Rainer gathers teaching notes from her dance classes and workshops, passages from her creative journals, and her newer thoughts on movement and art, opening a window onto the life's work of a transformative artist. With fifty prompts for improvisational movement (\"39. Travel a long distance as fast as you can while making regular changes in your means of locomotion\"), sly illustrations by Pascal Lema?tre, and an illuminating interview with Emmanu?le Phuon, this workbook makes Rainer's friendly, humorous, and down-to-earth creative practice available to everyone. Because, as Rainer says, if you can move, you are a dancer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvonne Rainer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300279280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300279283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Yvonne Rainer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46721237778687,"sku":"9780300279283","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d042442f-0fe3-4b4a-9752-760f2fdd50b1.jpg?v=1742752272","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nevertheless-yvonne-rainer-9780300279283","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}