Meredith Morse
Biographic Data
| ID | 6189972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meredith Morse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meredith |
| FAMILY NAME | Morse |
| SIGNATURE | MORSE M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Minimalist” Dance, Social Critique
In this essay, I reexamine Yvonne Rainer and Steve Paxton's 1963 dance Word Words , arguing that this apparently “minimalist” work in fact deployed “underground” strategies, those of female (and male) impersonation. Camp performance, an approach that Rainer soon disavowed, allowed Word Words to explore gender in ways that were not possible by the time Rainer developed Trio A . Word Words did not simply “overwrite” Rainer's (female) gender, as has…
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Minimalist” Dance, Social Critique
In this essay, I reexamine Yvonne Rainer and Steve Paxton's 1963 dance Word Words , arguing that this apparently “minimalist” work in fact deployed “underground” strategies, those of female (and male) impersonation. Camp performance, an approach that Rainer soon disavowed, allowed Word Words to explore gender in ways that were not possible by the time Rainer developed Trio A . Word Words did not simply “overwrite” Rainer's (female) gender, as has…
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