Being Watched: Yvonne Rainer and the 1960s

by Carrie Lambert-Beatty

Book Overview

How Yvonne Rainer's art shaped new ways of watching as well as performing; how it connected 1960s avant-garde art to politics and activism.

In her dance and performances of the 1960s, Yvonne Rainer famously transformed the performing body--stripped it of special techniques and star status, traded its costumes and leotards for T-shirts and sneakers, asked it to haul mattresses or recite texts rather than leap or spin. Without discounting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262516071
• ISBN13: 9780262516075
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher