Proxy (1961), Satisfyin' Lover (1969), PA RT (1978), Bound (1981), Goldberg Variations (1986), Night Stand (2004)
Style
Contact Improvisation (founder), Material for the Spine (founder)
Movement
Judson Dance Theater, Postmodern dance
Awards
NEA Grant (1980), Guggenheim Fellowshing (1995), Venise Biennale Golden Lion (2004), Bessie for Lifetime Achievement (2015)
Steven Douglas Paxton (January 21, 1939 – February 20, 2024) was an American experimental dancer and choreographer. His early background was in gymnastics while his later training included three years with Merce Cunningham and a year with José Limón. As a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater,[1] he performed works by Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown. He was a founding member of the experimental group Grand Union and in 1972 named and began to develop the dance form known as Contact Improvisation,[2] a form of dance that utilizes the physical laws of friction, momentum, gravity, and inertia to explore the relationship between dancers.
Paxton believed that even an untrained dancer could contribute to the dance form, and so began his great interest in pedestrian movement. After working with Cunningham, he attempted to remain reclusive, except when performing, teaching, and choreographing internationally.
^Paxton, Steve (July 24, 2012). "500 Words: Judson Dance Theater: 50th Anniversary". Artforum. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
^Seibert, Brian (October 14, 2013). "Always Alone Together, Even When They're Apart: 'Night Stand' has Its Premiere at Dia:Chelsea". The New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
Steven Douglas Paxton (January 21, 1939 – February 20, 2024) was an American experimental dancer and choreographer. His early background was in gymnastics...
1972 and it started from the exploration, research and inquiries of StevePaxton. It involves the exploration of one's body in relation to others and...
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filmmakers, and composers. The concert included works by Yvonne Rainer, StevePaxton, David Gordon, Alex and Deborah Hay, Fred Herko, Elaine Summers, William...
modern and post-modern dance. While in college she took a class with StevePaxton, an American dancer and creator of contact improvisation (which was then...
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Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Steve, Paxton; Michelle, Peckham; Adele, Knibbs (2003). "The Leeds Histology Guide"...
and has since worked alongside artists and composers Nam June Paik, StevePaxton, La Monte Young, Trisha Brown, Charlemagne Palestine, Peter Van Riper...
Histology: CD-ROM and Guide. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195151732. Steve, Paxton; Michelle, Peckham; Adele, Knibbs (2003). "The Leeds Histology Guide"...
Elaine Summers, Sally Gross, Simonne Forti, Deborah Hay, Lucinda Childs, StevePaxton and others; collaborated with artists Robert Morris, Robert Whitman,...
- Bud Wheeling Pitfall (1948) - Bill Smiley Down Dakota Way (1949) - StevePaxton The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) - McCary Paid in Full (1950) - Man at...
Tuning Scores. Beginning in 1974, she took part, along with dancers StevePaxton, Nancy Stark Smith and others, in the early evolution of contact improvisation...
one part doesn't know what the other part is doing. In 1962, Rainer, StevePaxton, and Ruth Emerson approached the Reverend Al Carmines at the Judson Memorial...
world. Contact improvisation originated from the movement studies of StevePaxton in the 1970s and developed through the continued exploration of the Judson...
for those with dance training as those with theatre training. Indeed, StevePaxton taught theatre students at Dartington College of Arts and other institutions...
them together. In the 1970s, Judson Church dancer and choreographer StevePaxton, in collaboration with other post-modern dancers, developed Contact Improvisation...
somatic forms. Contact improvisation is a somatic genre developed by StevePaxton and others in the 1970s, which consists of two or more dancers responding...
Cunningham-affiliated dancers including Carolyn Brown, Viola Farber, and StevePaxton, all of whom featured in his choreographed works. Rauschenberg's full-time...
technique (also see Postmodern dance) Yvonne Rainer Margaret Jenkins StevePaxton Richard Alston Paul Taylor Twyla Tharp Trisha Brown Ohad Naharin Lester...
for two years. Jonas also worked with choreographers Yvonne Rainer and StevePaxton. Though Jonas began her career as a sculptor, by 1968 she moved into...
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