Judson Now/ Danspace Project

by Judy Hussie-Taylor, Jenn Joy

“How does dance right now relate to the 50th anniversary of Judson Dance Theater? Is its history overdetermined? How could we revisit it in relation to its multidisciplinary elements— visual art, music, poetry, film, and theater? How could we present so many artists and conflicting aesthetics as a collective movement? Can we do justice to their many divergent artists and their ideas? Probably not. But what a joyful obsession it has been to try…Platform 2012: Judson Now doesn’t provide a unified narrative because there isn’t one. The Judson aesthetic is oft recounted as minimal, neutral, and democratic, yet some artists were neo-vaudevillian, explosive, and authoritative.” – Judy Hussie-Taylor