Wendy Perron
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Author, The Grand Union: Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance; dance history teacher at Juilliard; editor at large, Dance Magazine. Opinions are my own.
New York City
Joined May 2009
When Grand Union landed @walkerartcenter in 1971, miraculously the individual lights of postmodern dance—Yvonne, @TrishaBrown Steve P, Barbara D, David G & @DunnDance wove their crazy tapestry harmoniously—with wit & irony.
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Coming to Central Park @CPFNYC Aug. 7: @BalletHispanico with House of Mad’moiselle. I love how every ballet by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa has a dash of red. Ph Rosalie O'Connor
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No, not everyone has impostor syndrome. In the dance field, we work hard for many years, and the recognition factor is low.
If everyone has impostor syndrome, does it exist at all?
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Tnx to @JacobsPillow for reposting the Playlist of Strong Women (I'm one of them):
danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org
Even though one of the foundational purposes of Jacob’s Pillow was to spotlight the strength of men dancers, strong women have long been celebrated here. These are just a few examples, with many more...
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Come on over to @JacobsPillow for Alumni Day on July 26. Lots going on including my talk with Norton Owen at 4:00.
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RT @nyfacurrent: The 19th cycle of the Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program is now open! . Applicants must be professional dancers….
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Billy Shebar, director of Monk in Pieces, the excellent doc on @meredith_monk, will be a guest on @catradiocafe @WBAI this Tuesday, July 22, playing soon @IFC .
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Imagine Judith Jamison, RIP, in a solo the opposite of Ailey's CRY, and you have SCENE SEEN (1988), made for her by @GarthFaganDance . See a clip on the Pillow's Dance Interactive at
danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org
A native of Philadelphia, Judith Jamison made her New York debut with American Ballet Theatre in 1964. When she joined the company of Alvin Ailey the following year, she found her artistic home....
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Jeffries is good on a lot of issues, but he's beholden to AIPAC @TrackAIPAC , which means he had no idea that the younger generation is actually against genocide.
ICYMI — @RepJeffries met with Democratic nominee for NYC mayor @ZohranKMamdani and STILL didn’t endorse him. New York state senator @JabariBrisport has a hunch about why👇🏽🤔
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Thx for this wonderful, realistic program about what @ACLU is doing to counteract Rump's cruelty. Thank you Tony & Maria!.
The Trump administration faces over 300 legal challenges—many led by the @ACLU under Anthony Romero. He joins @Maria_Hinojosa to break down the fight for immigrant, reproductive and constitutional rights. LISTEN ➡️ #birthright #constitutionalrights
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Relevant to the exhibit Room to Move, about DTW, now on view @nypl_lpa, I post this memory about the nitty gritty of dance writing as taught by Deborah Jowitt and Marcia Siegel in the 70s:
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#TBT from my solo at Sundays on Broadway last December. I initially developed it for @tictacart last summer. a meditation on loss… Photo by @RachelKeane
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Come see Yoshiko Chuma's latest. I'll be joining her and this amazing music-&-dance crew on Aug. 2 & 3
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I am inviting you to our Pillow Talk on July 26 about the exhibit I've curated in honor of Norton Owen: & scroll down, ph Jamie Kraus
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Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance comes to The Yard this weekend, celebrating Loie Fuller and our natural environment:
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You explain it by saying everything out of his mouth is projection. Only scum wd call someone scum. So just call Trump Rump.
HOLY SMOKES! Gavin Newsom unleashes on Donald Trump in a new interview:. "It's a weakness masquerading as strength. That's what I don't like about this son of a bitch. And forgive me I know he's the President of the United States. He calls me Newscum. How do I explain that to my
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Ahhh. Now that I've seen this documentary, I recommend it as a thing of continual beauty.
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Looking forward to Monk in Pieces, the doc about national treasure Meredith Monk at @IFC tonight.
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I just posted my 2001 Free to Dance article, in honor of Charlie & Stephanie Reinhart having co-produced this amazing documentary. This is basically an overview of Blacks in 20th-century American concert dance
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