"The Other Half is Mine": Charlotte Moorman as an Architect of the Avant-Garde
Description:
Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991) was a Juilliard-trained cellist whose life and work made an indelible mark on the development of the American avant-garde. In her career, Moorman acted as a performer, collaborator, composer, administrator and muse. She solely founded the inaugural New York Avant Garde Festival, and subsequently directed fifteen of these festivals between 1963 and 1980, the feat for which she is most widely acknowledged today. Yet, her revolutionary performance practice, which blur…
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Date:
August 2021
Creator:
Balkcom, Brittney M.
Partner:
UNT Libraries