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bodies of white performers become the point from which the choreography of Locus unfolds, and the dance becomes a process through which whiteness is reproduced

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Exclusion of POC in "pure neutral space" in Locus documented in the lived experience of those that have learned and performed the dance

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when recreating work, persistent racial construction in dance reperformance perpetuates spaces of segregation, ?? how to recreate and not do that??

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Trio A, performed by Rainer, challenges gender norms but neglects race

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race never entered the the Judson artists’ social consciousness at the time

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Yvonne Rainer rejected spectacle, avoiding "extraordinary" bodies, reinforcing racial segregation

"implicitly choreographed a mode of segregation" (80(

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Judson Dance artists prioritized dismantling dance conventions, embracing non-virtuosic movement

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Trio-A reveals how ordinary bodies reinforce racial exclusion in American-postmodernism, biopolitical normalization

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Judson performances reinforced racial power dynamics, perpetuating white supremacy in postmodernism

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exclusion of POC from postmodernism seen as an unintentional consequence, unconscious cultural/choreographic absorption of state racism normalized by the biopolitical regulation of bodies

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"priorities of modern dance shifted away from technical ability just as black dancers and choreographers (such as Dunham and Alvin Ailey) began to be recognized as technicians" (72)

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postmodern dance, 1960s/70s, maintained the whiteness of high modernism by twisting the trope of racial exclusion from a focus on trained bodies to a focus on ordinary bodies

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Historical perspectives explain the radicalized division between disciplined, trained bodies and extraordinary, untrained bodies, doesn't account for the whiteness in postmodern dance, which rejected technical performance

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roots of stereotypes trace back to blackface minstrelsy, effects of minstrelsy can be seen across various stages and dance forms, perpetuating implicit restrictions tied to racial identity

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Black dancers stereotyped as extraordinary performers with "natural" abilities but lacking in Euro-American dance techniques

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racial dynamics in American dance history have shaped the spaces where performances occur

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dance movements/choices contribute to racial dynamics, even in a genre like postmodern dance that aimed to reject traditional forms of racial exclusion