Grand Union (dance group)

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Grand Union was a dance group practicing dance improvisation in New York from 1970 to 1976. A breakaway group from Judson Dance Theater led by Steve Paxton, Grand Union developed the dance form contact improvisation (CI) as a method for creating improvised dance works. Dance artists involved with Grand Union include:

• Steve Paxton
• Nancy Stark Smith
• Daniel Lepkoff
• Lisa Nelson
• David Gordon (dance)

[edit] See also

• contact improvisation
• dance improvisation
• Judson Dance Theater