1978 – NOT NECESSARILY RECOGNIZABLE OBJECTIVES (or WORDSWORTH RIDES AGAIN)
DAVID TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF:
PERFORMANCE TEXTS:
Not Necessarily Recognizable Objectives "The Argument" Script PDF
Not Necessarily Recognizable Objectives "Opening Statement" Script PDF
Not Necessarily Recognizable Objectives "Solo" Script PDF
PEOPLE WRITE ABOUT DAVID:
"The Vanguard Innovators to Watch" by Deborah Jowitt in The Village Voice PDF
"Minimal dance with a flair: a talk with David Gordon and Valda Setterfield" by Janice Ross 1978 PDF
"David Gordon, or, The Ambiguities" by Sally Banes in The Village Voice May 1, 1978 PDF
"Wordsworth Rides Again" by Jean Nuchtern in The SoHo Weekly News May 4, 1978 PDF
"Arts and Sciences and David Gordon" by Arlene Croce in The New Yorker May 15, 1978 PDF
By Deborah Jowitt in The Village Voice May 29, 1978 PDF
"Dance" by Nancy Goldner in The Nation June 3, 1978 PDF
"Rich, unusual dance by David Gordon" by Gay Morris in Palo Alto Times August 7, 1978 PDF
"Shaggy Dancer" by Michael Clemens in The Daily Californian August 11, 1978 PDF
"Reviews" by Amanda Smith in DanceMagazine September 1978 PDF
"David Gordon Inviting the Audience In" by Susan Reiter in Other Stages October 9, 1978 PDF
"Formal Dancing" by Noel Carroll in The SoHo Weekly News October 12, 1978 PDF
By Deborah Jowitt in The Village Voice October 16, 1978 PDF
"Erasures and Afterthoughts" by Marcia B. Siegel in New York Magazine October 16, 1978 PDF
"David Gordon's Talking Dance" by Barbara Naomi Cohen in Manhattan East October 31, 1978 PDF
"New York Newsletter" by David Vaughan in Dancing Times (London) November 1978 PDF
By Linda Small in DanceMagazine February 1979 PDF
"Cutting the Gordon Knot" by Sally Banes in The SoHo Weekly News April 19, 1979 PDF
"Interview with David Gordon" by Barbara Woehler September 18, 1979 PDF
"David Gordon: The Ambiguities" by Sally Banes in Terpsichore in Sneakers 1980 PDF
By Deborah Jowitt in The Village Voice June 16, 1980 PDF
"With David Gordon, Casual Movement Can Be Choreography" by Pamela Reasner in the Pittsburgh Press January 15, 1981 PDF
"Dance Pair Matches Movement With Wit" by Pamela Reasner in The Pittsburgh Press January 17, 1981 PDF
"They Call it Post-Modern" by Dee Dee Hooker in the Spectator Raleigh October 15, 1981 PDF
RE-USED PERFORMANCE MATERIALS:
Sections: Interrupted Circle #1, Interrupted Circle #2, Mixed Trio, Women's Trio, Interrupted Circle #3, Mixed Solo
Excerpts included in: '80 Performance Collage
PERFORMANCES:
*Watch excerpt here at Digital Collections NYPL
@ Setterfield-Gordon SoHo Studio, NYC 1978 Program PDF
@ The Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, San Francisco, CA 1978 excerpt: Interrupted Circle #1, Mixed Solo Program PDF
@ Dance Theater Workshop, NYC 1978 excerpt: Mixed Solo Program PDF *Watch here at Digital Collections NYPL
@ Setterfield-Gordon SoHo Studio, NYC 1980 excerpt: Interrupted Circle, Women's Trio Program PDF
@ Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA 1981 excerpt: Interrupted Circle Program PDF