Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor: A History, 1980-85

纽约舞池上的生与死：一段历史，1980-85

• 批准号: AH/G007128/1
• 负责人: Tim Lawrence
• 金额: $ 3.35万
• 依托单位: University of East London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FG007128%2F1
• 关键词: Life; Death; New; York; Dance

ContextDance music culture is ubiquitous in Europe, North America and South East Asian cities, yet historians have yet to account for the scene that unfolded in New York between 1980-85. The exclusion is understandable. Emerging out of the counter-cultural movement of the late 1960s, disco became the dominant dance sound of the 1970s before its production was dramatically halted following the backlash against the genre in 1979, after which Chicago house (the dominant electronic paradigm in global dance during the 1990s and 2000s) was popularised in cities such as New York, Manchester and London around the middle of the 1980s. Lacking a singular sonic identity, the New York dance scene of the first half of the 1980s was always going to be easy to overlook, yet its chaotic status also made it one of the most invigorating and innovative periods in the history of western dance. Life and Death On the New York Dance Floor will provide an original and groundbreaking account of this neglected era.Aims and objectivesDrawing on interviews conducted with one hundred protagonists as well as a wide range of documentary sources, the book will provide a detailed history of New York dance during the first half of the 1980s. Its first task will be to map the way in which DJs, dancers, remixers, producers, musicians, club owners and record label employees drew on a range of sound system and studio technologies to forge a complex network that cut across race, gender, and sexuality while pulling together a post-genre mix of disco, dub, hip hop, electro, new wave and even orchestral music. The manner in which the 1980-85 period formed a crucial bridge between disco and house will be established by highlighting the way New York influenced dance scenes in Chicago, Manchester, London, Rimini, Paris, Berlin and Tokyo and other cities. The book will also argue that the New York scene amounted to a uniquely hybrid and decentred formation that was defined by its interaction, openness and community.In addition to this archaeological work (work that becomes ever more urgent as protagonists continue to pass away, many of them from AIDS-related complications) Life and Death will also analyse the New York dance network 1980-85 within a range of broader contexts. Particular attention will be paid to the way the scene negotiated the early years of neoliberalism and its associated mix of welfare cuts, arts funding cuts and property price rises. And the book will also describe the development of the AIDS epidemic from within the most popular (yet least historicised) gay male pastime. The systematic omission of New York's queer-driven dance culture from the recent flurry of studies that have charted New York's prolifically creative downtown movement of 1975-84 will constitute another important reference point.Potential applications and benefitsShifting between these perspectives, Life and Death will plug a significant gap in the history of twentieth century popular music while generating archival material and theoretical perspectives around race, gender, sexuality and class that will be of relevance to American Studies, Cultural Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, and History. In addition, the book's nocturnal outlook will contribute to a fuller understanding of the history of Manhattan, as well as the city's dynamic contribution to the crisscrossing flows of transatlantic culture. Thanks to its focus on New York's gay male population, Life and Death will also double up as an original case history of the early years of AIDS. And through its examination of the relationship between the dancing body, amplified sound and pre-recorded music, the book will illuminate the state of affect in the twilight years of the 'analogue era'. The book's unrivalled fieldwork and collection of rare artwork and DJ playlists will establish it as the definitive account of an influential yet under-appreciated cultural moment.

背景舞蹈音乐文化在欧洲、北美和东南亚城市中无处不在，但历史学家尚未解释 1980-85 年间在纽约发生的场景。排除是可以理解的。迪斯科诞生于 20 世纪 60 年代末的反文化运动，成为 1970 年代的主导舞曲音乐，但由于 1979 年对该流派的强烈反对，迪斯科的制作被戏剧性地停止，此后芝加哥浩室（20世纪全球舞曲中占主导地位的电子范式）诞生了。 20世纪90年代和2000年代）在20世纪80年代中期左右在纽约、曼彻斯特和伦敦等城市流行。由于缺乏独特的声音特征，20世纪80年代上半叶的纽约舞坛总是很容易被忽视，但其混乱的状态也使其成为西方舞蹈史上最具活力和创新的时期之一。 《纽约舞池里的生与死》将对这个被忽视的时代进行原创性和开创性的描述。 目的和目标 本书根据对一百位主角的采访以及广泛的文献资料，将提供新时代的详细历史。约克舞蹈出现于 20 世纪 80 年代上半叶。它的首要任务是绘制 DJ、舞者、混音师、制作人、音乐家、俱乐部老板和唱片公司员工如何利用一系列音响系统和录音室技术来打造一个跨越种族、性别和文化的复杂网络。性，同时将迪斯科、配音、嘻哈、电子、新浪潮甚至管弦乐的后流派混合在一起。 1980-85 时期在迪斯科和浩室之间架起重要桥梁的方式将通过强调纽约对芝加哥、曼彻斯特、伦敦、里米尼、巴黎、柏林和东京等城市舞蹈场景的影响来建立。本书还将认为，纽约场景是一种独特的混合和去中心化的结构，其特征是互动、开放和社区。 除了这项考古工作（随着主角的不断去世，工作变得越来越紧迫），许多其中来自艾滋病相关并发症）《生与死》还将在更广泛的背景下分析 1980-85 年的纽约舞蹈网络。我们将特别关注新自由主义早年的谈判方式以及与之相关的福利削减、艺术资金削减和房地产价格上涨等组合。这本书还将从最流行（但历史最少）的男同性恋消遣中描述艾滋病流行的发展。最近一系列研究描绘了 1975-84 年纽约富有创意的市中心运动，但系统性地忽略了纽约酷儿驱动的舞蹈文化，这将构成另一个重要的参考点。潜在的应用和好处在这些观点之间转换，生与死将堵塞二十世纪流行音乐史上的一个重大空白，同时产生与美国研究、文化研究、同性恋研究和历史。此外，本书的夜间视角将有助于更全面地了解曼哈顿的历史，以及这座城市对跨大西洋文化的纵横交错的动态贡献。由于其重点关注纽约的男同性恋人口，《生与死》也将同时作为艾滋病早期的原始病例史。通过对舞蹈身体、放大声音和预先录制的音乐之间关系的审视，本书将阐明“模拟时代”暮年的情感状态。这本书无与伦比的实地考察以及珍稀艺术品和 DJ 播放列表的收集，将使其成为对一个有影响力但未被充分重视的文化时刻的权威记录。