Yvonne Rainer's Trio A. In 1962, Rainer and a small group of passionately experimental choreographers founded the Judson Dance Theatre in New York. Musicians, poets and, above all, visual artists gave in to its pull, all of them participating in collective workshops and many performing in works choreographed there Photograph: Yvonne RainerLucinda Childs: DANCE (1979). "There were just so many ideas floating around," says Childs, another Judson choreographer. 'I grabbed on to Bob Morris's minimalism but pop art was fascinating to me, too' Photograph: Nathaniel TilestonLucinda Childs: DANCE (1979)Photograph: Nathaniel Tileston
Dancers performing Simone Forti's Hangers (1961). The Hayward exhibition invites visitors to become participants – or even dancers – in installations and sculptures by internationally renowned visual artists and choreographersPhotograph: Alastair MuirWilliam Forsythe's The Fact of Matter (2009). Forsythe's installation makes its spectators become dancers by having them swing and clamber through a forest of gymnast ringsPhotograph: Alastair MuirBruce Nauman's Green Light CorridorPhotograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex FeaturesSolo performance for Pablo Bronstein's Magnificent Triumphal Arch in Pompeian Colours (2010)Photograph: Alastair MuirDancers performing choreography by Anita Pace for Mike Kelley's Test RoomPhotograph: Alastair MuirChristian Jankowski: Rooftop Routine (2008)Photograph: Alastair Muir
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