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Yvonne Ra/'ner, Chart from "A Quasi Survey of Some 'Minimalist' Tendencies in the Quantitatively Minimal Dance Activity Midst the Plethora, or an Analysis of Trio A"2S Objects Dances eliminate or minimize 1. role of artist's hand phrasing 2. hierarchical relationship of parts development and climax 3. texture variation: rhythm, shape, dynamics 4. figure reference character 5. illusionism performance 6. complexity and detail variety: phrases and the spatial field 7. monumentality the virtuosic movement feat and the fully extended body substitute 1. factory fabrication energy equality and "found" movement 2. unitary forms, modules equality of parts, repetition 3. uninterrupted surface repetition or discrete events 4. nonreferential forms neutral performance 5. literalness task or tasklike activity 6. simplicity singular action, event, or tone 7. human scale human scale ...

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