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Douglas Rosenberg

Douglas Rosenberg is a Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the Founding Director of the Conney Project on Jewish Arts and an artist whose work in Screendance has been exhibited internationally. Additionally, he is the author of Screendance: Inscribing the Ephemeral Image and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies, both published by Oxford University Press.

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Sally Gross standing in the middle of a sidewalk, with the caption "Every day it's a new story"

Jewish Women in Screendance

Jewish women made overwhelming contributions to the creation of the field of Screendance. Maya Deren, Amy Greenfield, Anna Halprin, Yvonne Rainer, Meredith Monk, and others have created a legacy of socially conscious dance for the screen that collectively exhibits and performs principles of Jewish ritual and practice. Many of these artists share a focus on social justice and a collective approach to what might be called a feminist Jewish art form.