Improvised Dance
eBook - ePub

Improvised Dance

(In)Corporeal Knowledges

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Improvised Dance

(In)Corporeal Knowledges

About this book

This book elucidates the technical aspects of improvised dance performance and reframes the notion of labour in the practice from one that is either based on compositionally formal logic or a mysterious impulse, to one that addresses the (in)corporeal dimensions of practice.

Mobilising the languages and conceptual frameworks of theories of affect, embodied cognition, somatics, and dance, this book illustrates the work of specialist improvisers who occupy divergent positions within the complex field of improvised dance. It offers an alternative narrative of the history and current practice of Western improvised dance centred on the epistemology of its (in)corporeal knowledges, which are elusive yet vital to the refinement of expertise.

Written for both a disciplinary-specific and interdisciplinary audience, this book will interest dance scholars, students, and practising artists.

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Yes, you can access Improvised Dance by Nalina Wait in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Médias et arts de la scène & Danse. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032438283
eBook ISBN
9781000868418

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Credit List
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. 1 Western Improvised Dance: Practices, Pedagogies, and Language
  11. 2 Dewey and the Pre-History of Western Improvisation
  12. 3 Embodied Consciousness
  13. 4 Resonance of Affect and Immanent Evaluation
  14. 5 The Aesthetics of an Ethics of Being
  15. 6 Cultivating Movement Systems
  16. 7 Prohibitive and Emancipative Self-Surveillance
  17. Glossary
  18. Index