Contemporary Choreography
A Critical Reader
2nd Edition
Published on 11. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
546 pages
978-1-138-67998-6 (ISBN)
Description
Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Contemporary Choreography presents a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into the creative process, and innovative challenges to traditional understandings of dance making.
Contributions from a global range of practitioners and researchers address a spectrum of concerns in the field, organized into seven broad domains:
Conceptual and philosophical concerns
Processes of making
Dance dramaturgy: structures, relationships, contexts
Choreographic environments
Cultural and intercultural contexts
Challenging aesthetics
Choreographic relationships with technology.
Including 23 new chapters and 10 updated ones, Contemporary Choreography captures the essence and progress of choreography in the twenty-first century, supporting and encouraging rigorous thinking and research for future generations of dance practitioners and scholars.
Contributions from a global range of practitioners and researchers address a spectrum of concerns in the field, organized into seven broad domains:
Conceptual and philosophical concerns
Processes of making
Dance dramaturgy: structures, relationships, contexts
Choreographic environments
Cultural and intercultural contexts
Challenging aesthetics
Choreographic relationships with technology.
Including 23 new chapters and 10 updated ones, Contemporary Choreography captures the essence and progress of choreography in the twenty-first century, supporting and encouraging rigorous thinking and research for future generations of dance practitioners and scholars.
Reviews / Votes
"Significantly expands the field's knowledge base in theoretical and applied ways never heard quite so succinctly before in a large, wide-ranging volume."Doug Risner, Journal of Dance Education
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2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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College/higher education
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New edition
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Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
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860 gr
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978-1-138-67998-6 (9781138679986)
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Jo Butterworth is Professor of Dance Studies at the University of Malta.
Liesbeth Wildschut lectures in dance history, dance theory, and dance dramaturgy at the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Liesbeth Wildschut lectures in dance history, dance theory, and dance dramaturgy at the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Content
General introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
SECTION 1
Conceptual and philosophical concerns
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
1.1
Knowing through dance-making
Choreography, practical knowledge and practice-as-research
Anna Pakes
1.2
Expert-intuitive and deliberate processes
Struggles in (the wording of) creative decision-making in 'dance'
Susan Melrose
1.3
'Throwing like a girl'?
Gender in a transnational world
Susan Leigh Foster
1.4
Choreography that poses problems
Bojana Cvejic
1.5
Choreography as research
Iteration, object, context
Ben Spatz
SECTION 2
Processes of making
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
2.6
Too many cooks?
A framework for dance making and devising
Jo Butterworth
2.7
Facilitating choreographic process
Larry Lavender
2.8
Velvet Petal: Getting Lost
Fleur Darkin
2.9
Risk-taking and group dance improvisation
Joao da Silva
2.10
Dancing strategies and moving identities
The contributions independent contemporary dancers make to the choreographic process
Jenny Roche
2.11
Jonathan Burrows' Postdance Conference keynote address, Stockholm 2015
Jonathan Burrows
INTERVENTION
Peggy Olislaegers
SECTION 3
Dance dramaturgy: structures, relationships, contexts
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
3.12
Dance dramaturgical agency
Pil Hansen
3.13
The catalytic function of dramaturgy
Working on actions in choreographic processes
Konstantina Georgelou, Efrosini Protopapa, and Danae Theodoridou
3.14
Decentred dramaturgy
Non-structural contexts in contemporary choreography
Anny Mokotow
SECTION 4
Choreographic environments
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
4.15
Dancing around exclusion
An examination of the issues of social inclusion within choreographic practice in the community
Sara Houston
4.16
Choreographic approaches in the community context
Diane Amans
4.17
Escola Livre de Danca da Mare in Rio de Janeiro
A ground to share
Silvia Soter and Adriana Pavlova
4.18
Experiencing space
Some implications for site-specific dance performance
Victoria Hunter
4.19
Whispering Birds
Site-specific dance, affect and emotion
Karen N Barbour
SECTION 5
Cultural and Intercultural Contexts
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
5.20
Principles of African choreography
Some perspectives from Ghana
Francis Nii-Yarty
5.21
The body as a site of power
An artistic case study on contemporary choreography in the Arab World
Sandra Noeth and Samar Haddad King
5.22
Beyond the intercultural to the Accented Body
An Australian perspective
Cheryl Stock
5.23
Minority visibility and hip hop choreography: France 2015
Felicia McCarren
5.24
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Akram Khan
Intertwined journeys in-between dance cultures
Guy Cools
5.25
Akram Khan on the politics of choreographing touch
Royona Mitra
SECTION 6
Challenging Aesthetics
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
6.26
In search of Asian modernity
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's body aesthetics in the era of globalisation
Ya-Ping Chen
6.27
The body as the stage of abstract space
Sculpting of spectatorship in Meg Stuart's choreography
Jeroen Fabius
6.28
Hi, who are you?
On choreography and the aged dancer
Efva Lilja
6.29
Inclusive choreography
Lucy Bennett and Stopgap Dance Company
Sho Shibata
SECTION 7
Choreographic Relationships with Technology
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
7.30
Choreographic performance systems
Johannes Birringer
7.31
Virtually touching
Embodied engagement in telematic and virtual reality performance
Sita Popat
7.32
How does motion capture mediate dance?
Laura Karreman
7.33
Social media and choreographic practice
Creative tools for collaboration, co-creation and creative practice
Sophy Smith
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
SECTION 1
Conceptual and philosophical concerns
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
1.1
Knowing through dance-making
Choreography, practical knowledge and practice-as-research
Anna Pakes
1.2
Expert-intuitive and deliberate processes
Struggles in (the wording of) creative decision-making in 'dance'
Susan Melrose
1.3
'Throwing like a girl'?
Gender in a transnational world
Susan Leigh Foster
1.4
Choreography that poses problems
Bojana Cvejic
1.5
Choreography as research
Iteration, object, context
Ben Spatz
SECTION 2
Processes of making
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
2.6
Too many cooks?
A framework for dance making and devising
Jo Butterworth
2.7
Facilitating choreographic process
Larry Lavender
2.8
Velvet Petal: Getting Lost
Fleur Darkin
2.9
Risk-taking and group dance improvisation
Joao da Silva
2.10
Dancing strategies and moving identities
The contributions independent contemporary dancers make to the choreographic process
Jenny Roche
2.11
Jonathan Burrows' Postdance Conference keynote address, Stockholm 2015
Jonathan Burrows
INTERVENTION
Peggy Olislaegers
SECTION 3
Dance dramaturgy: structures, relationships, contexts
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
3.12
Dance dramaturgical agency
Pil Hansen
3.13
The catalytic function of dramaturgy
Working on actions in choreographic processes
Konstantina Georgelou, Efrosini Protopapa, and Danae Theodoridou
3.14
Decentred dramaturgy
Non-structural contexts in contemporary choreography
Anny Mokotow
SECTION 4
Choreographic environments
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
4.15
Dancing around exclusion
An examination of the issues of social inclusion within choreographic practice in the community
Sara Houston
4.16
Choreographic approaches in the community context
Diane Amans
4.17
Escola Livre de Danca da Mare in Rio de Janeiro
A ground to share
Silvia Soter and Adriana Pavlova
4.18
Experiencing space
Some implications for site-specific dance performance
Victoria Hunter
4.19
Whispering Birds
Site-specific dance, affect and emotion
Karen N Barbour
SECTION 5
Cultural and Intercultural Contexts
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
5.20
Principles of African choreography
Some perspectives from Ghana
Francis Nii-Yarty
5.21
The body as a site of power
An artistic case study on contemporary choreography in the Arab World
Sandra Noeth and Samar Haddad King
5.22
Beyond the intercultural to the Accented Body
An Australian perspective
Cheryl Stock
5.23
Minority visibility and hip hop choreography: France 2015
Felicia McCarren
5.24
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Akram Khan
Intertwined journeys in-between dance cultures
Guy Cools
5.25
Akram Khan on the politics of choreographing touch
Royona Mitra
SECTION 6
Challenging Aesthetics
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
6.26
In search of Asian modernity
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's body aesthetics in the era of globalisation
Ya-Ping Chen
6.27
The body as the stage of abstract space
Sculpting of spectatorship in Meg Stuart's choreography
Jeroen Fabius
6.28
Hi, who are you?
On choreography and the aged dancer
Efva Lilja
6.29
Inclusive choreography
Lucy Bennett and Stopgap Dance Company
Sho Shibata
SECTION 7
Choreographic Relationships with Technology
Section introduction
Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut
7.30
Choreographic performance systems
Johannes Birringer
7.31
Virtually touching
Embodied engagement in telematic and virtual reality performance
Sita Popat
7.32
How does motion capture mediate dance?
Laura Karreman
7.33
Social media and choreographic practice
Creative tools for collaboration, co-creation and creative practice
Sophy Smith