
Dancing Age(ing)
Rethinking Age(ing) in and through Improvisation Practice and Performance
Susanne Martin(Author)
transcript (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 9. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-3-8376-3714-4 (ISBN)
Description
How can contemporary dance contribute to a critical discourse on age and ageing? Built on the premise that age(ing) is something we practice and perform as individuals and as a society, Susanne Martin asks for and develops strategies that allow dance artists to do age(ing) differently. As a whole, this project is an artistic research inquiry, which draws on and contributes to dance practice. The study develops, discusses, and stages practices and performances of age(ing) that offer alternatives to stereotypical and normative age(ing) narratives, which are not only part of dance but also of everyday culture.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bielefeld
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Illustrations
26
26 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
307 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8376-3714-4 (9783837637144)
Schweitzer Classification
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Susanne Martin
Dancing Age(ing)
Rethinking Age(ing) in and through Improvisation Practice and Performance
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02/2017
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transcript
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Person
Susanne Martin (Dr.) researches, performs, and teaches contemporary dance. She focuses on improvisational approaches to performance making, narrations of the ageing body, contact improvisation, and practice as research/artistic research. Her solos, collaborative works, mixed evening formats, lectures, and workshops are presented internationally. She studied dance at Rotterdam Dance Academy, Folkwang University, Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin, and holds a PhD from Middlesex University London.