Mesearch and the Performing Body
Published on 23. January 2018
XII, 112 pages
978-3-319-69998-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an anthology of Mark Edward's creative practice-led projects. It transmits and communicates his research through varied artistic means, primarily contemporary dance, immersive art installation, drag performance, and photography. Through the innovative practice of 'mesearch', in which the author is both theoriser and theorised, this study delivers a personal, creative narration, combining reflections and emotions in relation to self and performance. Instead of being an attempt to undervalue or challenge the accepted notions of style within academic research, it promotes a freedom of expression which allows greater fluidity between the researcher, the performer, and the writer.
Reviews / Votes
"This well-written book traces and theorizes how through reflective artistic practice mature dance artists can develop the agency to distance themselves critically from modernist aesthetic ideals. . Mesearch is accessible and of interest for scholars, students and practitioners of contemporary stage dance, especially those with particular interest in questions of ageing, queer subjectivities, and drag performance." (Susanne Martin, Dance Research, Vol. 37 (1), 2019)More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XII, 112 p. 14 illus. in color.
File size
2,84 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-69998-1 (9783319699981)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-69998-1
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Mark Edward
Mesearch and the Performing Body
Book
02/2018
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Person
Mark Edward
is a pracademic and Reader in Dance and Performance at Edge Hill University, UK. He is a pioneer of drag king and drag queen studies in higher education in the UK, authoring a drag module in 2015. He specialises in live art, choreography, dance theatre, contemporary dance and scholarly writings on queer theory, autoethnography, ageing (in)visibility in western dance, fluidity of identity and mental illness.
Content
1. From Stage to Page: Introducing Me.- 2. Declining Dancers.- 3. Mature Movers.- 4. Mesearch.- 5. Falling Apart at the Seams.- 6. Council House Movie Star.- 7. Dying Swans and Dragged Up Dames.- 8. Reflections on Mesearch.
