Nicely Experimental Dance and the Somatics of Language

Thinking in Micromovement
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-30296-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 251 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: New World Choreographies

This book is about dance’s relationship to language. It investigates how dance bodies work with the micromovements elicited by language’s affective forces, and the micropolitics of the thought-sensations that arise when movement and words accompany one another within choreographic contexts. Situating itself where theory meets practice—the zone where ideas arise to be tested, the book draws on embodied research in practices within the lineages of American postmodern dance and Japanese butoh, set in dialog with affect-based philosophies and somatics. Understanding that language is felt, both when uttered and when unspoken, this book speaks to the choreographic thinking that takes place when language is considered a primary element in creating the sensorium.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nicely, Megan V.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 -       Introduction

Chapter 2 -     The Micropolitics of Micromovement

Chapter 3 -  Interval: Trisha Brown and the Space Between Words

Chapter 4 -       Vibration: Kasai Akira and Voice Power

Chapter 5 -    Adaptation: Deborah Hay and “Call It That”

Chapter 6 -      Language as Agent: Doing and Allowing

Chapter 7 -      Movement’s Return: Sensations in Context

Über Autor(innen)

Megan V. Nicely is an artist/scholar whose research involves choreographic experimentation through the medium of the body. She has published in TDR, Choreographic Practices, Performance Research Journal, and others, and her company Megan Nicely/Dance has performed on both U.S. coasts, in the UK and in Europe. She is Associate Professor of Performing Arts and Social Justice/Dance at University of San Francisco, USA.