20 Years of Choreography - Englisch Edition
Buch, Englisch, 396 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1020 g
ISBN: 978-3-89581-671-0
Verlag: Alexander Verlag Berlin
The Body as the Epicentre of Action
This book explores Doris Uhlich’s choreographic work, which is characterised by diversity and a radical questioning of dominant body images. For the past twenty years, Doris Uhlich has been working internationally as a choreographer, in-corporating nudity, age, disability and pressing social issues into her performances. She collaborates with people of di-verse physical constitutions, examines the translatability of classical ballet into contemporary contexts, demonstrates the potential of nudity beyond mere eroticisation and provocation, and explores the future of the human body. In this publica-tion, Doris Uhlich’s companions, academics, journalists and collaborators share their perspectives and engage in a dia-logue with her choreographic, dance and educational practice.
With contributions by Tina Amerstorfer, Gabriele Brandstetter, Karin Harrasser, Boris Kopeinig, Mirjam Kreuser, Helmut Ploebst, Constanze Schellow and others.
‘Uhlich’s pieces are ambivalent, combining lightness and depth, outright cheerfulness and great seriousness. Her works are never laugh-out-loud funny, but are always peppered with dry humour.’ Der Falter
Adam Czirak is a theatre scholar and dramaturg.
Doris Uhlich is an internationally active dancer, performer and choreographer from Austria.
