Choreographing Problems: Expressive Concepts in Contemporary Dance and Performance

by Bojana Cvejic

Overview

This book illuminates the relationship between philosophy and experimental choreographic practice today in the works of leading European choreographers. A discussion of key issues in contemporary performance from the viewpoint of Deleuze, Spinoza and Bergson is accompanied by intricate analyses of seven groundbreaking dance performances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349556106
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/28/2016
Series:	Performance Philosophy
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Bojana Cveji is a performance theorist and performance maker. She is co-author of several books including Public Sphere by Performance with A. Vujanovi (2012), and En Atendant & Cesena: A Choreographer's Score with A.T.De Keersmaeker (2013), and performance creative since 1996. Bojana Cveji teaches at various dance and performance programs in Europe including P.A.R.T.S., Brussels.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1.Problems and Expressive Concepts
2.Disjunctive Captures of the Body and Movement
3.Theatrical Apparatuses of Disjunction
4.Exhausting Improvisation: 'Stutterances'
5.A Critical Departure from Emotionalism: Sensations and Affects in the Mode of Performing
6.During and After Performance: Processes, Caesuras and Resonances
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index