Dance spaces
Subtitle: practices of movement
By: [Susanne Ravn and Leena Rouhiainen (eds.)]
Publisher: University Press of Southern Denmark; distribution in the United States and Canada, International Specialized Book Services
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Odense; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9788776746896
Subjects: Modern dance; Choreography; Space; Movement (Philosophy)
Description: Few books  offer a contemporary view on how the relationship between movement and space can be tied to the descriptions and analyses of actual movement practice. Already owing to its embodied nature, dance is essentially spatial. It forms, produces, and takes place in space. It is thus no coincidence that dance studies have increasingly begun to address the complex issue of movement and space. Dance Spaces: Practices of Movement takes as its point of departure diverse conventions of, and perspectives on, practices and discourses in dance. It is strongly motivated by the fact that space continues to be explored and debated within dance practices and studies, as well as the human sciences more generally. This anthology links conceptual descriptions that concern space as process and in process to the undertakings of specific movement practices in dance. The contributions address how historical and geopolitical influences impact our understanding and practice of dance art. In them, the kinds of spaces and interrelationships, which different forms of dancing generate, are considered. The aspects of embodied space that dancing relies upon are likewise discussed. Through case examples, the book takes a closer look at how recent artistic practice in dance utilizes given environments and constructs space.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: On choreographic space  -- Sarah Rubidge; title: Spaces of encounter : dancing democracy in the Nordic region  -- Lena Hammergren; title: Dancing back to Arcady : on representations of early twentieth-century modern dance  -- Hanna Järvinen; title: The wound that never heals : flamenco dance as transformation in liminal space  -- Diane Oatley; title: Interacting spaces in Argentinean tango  -- Susanne Ravn; title: On the ropresentation of space  -- Camilla Damkjaer; title: From body psychotherapy to a performative installation environment : a collaborating performer's point of view  -- Leena Rouhiainen; title: Dancing in nature space : attending to materials  -- Paula Kramer; title: The lived space of artistic primary school education : the significance of embodiment and vulnerability  -- Charlotte Svendler Nielsen; title: A contemporary dancer's kinaesthetic experiences with dancing self-images -- Shantel Ehrenberg.