基本説明
The Speaking Dancer offers a rich and thought-provoking exploration of radical interdisciplinary dance and performance within a broad political and philosophical context which investigates its wider impact on humanity.
Full Description
The Speaking Dancer offers a rich and thought-provoking exploration of radical interdisciplinary dance and performance within a broad political and philosophical context that investigates its wider impact on humanity.
In dialogue with other international practitioners, author Jacky Lansley draws on her work in dance, visual/performance art, film, theatre and academia to examine how ideas and meaning 'speak' through the body as well as the voice. Entrenched in feminist discussions of the gendered body and offering a space where dance practitioners can move beyond gender stereotypes, the book draws on a wide range of holistic, artistic, philosophical and socio-political discourses and practices to examine the importance of the thinking body and the integration of the conscious and unconscious in art and life.
This book is ideal for students and practitioners of dance, choreography, theatre, performance and live art, as well as researchers exploring the significance of the embodied voice in promoting the well-being of human societies.
Contents
Introduction
1. The Interdisciplinary Aesthetics of Radical Dance
Theatre Landscapes and Memories - Finding a Voice through
Movement
The Actor Dancer - Vocabularies and Processes
Plays and Playing
Visual Landscapes - Abstraction, Image and the Everyday
The Object-hood of Dance and Gesture
2. Emotional Embodiment as Life and Art
Knowing Children
Being Present in all Senses
Other Animals
The Good The Bad and The Ugly Swan
Dance as Healing and Empowerment
Anything can be a Dance
3. The Speaking Dancer as Feminist Metaphor and Practice
Do you know where your perineum is?
What are you looking at?
4. Different Voices - Dance as Political Activism
Migration and Dance
Reclaiming the creative context of Black Dance in the UK
The political voice of Black Dance
Defying Ageism with Dance
Protecting the Planet through Art and Collaboration
Why artists are important
Conclusion
