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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Martin, Susanne

Titel

Dancing Age(ing) : Rethinking Age(ing) in and through Improvisation Practice and Performance

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• Edition Kulturwissenschaft : 122

Auflage

1st ed

Link zum Volltext

• UTB Scholars Vollzugriff 2024

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Online Video Collection Dancing Age(ing) 7 Foreword 9 Introduction 13 I. A Dancer's Perspective and Approach 35 II. Understanding Age(ing) in Age and Dance Studies 59 III. Improvising Age(ing) 89 IV. Performing Age(ing) 123 Conclusion 163 Works Cited 173
• How can contemporary dance contribute to a critical discourse on age and ageing? Built on the premise that age(ing) is something we practice and perform as individuals and as a society, Susanne Martin asks for and develops strategies that allow dance artists to do age(ing) differently. As a whole, this project is an artistic research inquiry, which draws on and contributes to dance practice. The study develops, discusses, and stages practices and performances of age(ing) that offer alternatives to stereotypical and normative age(ing) narratives, which are not only part of dance but also of everyday culture.
• »This text's age studies scholarship provides helpful frameworks for looking at dance.« Megan V. Nicely, The Drama Review, 62/3 (2018) Besprochen in: UP TO DANCE, 3 (2017) www.alter-in-deutschland.de, 6 (2017) The Drama Review, 62/3 (2018), Megan V. Nicely
• Issued also in print.
• Susanne Martin (Dr.) researches, performs, and teaches contemporary dance. She focuses on improvisational approaches to performance making, narrations of the ageing body, contact improvisation, and practice as research/artistic research. Her solos, collaborative works, mixed evening formats, lectures, and workshops are presented internationally. She studied dance at Rotterdam Dance Academy, Folkwang University, Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin, and holds a PhD from Middlesex University London.
• In English.