Experimental Dance and the Somatics of Language: Thinking in Micromovement

ISBN: 9783031302954 (3031302958)
Edition Information: 1st ed. 2023
Edition Type: Hardback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 251
Date Published: 13th Oct 2023

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Introduction - Choreographic Pedagogy
Chapter 1 - Micromovement: Language’s Somatic Affects
Chapter 2 - Interval: Trisha Brown and the Space Between Words
Chapter 3 - Vibration: Kasai Akira and Voice Power
Chapter 4 - Adaptation: Deborah Hay and Calling It That
Conclusion - Pedagogic Attunement

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This book is about dance’s relationship to language. It investigates how dance bodies work with the micromovements elicited by language’s affective forces, and the micropolitics of the thought-sensations that arise when movement and words accompany one another within choreographic contexts. Situating itself where theory meets practice—the zone where ideas arise to be tested, the book draws on embodied research in practices within the lineages of American postmodern dance and Japanese butoh, set in dialog with affect-based philosophies and somatics. Understanding that language is felt, both when uttered and when unspoken, this book speaks to the choreographic thinking that takes place when language is considered a primary element in creating the sensorium.

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