Singularities : dance in the age of performance /
André Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of 'performance' in the twenty-first century: not just an aesthetic category, but a mode of political power. He demonstrates the enduring ability of performance to critique and subvert this power, exami...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2016.
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| Summary: | André Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of 'performance' in the twenty-first century: not just an aesthetic category, but a mode of political power. He demonstrates the enduring ability of performance to critique and subvert this power, examining this relationship through five 'singularities' in contemporary dance: thingness, animality, persistence, darkness, and solidity. Exploring the works of Mette Ingvartsen, Yvonne Rainer, Ralph Lemon, Jérôme Bel and others, Lepecki uses his concept of 'singularity'-the resistance of categorization and aesthetic identification-to examine the function of dance and performance in political and artistic debate. -- Οπισθόφυλλο. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 194 σ. : εικ. ; 24 εκ. |
| Bibliography: | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφία και ευρετήριο. |
| ISBN: | 9781138907706 (hbk) 9781138907713 (pbk) 9781315694948 (ebk) |
