Choreographing the North - Settler Affinities in Contemporary Dancemaking

Informationen zum Autor Bridget Cauthery is Associate Professor in the Department of Dance, Theatre & Performance Studies at York University, Canada. Klappentext Choreographing the North examines eleven contemporary dance pieces that perform northern culture, landscape, folklore and ideas of North. Zusammenfassung Choreographing the North examines eleven contemporary dance pieces that perform northern culture, landscape, folklore and ideas of North. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Arctic Orientalism 2. Approaching Indigenous Myth as "Open Source": Marie Chouinard's Les trous du ciel (1991/2011) and Christopher House's Severe Clear (2000/2010) 3. Icebergs and Empty Gestures: Daniel Léveillé's La pudeur des icebergs (2004) and Virginie Thirion's L'Iceberg qui cache la forêt (2012) 4. The Psychology of White Space: Diana Szeinblum's Alaska (2007) and Anne-Mareike Hess' Never-ending up North (2010) 5. Slowly: Eiko & Koma's Raven (2010) and Brandy Leary's Glaciology (2015) 6. At the Site of Wilderness: Meredith Monk's Facing North (1990) 7. Imagined Geographies: Nanette Hassall's As the Crow Flies (1988) 8. Black Bodies, White Snow: Isaac Julien and Russell Maliphant's True North (2007)

Product details

• Authors: Bridget Cauthery
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032861241
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286124-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Dance, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Folk, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Choreography;Dance Studies