Dance and Silence - In Conversation

The age of humans has gotten increasingly loud in terms of literal sound and environmental impact. Recognising silence as a disappearing ontological value, there is grief around our loss, but there is also a greater desire for opportunities to experience silence in its various diverse forms. This book explores the critical dynamics of silence within choreography, performance and composition, comprising a series of conversations with researchers and practitioners, including choreographer Rosemary Lee, architect Richard Dougherty, architectural historian Perez-Gomez, Natural Horn player Isaac Shieh, neuroscientist Tony Steffert and drummer and aerialist Jonny Leitch. These conversations: - question what has been silenced through the immobilisation of our bodies through movement-saving technologies; - discover points of convergence through silence in seemingly separate and unrelated physical, conceptual and philosophical spaces; - examine neglected intelligence and marginalised ways of knowing of gesture and movement Ultimately, we come to see how dance, embodied modes of inquiry and corporeal-based understandings within socio-cultural and ecological contexts can propose pathways in the absence of sound.

Product details

• Authors: Vipavinee Artpradid, Petra Johnson
• Assisted by: Vipavinee Artpradid (Editor), Petra Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781350472082
• ISBN: 978-1-350-47208-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Dance in Dialogue
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Dance, MUSIC / Philosophy & Social Aspects, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Choreography & Dance Notation, Neurosciences, Philosophy: aesthetics, Disability: social aspects, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, Dance & Other Performing Arts, Music composition