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

Susanne Martin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transcript Verlag

Published:8th Dec '21

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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

ISBN: 9783837637144

Dimensions: 226mm x 147mm x 15mm

Weight: 666g

192 pages