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Dancing age(ing) : rethinking age(ing) in and through improvisation practice and performance / Susanne Martin

Author
Martin, Susanne, 1968-
Additional Titles
Dancing ageing : rethinking ageing in and through improvisation practice and performance, Dancing aging : rethinking aging in and through improvisation practice and performance, and Rethinking age(ing) in and through improvisation practice and performance
Published
Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Cover; Contents ; Foreword ; Introduction ; Dance and Age ; Research Context ; Approaching Dance through Improvisation ; Critique as/in Practice ; The Mixed Materials of this Research ; Chapter Outline ; I.A Dancer's Perspective and Approach ; Introduction., Artistic Background and Perspective Research Approach ; Summary ; II. Understanding Age(ing) in Age and Dance Studies ; Introduction ; Introducing Age ; Approaching Age(ing) through Age Studies ; Intersections of Age Studies and Dance Studies ; Summary ; III. Improvising Age(ing)., Introduction Artistic Practice ; Dealing with Physical Constraints ; Preparing the Ground for Rethinking Age(ing) ; Summary ; IV. Per forming Age(ing) ; Introduction ; Performance Making ; Performing Age(ing) -- A Performance Practice ; Summary ; Conclusion ; Works Cited., and A dancer's perspective and approach -- Understanding age(ing) in age and dance studies -- Improvising age(ing) -- Performing age(ing).
Summary
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.
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9783839437148 (electronic bk.)
3839437148 (electronic bk.)
383763714X
9783837637144
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Additional material available online.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Middlesex University, London.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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