Singularities: Dance in the Age of Performance

How does the production of performance engage with the fundamental issues of our advanced neo-capitalist age? 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.

Details

Subjects

Choreography

Place of publication

Abingdon

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2016

Number of pages

194 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9781317441106

Open stacks or available on request

Open stacks

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

Yes

UDC code and author sign

792.82 Lep

Volumes

1

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