192 Pages
    by Routledge

    184 Pages
    by Routledge

    The writings of six choreographers are assembled in this book and the leap they have taken to go from the medium of choreography into written text constitutes a form of translation. Some of the texts investigate the possibilities of written language as invention, others use it as a means to illustrate specific tenets or describe choreographic projects. All yield insight into the process of coaxing language from the body.

    Part I Context; 1. context; 2. ::, Footnotes; Part II Exegetical Romp; 3. exegetical romp, elena alexander; Part III Text; 4. i’m dancing, douglas dunn; 5. cover(t) stories, marjorie gamso; 6. three texts, ishmael houston-jones; 7. autobiopathy, kenneth king; 8. the shining, yvonne meier; 9. paradise remixed, sarah skaggs;

    Biography

    Authored by Alexander, Elena; Johnston, Jill; Dunn, Douglas; Gamso, Marjorie; Houston-Jones, Ishmael; King, Kenneth; Meier, Yvonne; Skaggs, Sarah