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    612-822-4611

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Experimental Dance and the Somatics of Language: Thinking in Micromovement

Experimental Dance and the Somatics of Language: Thinking in Micromovement

Nicely, Megan V.

Hardcover

Series: New World Choreographies

DanceGeneral Drama

ISBN10: 3031302958
ISBN13: 9783031302954
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Oct 13 2023
Pages: 251
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book is about dance's relationship to language. It investigates how dance bodies work with the micromovements elicited by language's affective forces, and the micropolitics of the thought-sensations that arise when movement and words accompany one another within choreographic contexts. Situating itself where theory meets practice--the zone where ideas arise to be tested, the book draws on embodied research in practices within the lineages of American postmodern dance and Japanese butoh, set in dialog with affect-based philosophies and somatics. Understanding that language is felt, both when uttered and when unspoken, this book speaks to the choreographic thinking that takes place when language is considered a primary element in creating the sensorium.

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