Kinaesthetic Intimacy in a Choreographic Practice

‘What are people doing when they dance?’ This was a question proposed by Drid Williams as a useful starting point for a social anthropologist of dance (1991: 15). This chapter proceeds from a variation of Williams’s question by asking: what is a choreographer doing when s/he makes a dance?¹ This lea...

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Published inCollaborative Intimacies in Music and Dance Vol. 10; p. 65
Main Authors Brenda Farnell, Robert N. Wood
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Berghahn Books 01.04.2017
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition1
Subjects
Dance & other performing arts
Social & cultural anthropology
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Summary:‘What are people doing when they dance?’ This was a question proposed by Drid Williams as a useful starting point for a social anthropologist of dance (1991: 15). This chapter proceeds from a variation of Williams’s question by asking: what is a choreographer doing when s/he makes a dance?¹ This leads to a detailed excursion into the intricate world of Robert Wood, a New Zealand-American choreographer and contemporary dance artist based in New York City, in whose works intimacy between choreographer and dancers is a prerequisite to artistic exploration – rather than such collaboration leading to intimacy.² Before proceeding, it
ISBN:1785334530
9781785334535
DOI:10.2307/j.ctvw048hp.8