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Akram Khan

Dancing New Interculturalism

Royona Mitra

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English
Palgrave Macmillan
28 May 2015
Through seven key case studies from Khan's oeuvre, this book demonstrates how Akram Khan's 'new interculturalism' is a challenge to the 1980s western 'intercultural theatre' project, as a more nuanced and embodied approach to representing Othernesses, from his own position of the Other.
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Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   3.845kg
ISBN:   9781137393654
ISBN 10:   1137393653
Series:   New World Choreographies
Pages:   197
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Contents Preface List of Images Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Khan's Body-Of-Action 2. Corporeal Gestures in Gnosis (2010) 3. Auto-ethnography and Loose in Flight (1999) 4. 'Third Space' Politics in Zero Degrees (2005) and Desh (2011) 5. Mobility and Flexibility in Bahok (2008) 6. Queering Normativity in iTMOi (2013) Conclusion Notes References Appendix: List of Performances

Dr Royona Mitra is a Lecturer in Theatre at Brunel University London, UK where she teaches physical theatre, intercultural performance and critical theory. Her research addresses intersectionalities between bodies, cultures and identities. She has published in Dance Research Journal, Feminist Review and Women & Performance and contributed to volumes on dance and culture.

Reviews for Akram Khan: Dancing New Interculturalism

This book offers a much-needed intervention in the growing field of contemporary British dance and theatre studies, and is an excellent resource for students, scholars, and practitioners alike - a rich and nuanced choreographic analysis that not only provides readers with an accessible entry point into Khan's body of work but also lays important groundwork for further study of the social, political, economic, and racial context in which British Asian artists like Khan have emerged. (Francisco Costa, New Theatre Quarterly, July, 2016) With its accessible writing style, its vivid description of dance works, and its clear structure, this book promises to be useful and of interest to readers at various phases of their inquiry into dance and theatre studies: undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as scholars. Its interdisciplinary approach suggests its usefulness to researchers in theatre and cultural studies as well as in dance. (Janet O'Shea, Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, Vol. 7 (1), May, 2016)


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