Dance as Intermedial Translation

"""A very original and daring work, which grapples with some of the most complex theoretical questions currently animating Translation Studies, and applies them, in a compelling way, to the study of theatrical dance."" - Karen Bennett, NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) ""Dance as Intermedial Translation is a truly transdisciplinary achievement and a compelling reading. Mobilizing a carefully orchestrated corps-à-corps with intermedial theatrical dance, the book refigures the concepts of ‘translation’, ‘text’ and ‘language’ as situated embodied practices, showing how they matter, materialize and create in ways that can contribute to foster socio-political agency. Structured as a “choreo-dramatization” of research, Montesi’s writing style embodies a methodological choice that corresponds to a strong epistemological stance, one of increasing relevance in many contemporary research fields in the human and social sciences: the commitment to assert the complicated affective social and material economies of research-making, research-writing, research-performing and research-sharing."" - Paula Caspão, Centre for Theatre Studies, Lisbon University ""This book is a welcome addition to the field, further expanding translation studies into the realm of the stage. The literature is copious, enabling Montesi to challenge the founding questions of the field of translation studies. Focussing on case studies, Montesi is able to illustrate your aims with passion, enthusiasm and detail, rightly encouraging the field to expand, to consider all the art forms and all forms of communication, here asserting the need to consider the movements between page, stage and canvas."" - Helen Julia Minors, York St John University ""An original and very meaningful contribution to translation studies by setting up a mutually enhancing cross-disciplinary dialogue with the field of dance studies."" - Dirk Delabastita, University of Namur ""Vanessa Montesi’s book Moving Across Page, Stage, Canvas: Theatrical dance as a form of intermedial translation addresses the fascinating topic of transfer of creative meaning from a multimodal variety of texts into the medium of theatrical dance. As such it fits into an increasing number of recent publications on embodiment in general and the embodied nature of translation in particular. This text, therefore, is a timely addition to the field, offering as it does a rich variety of case studies."" - Mary Wardle, Sapienza University of Rome"