Platform Papers 60

Capturing the Vanishing: A choreographer and film

Sue Healey

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Currency Press Pty Ltd
01 August 2019

Dance

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Dance, by its very nature, is fleeting. Compared with other art forms it is not easily documented, notated, or archived. Dance is constantly shape-shifting, re-negotiating its visibility. This is, of course, its magic; the potency of dance lies in its impermanence. However, this presents paradoxes and survival challenges for Australian choreographers, who make their work in an increasingly precarious and complex ecology, in which tangible outcomes and material success hold sway.

Healey has spent many years experimenting with the moving image in conjunction with choreography, seeking an antidote to this ephemerality. In this paper she describes her journey from the 1980s to the present, a period of great advancement in technology yet diminishing resources for dance-making. It outlines her strategy to survive by diversifying, adapting, becoming interdisciplinary.

How might something new come from re-imagining the power of the human body through the medium of film? How could film capture the visceral, fleshy reality of live performance, and take us beyond the vanishing point, into something new? This Platform Paper contains Vimeo links to examples of Sue Healey’s work.

By: Sue Healey
Imprint: Currency Press Pty Ltd
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 112g
ISBN: 9780648426530
ISBN 10: 064842653X
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 01 August 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Platform Papers 60

Capturing the Vanishing: A choreographer and film

Sue Healey

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