Ungoverning Dance: Contemporary European Theatre Dance and the Commons

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Ramsay Burt (Professor of Dance History, Professor of Dance History, De Montfort University)

Ungoverning Dance

Contemporary European Theatre Dance and the Commons

Ramsay Burt (Professor of Dance History, Professor of Dance History, De Montfort University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
24 December 2016

Contemporary dance

Series: Oxford Studies in Dance Theory

Ungoverning Dance examines the work of progressive contemporary dance artists in continental Europe from the mid 1990s to 2015. Placing this within the context of neoliberalism and austerity, the book argues that these artists have developed an ethico-aesthetic approach that uses dance practices as sites of resistance against dominant ideologies, and that their works attest to the persistence of alternative ways of thinking and living. In response to the way that the radical values informing their work are continually under attack from neoliberalism, these artists recognise that they in effect share common pool resources. Thus, while contemporary dance has been turned into a market, they nevertheless value the extent to which it functions as a commons. Work that does this, it argues, ungoverns dance. The book offers close readings of works from the 1990s and 2000s by two generations of European-based dance artists: that of Jérôme Bel, Jonathan Burrows, La Ribot, and Xavier Le Roy who began showing work in the 1990s; and that of artists who emerged in the 2000s including Fabián Barba, Faustin Linyekula, Ivana Müller, and Nikolina Pristas. Topics examined include dance and precarious life, choreographing friendship, re-performance, the virtual in dance, and a dancer's experience of the Egyptian revolution. Ungoverning Dance proposes new ways of understanding recent contemporary European dance works by making connections with their social, political, and theoretical contexts.

By: Ramsay Burt (Professor of Dance History Professor of Dance History De Montfort University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 231mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 394g
ISBN: 9780199321933
ISBN 10: 0199321930
Series: Oxford Studies in Dance Theory
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 24 December 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ramsay Burt is Professor of Dance History at De Montfort University.

Reviews for Ungoverning Dance: Contemporary European Theatre Dance and the Commons

It provides an overview of some of the most important contemporary philosophical discourses in relation to dance. Above all, it makes an irresistible and convincing claim for the importance of dance as a critical tool. * Dance Research *