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English
Oxford University Press
04 May 2017
Unworking Choreography considers how philosophy traditionally understands dance as space rather than art in order to postulate a new theory of unworking that is grounded in both historical and contemporary dance. work production.

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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 155mm,  Width: 231mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   1g
ISBN:   9780199314652
ISBN 10:   0199314659
Series:   Oxford Studies in Dance Theory
Pages:   376
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Fr�d�ric Pouillaude is Lecturer in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France. This book was originally published in French as Le D�soeuvrement Chor�graphique. �tude sur la Notion d'Oeuvre en Danse (Vrin, 2009).

Reviews for Unworking Choreography: The Notion of the Work in Dance

-Ecumenical yet provocative, studied yet playful, a contemporary classic that stands out for balancing the reality of dance against philosophy's struggle to theorize it...Essential reading.---Dominic McIver Lopies, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy, The University of British Columbia-Pouillaude moves dance studies forward toward new ways of theorizing how choreographic works exist without allowing us to neglect the precise historical forms in which they do indeed remain.---Carrie Noland, Professor of French, University of California - Irvine


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