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When times are hard, it's natural not to feel like celebrating. The global pandemic has left many dancers feeling isolated and stressed. Without the joy and connection of dancing together in a circle, we may struggle to find meaningful... more
Published in Voss, A. & Wilson, S. (eds.) (2017) Re-enchanting the Academy. Auckland & Seattle: Rubedo Press.
This article traces the historical background of the term 'belly dance', the English-language name for a complex of solo, improvised dance styles of Middle Eastern and North African origin whose movements are based on articulations of the... more
The essay is basically a review work based upon the book 'UNFINISHED GESTURES: DEVADASIS, MEMORY AND MODERNITY IN SOUTH INDIA' by Davesh Soneji which showcases the heterogeneity of the devadasi community in 19th and 20th century India.
This paper explores Martha Graham’s Cave of the Heart and Graham's approach to the Medea myth. It focuses especially on Graham’s decisions to situate Medea in a gynocentric world, not to include the children, and to make Medea’s sexual... more
Euro-American performance arts are exceptional among the world’s cultures in that music and dance are separable and constitute independent disciplines. In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, a distinct consciousness emerged... more
review of reconstruction, the original "Les Millions d'Arlequin"
Édition établie, présentée et annotée par Bruno Ligore, préface de Flavia Pappacena, avec un essai d'Audrey Gay-Mazuel, conservatrice du patrimoine au musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris
Review of Alison Bick Hirsch's City Choreographer: Lawrence Halprin In Urban Renewal America (University of Minnesota Press, 2014).
Printed in the Los Angeles Review of Books
Printed in the Los Angeles Review of Books
RESUMEN: El siguiente trabajo estudia los fundamentos de la técnica de danza característica del ballet-pantomima del siglo XVIII. En particular, explora los saberes desarrollados con respecto a la representación de pasiones y el gesto... more
Towards the end of the first decade of the new millennium ‘Bollywood’ can be seen as having gained unprecedented cultural legitimacy in India and worldwide. This is even apparent on the level of official representations of India, with... more
Bringing together interdisciplinary leaders in methodology and arts-based research (ABR), this comprehensive handbook explores the synergies between artistic and research practices and addresses issues in designing, implementing,... more
Artículo sobre la técnica "Partener contemporáneo" de Juan Onofri y Agnese Vanaga.
Kumpulan khotbah untuk pendidikan Agama Kristen untuk jemaat bertujuan untuk menumbuhkan iman kepada Kristus, formasi rohani dan keintiman dengan Tuhan Yesus
" Bharatanatyam " is the most revered classical dance forms of India. It is one of the most studied, respected, depicted, researched, performed and practiced Art today. It has reached it " s peak form, with great masters, performers and... more
The Stanford website 'humanitieslab' is out of order but copies can be retrieved using the Wayback Machine internet archive at this url http://web.archive.org/web/20151002235517/http://humanitieslab.stanford.edu:80/117/Home I have also... more
This paper is mainly focused on the ways by which "communication" notion is reflected in Indian dance presenting it as an aspect of Indian society and a unique cultural and communicational phenomenon.
Die traditionellen Frauentänze des Balkans und des Nahen Ostens werden auch heute noch zu Hochzeiten und Dorffesten getanzt, doch ihre Wurzeln gehen auf die uralte Kultur des Neolithikums zurück. Damals wie heute ist eine ihrer... more
The Popularization of Belly Dance in Toronto, Canada (1950-1990): Hybridization and Uneven Exchange Anne Vermeyden Advisors: University of Guelph, 2016 Dr. Femi Kolapo and Dr. Renée Worringer Belly dance was first performed publicly in... more
Time and Performer Training addresses the importance and centrality of time and temporality to the practices, processes and conceptual thinking of performer training. Notions of time are embedded in almost every aspect of performer... more
Although recreational dancing is associated with increased physical and psychological well-being, little is known about the harmful effects of excessive dancing. The aim of the present study was to explore the psychopathological factors... more
Tableau retraçant la généalogie de la danse moderne allemande, des précurseurs aux chorégraphes contemporains.
A visual genealogy of german modern dance history from the beginners to the contemporary choreographers.
A visual genealogy of german modern dance history from the beginners to the contemporary choreographers.
This article approaches the conceptual-material bind in artistic process through the early work of Meg Stuart. It has been well-documented that the conceptual work in the recent dance avant-garde turns anew to the materiality of the form... more
In the past 20 years, due to the increasing availability and affordability of cameras, a plethora of experimental dance films have been shot on location in cities. On the one hand, the recurrent use of cityscapes demonstrates an eagerness... more