Performance Philosophy
Dance Philosophers
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Call for expressions of interest - what_now festival, London, 11-13 April 2014
what_now 201411 – 13 April 2014‘We can reach every point in the world but, more importantly, we can be reached from any point in the world. Privacy and its possibilities are abolished. Attention is under siege everywhere. Not silence but uninterrupted noise, not the red desert, but a cognitive…
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From Primitivism to Transnationalism: Dance as Ethnography in the 1913 Rite of Spring and in Pina Bausch's Cultural Olympiad
Dear colleague, the following seminar at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH) may be of interest to you and/or colleagues in the division. More information on the Cambridge Interdisciplinary Performance Network can be found …
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CFP: Symposium on Choreographic Process
Deal all,Please see below for information about a symposium we are planning at Coventry University which might be of interest. Please note that the deadline for submissions is this Monday 10th Feb.Best wishes,HettySymposium: 'Performing Process: Sharing Practice’Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE),…
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Research Participants
Dear all,I am looking for people to interview as part of a research project, about their responses to two events in London: The first is the exhibition Thinking with the body: Mind and movement in the work of Wayne McGregor | Random Dance which a free event at the Wellcome Collection running…
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CFP - World Dance Alliance Global Summit
Hi everyone,This call for papers may be of interest. The deadline is the 15th November 2013. Please feel free to use this site to post papers, articles, questions and so forth, that you think might be of interest to the group.All best wishes,Hetty
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Is contemporary dance inward looking?
Hi everyone,Here is an interesting provocation about the inward nature of contemporary dance from critic Sarah Crompton. It is in response to this year's Place Prize, held in London. Any thoughts?Has anyone seen h2 dance's Duet ? …
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Interview: "Letter from Stockholm: Dancer/choreographer Cristina Caprioli: Cloth and Weaving Politics"
Dear all,This interview on Mark Franko's blog may be of interest. Thanks to Aili for posting on the Google group.Best wishes,Hettyhttp://www.jampole.com/OpEdgy/
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Duchamp and Dance
Hi group,See below for an interesting event in London next year. The philosophical implications of Duchamp's work seem to have had a big impact on the development of modern dance, not only for Merce Cunningham.Any thoughts on the relationship between Duchamp and dance?…
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Nite Moves court case: is stripping an art form?
Dear all,Members of the group may be interested in the news story below.The case of Nite Moves - first posted by Julie Van Camp in our Google group last year, has re-appeared in the press. The case raises many philosophical issues, not least regarding the definition of dance and art.Is stripping an…
