Dance Analysis

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Dance studies range widely: from phenomenological approaches that emphasise the experience of movement; through focus on techniques; to the placing of works in a historical or political context.

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Choreography in Retrospect I

Rosemary Butcher talks of the concerns that inform her work, referring specifically to the choreography, Spaces 4 (1988).

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CoNCrEte

CoNCrEte (2009) screendance reveals how the environment affects our emotions and ever-changing lived experience.

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freedom (2008)

Walking Gusto Productions explores the marginalised and disempowered female voices of South Africa by using the body as a “site of resistance”

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From Starting to Cut the Wood

From Starting to Cut the Wood translates the sounds of manual labor into dance.

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Grotesque Dancer

A relentlessly monochrome solo performance inspired by avant garde grotesque dancer Valeska Gert, this defiant work explores female sexuality, mixing humour, absurdity, dignity and vulnerability.

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In Between

In between researches stillness and transition, focusing on the moments, during which nothing seems to happen, but without which, nothing can happen.

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Odissi: A Dance of Sculpture I

A film made by Rekha Tandon’s company, Dance Routes, that begins with a description of Odissi’s background as a temple dance tradition, and an account of its basic form and ornamentation.

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Divas Dance Theatre; Aggiss, Liz and Cowie, Billy

Divas Dance Theatre are a British performance collaborative comprised of Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie, who have been working together since 1980. Their work incorporates elements of theatre vaudeville.

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Postmodern dance tends to be divided between those choreographers who experiment formalistically with constructed and performed movement, and those who are influenced by modernist developments.

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Postmodern dance tends to be divided between those choreographers who experiment formalistically with constructed and performed movement, and those who are influenced by modernist developments.

Solo Performance

Solo performance in a contemporary context usually involves the creation of a performance or piece of theatre which involves only one actor or performer, often playing many different roles.

Postmodern acting subject list — Solo Performance

Solo performance in a contemporary context usually involves the creation of a performance or piece of theatre which involves only one actor or performer, often playing many different roles.

Text Analysis

The text is the actor’s starting and end point when creating a character, requiring a certain forensic analysis to transform the page into flesh-and-blood character. This process is often intuitive.

Text analysis subject list view — Text Analysis

The text is the actor’s starting and end point when creating a character, requiring a certain forensic analysis to transform the page into flesh-and-blood character. This process is often intuitive.