Publisher's Synopsis
Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Contemporary Choreography presents a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into the creative process, and innovative challenges to traditional understandings of dance making.
Contributions from a global range of practitioners and researchers address a spectrum of concerns in the field, organized into seven broad domains:
- Conceptual and philosophical concerns
- Processes of making
- Dance dramaturgy: structures, relationships, contexts
- Choreographic environments
- Cultural and intercultural contexts
- Challenging aesthetics
- Choreographic relationships with technology.
Including 23 new chapters and 10 updated ones, Contemporary Choreography captures the essence and progress of choreography in the twenty-first century, supporting and encouraging rigorous thinking and research for future generations of dance practitioners and scholars.
