In-between dance cultures: on the migratory artistic identity of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Akram Khan

Belgian-Moroccan Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and British-Bengali Akram Khan are two of today's most prolific choreographers. Given their respective backgrounds and the practices they pursue, their artistic universes are largely built around their identity in-between dance cultures. Guy Cools who accom...

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Main Author: Cools, Guy 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Valiz 2015
Series:Antennae series 21
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Belgian-Moroccan Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and British-Bengali Akram Khan are two of today's most prolific choreographers. Given their respective backgrounds and the practices they pursue, their artistic universes are largely built around their identity in-between dance cultures. Guy Cools who accompanied both, situates their work within the larger critical debate on the (post)modern and (post-)migrant identity. Cools details some of their iconic choreographic pieces. In-Between Dance Cultures offers a complementary view on questions of cultural identity taking the contemporary dancer's somatic awareness and knowledge of the body as its starting point
Physical Description:159 Seiten
ISBN:9789492095114

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