Choreography and Verbatim Theatre: Dancing Words

This book explores the field of verbatim dance-theatre, combining dance studies and performance studies theory to investigate how movement can be choreographed as a response to spoken language. It is aimed at an international audience of dance studies scholars, theatre and performance studies scholars, and dance-theatre practitioners and would be useful reading material for undergraduate and graduate students interested in choreographic processes that use written/spoken text as a starting point.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 128 pages
\n Publication date: 11 June 2018
\n Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
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This comprehensive book delves into the realm of verbatim dance-theatre, a field that has yet to receive significant scholarly attention. Drawing upon extensive research, the project seamlessly integrates dance studies and performance studies theory, conducts a detailed analysis of professional choreographic works, and showcases experimental practices. By employing the framework of translation studies, it explores the potential of focusing on movement and attempting to dance or move other people's words within the context of verbatim theatre. The book investigates various approaches to understanding, articulating, and engaging in the choreographic process, specifically as a response to verbatim spoken language. Its target audience encompasses international scholars of dance studies, theatre, and performance studies, as well as dance-theatre practitioners. It serves as an invaluable resource for undergraduate students seeking to deepen their understanding of choreographic processes that utilize written or spoken text as a starting point, and for graduate students engaged in the areas of adaptation, verbatim theatre, physical theatre, or devised theatre.

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of verbatim dance-theatre, a field that has yet to receive significant scholarly attention. Drawing upon extensive research, the project seamlessly integrates dance studies and performance studies theory, conducts a detailed analysis of professional choreographic works, and showcases experimental practices. By employing the framework of translation studies, it explores the potential of focusing on movement and attempting to dance or move other people's words within the context of verbatim theatre. The book investigates various approaches to understanding, articulating, and engaging in the choreographic process, specifically as a response to verbatim spoken language. Its target audience encompasses international scholars of dance studies, theatre, and performance studies, as well as dance-theatre practitioners. It serves as an invaluable resource for undergraduate students seeking to deepen their understanding of choreographic processes that utilize written or spoken text as a starting point, and for graduate students engaged in the areas of adaptation, verbatim theatre, physical theatre, or devised theatre.

\n Weight: 336g\n
Dimension: 153 x 216 x 16 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9783319920184\n
Edition number: 1st ed. 2018\n