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Description
The Technologization of Dance
My talk is be based on conclusions drawn from a volume I recently finished editing about digitalization projects initiated from the field of dance (Transmission in Motion. The Technologization of Dance, forthcoming with Routledge). Recurring motive in the reflections about these projects are observations about the difficulty of translating knowledge and experience as it is shared within the very specific culture, or biotope, of a dance company with an audience that is not part of this culture. Each of the projects explored different ways of engaging with this complexity. One of these projects (Forsythe’s Improvisation Technologies) is particularly interesting for how it was recognized as a model that could potentially be used in very different cultural contexts and then faced the fact that this would actually require rethinking of some of its basic structural principles.
Period
31 Aug 2014
Event title
Heritage Interfaces: Presenting Cultural Specificity in Digital Cllectons