Processing Choreography
Thinking with William Forsythe's Duo
Author(s)
Waterhouse, Elizabeth
Collection
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)Language
EnglishAbstract
Told from the perspective of the dancers, »Processing Choreography: Thinking with William Forsythe's Duo« is an ethnography that reconstructs the dancers' activity within William Forsythe's Duo project. The book is written legibly for readers in dance studies, the social sciences, and dance practice. Considering how the choreography of Duo emerged through practice and changed over two decades of history (1996-2018), Elizabeth Waterhouse offers a nuanced picture of creative cooperation and institutionalized process. She presents a compelling vision of choreography as a nexus of people, im/material practices, contexts, and relations. As a former Forsythe dancer herself, the author provides novel insights into this choreographic community.
Keywords
William Forsythe; Choreography; Practice Theory; Practice Turn; Process; Creativity; DanceISBN
9783839455883, 9783837655889Publisher
transcript VerlagPublisher website
http://www.transcript-verlag.dePublication date and place
Bielefeld, 2022Imprint
transcript VerlagSeries
Neue Ökologie,Classification
Dance