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Im/possible Choreographies: Diffractive Processes and Ethical Entanglements in Current British Dance Practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

Daniela Perazzo Domm
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Abstract

This article considers the ethico-aesthetic potential of British choreographic practices that respond to questions raised by the current sociopolitical moment by staging im/possibilities and dis/orientation and by envisioning alternative understandings of the present. It embraces Karen Barad's new materialist onto-epistemology as an inspiring framework to discuss the significance of choreography that troubles accepted patterns of relationality and engages in a creative-critical remapping of experience.

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agencyKaren BaradBritish choreographydiffractionentanglementethicsFevered Sleepintra-actionnew materialismCharlotte Spencer

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Dance Research Journal , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , December 2019 , pp. 66 - 83
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Copyright © Dance Studies Association 2019

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