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Dance and Guerrilla Dramaturgy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2016

Abstract

Dance critic Judith Mackrell wrote recently that dramaturgy might “go a long way to help realise [dance's] potential” (2014). What kinds of change can dance dramaturgs help foster? This alternative-format workshop combines spoken presentation, small-group conversation, and physical movement. We create a collaborative space for exploring what dramaturgy can contribute to dance under contemporary conditions of uneven access to material and cultural resources. We invite artists, scholars, curators—anyone curious about developing dramaturgical practices of questioning, relational process, and well-timed intervention—to join us in talking, writing, watching, and participating in movement structures that lead toward creative change.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Julian Carter, Amie Dowling, and Selby Wynn Schwartz 2016 

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