【Dance】Archives of the Dance (28): Chisenhale Dance Space
This contribution to the 'Archives of the Dance' series explores Chisenhale Dance Space's collection and my work with it as a PhD researcher. My re... [more]
【Dance】Dance matters: dancing in Tunisia
A Tunisian youth movement, Dancers Citizens South (DCS), founded on 31 May 2015, encourages young people to find agency in their communities by creati... [more]
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AROUND THE IDENTITY OF THE GO-GO DANCER
The artwork Go-go Dancing Platform (1991) created by Felix Gonzalez-Torres leads us to think about some issues present not only in contemporary art, but also in today's society. By creating an artwork in which dance is the main subject, the artist addres
Ghosts in the Bedroom: Embodiment Wishes in Couple Sexuality: Qualitative Research and Practical App
Theories about embodied knowledge have emphasized the importance of familiarity with the socio-physical aspect of sexuality. The present study examines the kind of embodiment knowledge that contributes to the formation of wishes in intimate physical inter
Regarding the Processes of Making Tradition in Romances de ciego: The Woman Dead by Her Lover / The
This paper intends to produce a comparative analysis of 49 oral samples of the kind of chapbook known as romance de ciego and titled The Woman Murdered by her Lover or The Dance. The main goal here is to acknowledge the traditionalizing mechanisms involve
The representation of Louis XIV in the dancing art: from the ballet de cour to the royal ballet
The court ballet as a genre of French musical theater appeared at in the late 16th century. In later years French kings used dancing productions more than once to create their positive social image. But since the adult rule of Louis XIV these performances
The Transient Ideals of the Odissi Body and the Changing Place and Role of Odissi Dancers in History
This article revisits the history of the Odissi dance's formation and development in order to explore the changing ideals of the Odissi body and the transformation of the Odissi dancer's agency, and their place and role in history. I review the trajecto
Body Rhetorics and Kinesthetic Empathy in the Video Game Bound (2016)
Dance is found in every known human culture as part of religious, social and healing ceremonies. The increased interest in the role of dance in western psychology corresponds with the creation of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) founded by Ma
Artistic work as a practice of translation on the global art market: the example of African dancer a
Identity, difference, and translation are important theoretical concepts in the field of translation studies and postcolonial studies. It is a basic assumption of this lecture that aesthetic and cultural translation is exposed to the paradox of identity a
Choreographic Pattern Analysis from Heterogeneous Motion Capture Systems Using Dynamic Time Warping
The convention for the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) by UNESCO highlights the equal importance of intangible elements of cultural heritage to tangible ones. One of the most important domains of ICH is folkloric dances. A dance choreog
FeArt and Dance-xiety in Nature Theater of Oklahoma's Pursuit of Happiness: Artificiality, Auth
Pursuit of Happinessis a 2017 co-production of the American group Nature Theater of Oklahoma and the Slovenia-based, multinational En-Knap dance company. The genre-defying production provocatively misleads the audience through the textual as well as perfo
Diagnosis of tubo-ovarian filariasis with retroperitoneal extension: A radiological challenge
The purpose of this report is to describe a very rare case of bilateral tubo-ovarian filariasis with retroperitoneal extension in a 20-year-old female patient. The patient complained of low-grade fever with whitish cloudy urine. Computerized tomography im
Application of social dance exercise and social support program to improve quality of life for Thai
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to test the effectiveness of social dance exercise and social support program to improve quality of life (QOL) for older adults in Thailand. Design/methodology/approach - A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test r
The Representation of Dance Within the Banquet Scenes of the Private Theban Tombs of the Eighteenth
The present paper is the result of an investigation about the representation of dance within the banquet scenes found in the decoration of the private Theban tombs of the New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.). It aims to put in context the representation of dance
Archives of glory and repudiation: paradigm and value shifts in New Burlesque
Starting from the idea of archives and reenactman, we propose to review certain moments of burlesque art, analyzing the dimension of the body (dancing body) in the realm of sensuality, the different value regimes involved, and the role of women. We launch
A plastic experience from my cotidianity linked to the Dancing Devils ofYare
This article is about a plastic experience from my daily life linked to the Dancing Devils of Yare (part of the feast of Corpus Christi declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, by Unesco, on 12-12-2012). From my visions, beliefs and perceptions
Swordplay Uncloaked: Women as Active Agents in Ana Caro's Valor, agravio, y mujer and Lope de V
This article explores possible dance and swordplay choreography in Felix Lope de Vega's La pobreza estimada (1597-1603) and Ana Caro's Valor, agravio, y mujer (1630s-1640s) in hopes of shedding light on the manner in which women as active agents or bodi