2016. 1st Edition. Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKP; ASD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Singularities: Dance in the Age of Performance
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1138907715
ISBN 13: 9781138907713
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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How does the production of performance engage with the fundamental issues of our advanced neo-capitalist age?

Andr� Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of ‘performance’ in the twenty-first century: not just an aesthetic category, but a mode of political power. He demonstrates the enduring ability of performance to critique and subvert this power, examining this relationship through five ‘singularities’ in contemporary dance: thingness, animality, persistence, darkness, and solidity.

Exploring the works of Mette Ingvartsen, Yvonne Rainer, Ralph Lemon, J�r�me Bel and others, Lepecki uses his concept of ‘singularity’―the resistance of categorization and aesthetic identification―to examine the function of dance and performance in political and artistic debate.

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Andr� Lepecki is Associate Professor of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU and affiliated Professor at Stockholm University of the Arts, UNIARTS.

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