Reconstruction in Dance Somaesthetics
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https://doi.org/10.54337/ojs.jos.v10i2.8599Abstract
This essay considers the relationship between contemporary concert dance, somaesthetics and dance studies. It begins by discussing the original somaesthetics disciplinary proposal, focusing on how the methodology outlined therein pertains to work in dance studies. The second section briefly surveys existing literature on dance somaesthetics, and the third discusses two strategies that will help make such work more conversant with contemporary dance and related scholarship.
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