Akram Khan

Dancing New Interculturalism

Royona Mitra (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

197 Seiten

2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-39365-4 (ISBN)

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Through seven key case studies from Khan's oeuvre, this book demonstrates how Akram Khan's 'new interculturalism' is a challenge to the 1980s western 'intercultural theatre' project, as a more nuanced and embodied approach to representing Othernesses, from his own position of the Other.

Dr Royona Mitra is a Lecturer in Theatre at Brunel University London, UK where she teaches physical theatre, intercultural performance and critical theory. Her research addresses intersectionalities between bodies, cultures and identities. She has published in Dance Research Journal, Feminist Review and Women & Performance and contributed to volumes on dance and culture.

Contents Preface List of Images Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Khan's Body-Of-Action 2. Corporeal Gestures in Gnosis (2010) 3. Auto-ethnography and Loose in Flight (1999) 4. 'Third Space' Politics in Zero Degrees (2005) and Desh (2011) 5. Mobility and Flexibility in Bahok (2008) 6. Queering Normativity in iTMOi (2013) Conclusion Notes References Appendix: List of Performances

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.5.2015
Reihe/Serie	New World Choreographies
Zusatzinfo	XXVI, 197 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-137-39365-3 / 1137393653
ISBN-13	978-1-137-39365-4 / 9781137393654
Zustand	Neuware