Contemporary Choreography

Jo Butterworth is Professor of Dance Studies at the University of Malta.Liesbeth Wildschut lectures in dance history, dance theory, and dance dramaturgy at the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

• General introductionJo Butterworth and Liesbeth WildschutSECTION 1Conceptual and philosophical concernsSection introductionJo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut1.1Knowing through dance-makingChoreography, practical knowledge and practice-as-research Anna Pakes1.2Expert-intuitive and deliberate processesStruggles in (the wording of) creative decision-making in ‘dance’Susan Melrose1.3‘Throwing like a girl’?Gender in a transnational worldSusan Leigh Foster1.4Choreography that poses problemsBojana Cvejić1.5Choreography as researchIteration, object, contextBen SpatzSECTION 2Processes of makingSection introductionJo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut2.6Too many cooks? A framework for dance making and devisingJo Butterworth2.7Facilitating choreographic process Larry Lavender2.8Velvet Petal: Getting LostFleur Darkin2.9Risk-taking and group dance improvisationJoão da Silva2.10Dancing strategies and moving identitiesThe contributions independent contemporary dancers make to the choreographic processJenny Roche2.11Jonathan Burrows’ Postdance Conference keynote address, Stockholm 2015 Jonathan BurrowsINTERVENTION Peggy OlislaegersSECTION 3Dance dramaturgy: structures, relationships, contextsSection introductionJo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut3.12Dance dramaturgical agencyPil Hansen 3.13The catalytic function of dramaturgyWorking on actions in choreographic processesKonstantina Georgelou, Efrosini Protopapa, and Danae Theodoridou3.14Decentred dramaturgyNon-structural contexts in contemporary choreographyAnny MokotowSECTION 4Choreographic environmentsSection introductionJo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut4.15Dancing around exclusionAn examination of the issues of social inclusion within choreographic practice in the communitySara Houston4.16Choreographic approaches in the community contextDiane Amans4.17Escola Livre de Dança da Maré in Rio de Janeiro A ground to shareSilvia Soter and Adriana Pavlova4.18Experiencing spaceSome implications for site-specific dance performance Victoria Hunter4.19Whispering BirdsSite-specific dance, affect and emotionKaren N BarbourSECTION 5Cultural and Intercultural ContextsSection introductionJo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut5.20Principles of African choreographySome perspectives from GhanaFrancis Nii-Yarty5.21The body as a site of powerAn artistic case study on contemporary choreography in the Arab WorldSandra Noeth and Samar Haddad King 5.22Beyond the intercultural to the Accented BodyAn Australian perspectiveCheryl Stock5.23Minority visibility and hip hop choreography: France 2015Felicia McCarren5.24Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Akram KhanIntertwined journeys in-between dance culturesGuy Cools5.25Akram Khan on the politics of choreographing touchRoyona MitraSECTION 6Challenging AestheticsSection introductionJo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut6.26In search of Asian modernityCloud Gate Dance Theatre’s body aesthetics in the era of globalisationYa-Ping Chen6.27The body as the stage of abstract space Sculpting of spectatorship in Meg Stuart’s choreography Jeroen Fabius6.28Hi, who are you? On choreography and the aged dancerEfva Lilja6.29Inclusive choreographyLucy Bennett and Stopgap Dance Company Sho Shibata SECTION 7Choreographic Relationships with TechnologySection introductionJo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut7.30Choreographic performance systemsJohannes Birringer7.31Virtually touchingEmbodied engagement in telematic and virtual reality performanceSita Popat7.32How does motion capture mediate dance?Laura Karreman7.33Social media and choreographic practiceCreative tools for collaboration, co-creation and creative practiceSophy Smith

"Significantly expands the field's knowledge base in theoretical and applied ways never heard quite so succinctly before in a large, wide-ranging volume." Doug Risner, Journal of Dance Education