Throwing the Body into the Fight is the first English-language publication dedicated to the German choreographer Raimund Hoghe. Curated and edited by Mary Kate Connolly, the book operates as a collage, drawing together a variety of international voices to create a fragmented portrait of the artist. Lavishly illustrated with photographs by Rosa Frank, who has collaborated closely with Hoghe for two decades, this book will be welcomed by all who admire a man described by the New York Times – in its review of Hoghe’s 2012 'Pas de Deux' with Japanese dancer Takashi Ueno – as 'a lover of romance and beautiful things.'
Mary Kate Connolly is a freelance writer who has written on performance for a variety of publications in the United Kingdom and abroad, including Dance Theatre Journal, RealTime, Londondanceand Forum Modernes Theater.
Editor’s NoteAn Introduction to Raimund Hoghe by Mary Kate ConnollyLettere Amorose: Lois KeidanRaimund Hoghe’s Emblems of Absence by Gerald SiegmundLettere Amorose: Finola CroninLuca Giacomo SchulteRosa FrankUndone by Martin HargreavesLettere Amorose: Philipp GehmacherGuerre et Paix by Laurent GoumarreYoung People, Old VoicesLorenzo De BrabandereEmmanuel EggermontOrnella BalestraLettere Amorose: Boris CharmatzStay a While: Raimund Hoghe’s Histories by Dominic JohnsonLettere Amorose: Meryl TankardLettere Amorose: Franko BPhoto Archive