CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Dance/Performance Studies/Interdisciplinary
"FALLING"
This anthology interrogates the understanding that the physical act of
falling has become institutionalized as one of the central organizing
principles of 20th century dance. We recognize that the history and
practice of modern dance is intricately tied to the politics of dissent
and descent. It has also been tied to a variety of narratives and
counter-narratives pertaining to citizenship and decency. Here a
metaphorical fall from grace and verticality may be considered for the
ways in which it is metaphysically and phenomenologically bound with
resistance, sexuality, release, failure, mortality, and revolution. Yet
this anthology is also concerned with the ways in which postmodernism,
globalization, and late capitalism have affected the cultural and
political practices of dancers, choreographers and other movement
practitioners who may challenge the ideas of falling that were
championed by the early pioneers of modern dance. If falling has
functioned as one of the ideological staples of 20th century dance
repertoire, in what ways might recent performances and/or scholarly
hermeneutics be revising this legacy? If falling still holds us in its
thrall, how so? On the other hand, if not falling, then what?
We are seeking submissions that address the following themes:
techniques of falling, and falling as a failure of technique; the
choreographed fall, and the accident; thrill and trauma; pratfalls and
physical comedy; proscenium and everyday life; myth and symbol;
material phenomena and gestural practice.
We welcome papers that consider the fall in movement and dance and the
diversity of contexts implied therein: ballet's leap, modern's fall; in
western and non-western forms; in abled and disabled movers; in sport
and social dance; from a range of discourses that have contributed to
the theorization of dance, including anthropology, comparative
literature, history, medical science, architecture, and psychoanalysis.
DEADLINE for Submissions: May 15, 2002
Please mail a copy of paper with CV and letter to:
Michelle Dent/MJ Thompson
C/O Performance Studies
New York University
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003
mld203@nyu.edu
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