Summary
Marko Pejović: Four discursive points of dance practice
Dance does not have a long tradition of writing and theorizing like other performing arts, and ways of articulating different dance practices are still sought. Four discursive points of dance practice offer one scheme of that articulation. This open model is based on an imaginary square, where one point (theme) refers to the matrix of the body, another to the politics of movement, the third to the structure of the performance, and the fourth to the matrix of the other. Eighteen dance works were analyzed (including Hexentanz - Mary Wigman, Groosland - Maggie Maran, Trio A - Yvonne Rainer, Blaubart - Pina Bausch, Rosas Dunst Rosas - Rosas, Solo - William Forsythe, Strangefish - Lloyd Newson, The Perfect human - Hofes Schechter, Le dernier spectacle - Jerome Bell, Tragedy - Oliver Dubois). By simulating the process of factor analysis, six factors were singled out, which became the basis of a multidimensional approach to dance analysis. This work is an attempt to make a contribution towards the systematic reflection of dance with the help of a matrix of discursive points, as well as different theoretical platforms (Lacan, Butler, Kristev, Derrida, Deleuze, Danto, Wittgenstein, Foucault, etc.).
Marko Pejović is a psychologist, psychoanalytical psychotherapist, art theorist and theater practitioner. He initiated and implemented projects that apply inclusive principles in contemporary dance, whose participants were artists and members of various marginalized groups. Through his theoretical work, he deals with body politics in the institution of dance.
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