Some fleshy thinking: improvisation, experience, perception
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Midgelow, V. 2015. Some fleshy thinking: improvisation, experience, perception. in: George-Graves, N. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater New York Oxford University Press (OUP). pp. 109-122
Chapter title | Some fleshy thinking: improvisation, experience, perception |
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Authors | Midgelow, V. |
Abstract | This essay reveals the tacit ways of knowing inherent in somatically based dance improvisation practices and considers how such embodied experience might become present, become recognized and understood, by both dancer and viewer. Written as a playful dialogue between ‘Dancer’ and her ‘Practice’, concepts drawn from phenomenology are elaborated to reveal the ways that deeply internalised experiential movement practices may enter and expand perceptual fields. This is approached in two interconnected stages as I ask: |
Keywords | Somatic, improvisation, perception, phenomenology, embodied knowing, intercorporeal encounter. |
Research Group | Dance group |
Page range | 109-122 |
Book title | The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater |
Editors | George-Graves, N. |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Place of publication | New York |
Series | Oxford Handbooks |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9780199917495 |
Paperback | 9780190698072 |
Publication dates | |
20 Aug 2015 | |
Online | Sep 2015 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 28 May 2015 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is a draft of a chapter accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in the book The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater edited by Nadine George-Graves. Published in final form as: |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199917495.013.3 |
Language | English |
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