On ‘A Piece for Two (Lovers)’ - an unrehearsed performance piece
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Vesty, R. and de la Fe, A. 2017. On ‘A Piece for Two (Lovers)’ - an unrehearsed performance piece. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. 22 (1), pp. 166-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2016.1262252
Type | Article |
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Title | On ‘A Piece for Two (Lovers)’ - an unrehearsed performance piece |
Authors | Vesty, R. and de la Fe, A. |
Abstract | This essay consists of three 15-minute audio files and a written essay. Audio files #1 and #2 are performance scores made by dance artists Antonio de la Fe and Robert Vesty for A Piece For Two (Lovers), a performance of which was realised on February 20, 2015 at Royal Holloway, University of London. # 3 is a conversation between de la Fe and Vesty recorded unrehearsed for this special issue of RiDE. Together, the essay draws attention to the way in which the performance piece theatricalised its inherent precariousness. De la Fe and Vesty have been in a romantic relationship since December 2012 and the piece draws on themes of volatility and strength. The essay then goes on to propose de la Fe’s notion of unrehearsed not just as a mode of making that can be seen as an ‘artrepreneurial’, (to use Jen Harvie’s term), disruption of conventional modes of making artistic work, but as way to simultaneously reclaim and denounce precarity by re-thinking unrehearsal as a vital choreographic process. |
Keywords | choreography, precarity, unrehearsal |
Research Group | Theatre Arts group |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Journal | Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance |
ISSN | 1356-9783 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Mar 2017 |
02 Jan 2017 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 10 Feb 2017 |
Accepted | 04 Dec 2016 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance on 02/01/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13569783.2016.1262252 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2016.1262252 |
Language | English |
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