Performing history: Wind Tossed (1936), natural movement and the hyper-historian

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Salgado Llopis, M. 2018. Performing history: Wind Tossed (1936), natural movement and the hyper-historian. in: Main, L. (ed.) Transmissions in Dance: Contemporary Staging Practices London Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 61-83
Chapter titlePerforming history: Wind Tossed (1936), natural movement and the hyper-historian
AuthorsSalgado Llopis, M.
Abstract

This chapter discusses the navigational challenges undertaken by the author to make sense of Madge Atkinson’s solo, Wind Tossed from ingrained corporeal experience as a classical ballet dancer. Salgado Llopis defines her approach as ‘performing history’ within the domain of reenactment, and in so doing articulates the process of the transmission of this work in the present from the point of view of the dancer as a ‘hyper-historian ’. This role is seen as pivotal because it establishes the idea of the dancer as a connecting link between past and present in performance . Ideas such as locating the ‘remains of the performance ’ in the present are explored alongside notions of the archive and the repertoire as referential systems and systems of transfer have the body at the heart of their operations.

Research GroupDance group
Page range61-83
Book titleTransmissions in Dance: Contemporary Staging Practices
EditorsMain, L.
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Place of publicationLondon
ISBN
Hardcover9783319648729
Electronic9783319648736
Paperback9783319878911
Publication dates
Online24 Nov 2017
Print08 Jan 2018
Publication process dates
Deposited27 Apr 2018
Output statusPublished
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64873-6_4
LanguageEnglish
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