Dr Alexandra Kolb


NameDr Alexandra Kolb
Job titleAssociate Professor in Dance Studies
Research institute
Primary appointmentSchool of Arts
Contact categoryAcademic staff (past)

Research outputs

Dance and politics in China: interculturalism, hybridity, and the ArtsCross project

Kolb, A. 2017. Dance and politics in China: interculturalism, hybridity, and the ArtsCross project. in: Kowal, R., Siegmund, G. and Martin, R. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics Oxford University Press (OUP). pp. 347-370

Jenn Joy, The Choreographic [Book Review]

Kolb, A. 2016. Jenn Joy, The Choreographic [Book Review]. Dance Research. 34 (2), pp. 243-244. https://doi.org/10.3366/drs.2016.0161

Wiesenthal, Grete (1885–1970)

Kolb, A. 2016. Wiesenthal, Grete (1885–1970). in: The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism Taylor and Francis.

Wigman’s witches: Reformism, Orientalism, Nazism

Kolb, A. 2016. Wigman’s witches: Reformism, Orientalism, Nazism. Dance Research Journal. 48 (2), pp. 26-43. https://doi.org/10.1017/S014976771600019X

The body of the people: East German dance since 1945 by Jens Richard Giersdorf (review)

Kolb, A. 2016. The body of the people: East German dance since 1945 by Jens Richard Giersdorf (review). German Studies Review. 39 (2), pp. 416-419. https://doi.org/10.1353/gsr.2016.0071

Schuhplattler

Kolb, A. 2016. Schuhplattler. in: Hartmann, A. and Woitas, M. (ed.) Das große Tanzlexikon: Personen - Werke - Tanzkulturen - Epochen Laaber. pp. 548

Hexentanz

Kolb, A. 2016. Hexentanz. in: Hartmann, A. and Woitas, M. (ed.) Das große Tanzlexikon: Personen - Werke - Tanzkulturen - Epochen Laaber. pp. 272-273

Ausdruckstanz

Kolb, A. 2016. Ausdruckstanz. in: Woitas, M. and Hartmann, A. (ed.) Das große Tanzlexikon: Personen - Werke - Tanzkulturen - Epochen Laaber. pp. 33-36

Mary Wigman

Kolb, A. 2016. Mary Wigman. in: Das große Tanzlexikon: Personen - Werke - Tanzkulturen - Epochen Laaber. pp. 682-684

Collaboration, democracy and the total artwork

Kolb, A. 2015. Collaboration, democracy and the total artwork. in: Colin, N. and Sachsenmaier, S. (ed.) Collaboration in Performance Practice: Premises, Workings and Failures London Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 51-74

Mary Wigman the witch

Kolb, A. 2015. Mary Wigman the witch. Cut & Paste: Dance Advocacy in the Age of Austerity. Athens, Greece 04 - 07 Jun 2015

Dancing the everyday: some very ordinary and private experiences

Kolb, A. 2015. Dancing the everyday: some very ordinary and private experiences. International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR) Annual Conference 2015. Hyderabad, India 05 - 10 Jul 2015

Royd Climenhaga (ed.), The Pina Bausch Sourcebook: The Making of Tanztheater, Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2013 [Review]

Kolb, A. 2014. Royd Climenhaga (ed.), The Pina Bausch Sourcebook: The Making of Tanztheater, Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2013 [Review]. Dance Research. 32 (1), pp. 93-97. https://doi.org/10.3366/drs.2014.0096

Current trends in contemporary choreography: a political critique

Kolb, A. 2013. Current trends in contemporary choreography: a political critique. Dance Research Journal. 45 (3), pp. 29-52.

Overt and covert politics in contemporary choreography

Kolb, A. 2012. Overt and covert politics in contemporary choreography. Jahrbuch Tanzforschung. 22, pp. 34-44.

The migration and globalization of Schuhplattler dance: a sociological analysis

Kolb, A. 2013. The migration and globalization of Schuhplattler dance: a sociological analysis. Cultural Sociology. 7 (1), pp. 39-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749975512453658

Able as anything: integrated dance performance in New Zealand

Kolb, A., Briggs, H. and Miyahara, M. 2012. Able as anything: integrated dance performance in New Zealand. Brolga: an Australian Journal about Dance. 37, pp. 16-30.

In defence of Ballet: women, agency and the philosophy of pleasure

Kolb, A. and Kalogeropoulou, S. 2012. In defence of Ballet: women, agency and the philosophy of pleasure. Dance Research. 30 (2), pp. 107-125.

Nijinsky's images of homosexuality: three case studies

Kolb, A. 2009. Nijinsky's images of homosexuality: three case studies. Journal of European Studies. 39 (2), pp. 147-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047244109104076

Collaboration and democracy: a critique

Kolb, A. 2012. Collaboration and democracy: a critique. Collaboration in Performance Making. London, UK 04 May 2012

Mata Hari's dance in the context of femininity and exoticism

Kolb, A. 2009. Mata Hari's dance in the context of femininity and exoticism. Mandrágora. 15, pp. 58-79.

On the politics of interdisciplinary collaboration

Kolb, A. 2011. On the politics of interdisciplinary collaboration. Brolga: an Australian Journal about Dance.

Cross-currents of dance and politics: an introduction

Kolb, A. 2011. Cross-currents of dance and politics: an introduction. in: Kolb, A. (ed.) Dance and Politics Oxford Peter Lang. pp. 1-35

‘Theatre has to become political again…’. Interview by Alexandra Kolb

Kresnik, J. and Kolb, A. 2011. ‘Theatre has to become political again…’. Interview by Alexandra Kolb. in: Kolb, A. (ed.) Dance and Politics Oxford Peter Lang. pp. 67-87

Terror without end? Choreographing the Red Army Faction and Weather Underground

Kolb, A. 2011. Terror without end? Choreographing the Red Army Faction and Weather Underground. in: Kolb, A. (ed.) Dance and Politics Oxford Peter Lang. pp. 89-115

Dying for the cause: choreographing the myths of Ulrike Meinhof and Wolfgang Grams

Kolb, A. 2010. Dying for the cause: choreographing the myths of Ulrike Meinhof and Wolfgang Grams. The International Journal of the Arts in Society. 5 (3), pp. 275-284.

Performing femininity: dance and literature in German modernism

Kolb, A. 2009. Performing femininity: dance and literature in German modernism. Oxford Peter Lang.

Theatricalising terrorism: Johann Kresnik’s Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction

Kolb, A. 2009. Theatricalising terrorism: Johann Kresnik’s Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction. About Performance.

Goodbye GDR! German reunification in Johann Kresnik's Wendewut

Kolb, A. 2008. Goodbye GDR! German reunification in Johann Kresnik's Wendewut. in: Varney, D. (ed.) Theatre in the Berlin Republic Peter Lang. pp. 267-285

The never-ending trembling and vomiting of the soul: Carl Sternheim's critique of the modern dance movement

Kolb, A. 2008. The never-ending trembling and vomiting of the soul: Carl Sternheim's critique of the modern dance movement. Discourses in Dance. 4 (2), pp. 59-71.

‘There was never anythin’ like this!!!’ Valeska Gert's performances in the context of Weimar culture

Kolb, A. 2007. ‘There was never anythin’ like this!!!’ Valeska Gert's performances in the context of Weimar culture. The European Legacy. 12 (3), pp. 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770701286976

Dance and political conflict: three comparative case studies

Kolb, A. 2006. Dance and political conflict: three comparative case studies. The International Journal of the Arts in Society. 1 (2), pp. 17-21.
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