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Author Claid, Emilyn, author.

Title Falling through dance and life / Emilyn Claid.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations (some color).
text file
Series Dance in dialogue
Dance in dialogue.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "This is a book about falling as a means of reconfiguring our relationship with living and dying. Dancer, choreographer, educator and therapist, Emilyn Claid, draws inspiration from her personal and professional experiences to explore alternative approaches to being present in the world. Contemporary movement based performers ground their practices in understanding the interplay of gravity and the body. Somatic intentional falling provides them a creative resource for developing both self and environmental support. The physical, metaphorical and psychological impact of these practices informs the theories and perspectives presented in this book. As falling can be dangerous and painful, encouraging people to do so willingly might be considered a provocative premise. Western culture generally resists falling because it provokes fear and represents failure. Out of this tension a paradox emerges: falling, we are both powerless subjects and agents of change, a dynamic distinction that enlivens discussions throughout the writing. Emilyn engages with different dance genres, live performance and therapeutic interactions to form her ideas and interlaces her arguments with issues of gender and race. She describes how surrender to gravity can transform our perceptions and facilitate ways of being that are relational and life enhancing. Woven throughout, autobiographical, poetic, philosophical, descriptive and theoretical voices combine to question the fixation of Western culture on uprightness and supremacy. A simple act of falling builds momentum through eclectic discussions, uncovering connections to shame, laughter, trauma, ageing and the thrill of release"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction -- Structure and content -- Falling through dance -- A practice of falling -- Conceptual falls -- A contextual fabric -- Back stories -- 1. Falling Apart -- A REMEDY -- UP IS GOOD -- SUPREME FEATS -- STANDING BONES -- ROLLING -- STIFF AND BRAVE -- ICONIC HEROINE -- EARTH'S GRIEF -- ABOUT DYING -- RECALLING GROUND -- INFANT WISDOM -- UNDER SIDE -- CONTACT HIGH -- THE LADDER SCENE -- RELEASING DANCE -- A DISGRACE -- CONSTRUCTING RISK -- BRIDGE
TEETER TOTTER -- A STILL POINT -- PACKAGING -- DYING FOR LOVE -- SUBLIME BANALITY -- ENDURANCE -- DEATH DIVES -- THE BUCK STOPS HERE -- 2. Falling Out -- A LUMBERING TILT -- ABOUT SHAME -- DUST -- PULLING UP -- GRAND SLAM -- A DEAD BLACK -- STIFF UPPER LIP -- NOT A BLACK PROBLEM -- KEEPING FACE -- A GOOD WHITE -- WRONG BODIES -- A COOL WALK -- HUMILIATE THE BOY -- CINDERELLA IN DRAG -- TRANSACTION -- YES TO TRASH -- BASIPHOBIA -- GRIEVING TOGETHER -- MELTDOWN -- MY SON AND ME -- APRIL 2020 -- OPTIMISTIC DECEPTION -- STRIPPED -- EXCESSIVE SLIPS -- 3. Falling Away -- SHOLIBA -- FORGETTING
VERT LEAPS -- NOT GOING GENTLY -- WILLING TRANSITION -- RIGGED FLESH -- CAUGHT ON THE BLINK -- A COLD STAGE -- DEFIANCE -- ANGEL WINGS -- THRILLS -- OUT OF CIRCUS -- EVOKED COMPANIONS -- SEX IN CRISIS -- FAILING SUCCESS -- MORO REFLEX -- ARÊTE -- A THUMP -- NEUTRAL BUOYANCY -- A CLIFF EDGE -- LEAN ON ME -- BAREFOOT -- SAND WALKING -- TORTUROUS DELIGHT -- 4. Falling About -- PRATFALLS -- STAR STUMBLES -- ABOUT LAUGHTER -- NIHILISTIC OPTIMISM -- IT'S NOT FUNNY -- GRAVESTONE LAUGHS -- PEN PALS -- FLATTENING THE CORPSE -- FEISTY DECAY -- FLIP-FLOPS AND TUNICS -- GIBBERISH -- REPRESENTED REAL
CURIOSITY REFRESHED -- WHAT NOW -- A VOID A DAY -- OFF YOUR KNEES -- CAN I LET YOU GO? -- NOTHING IN OUR WAY -- BODY STORIES -- A CRUEL SPRING -- DANCE WITH ME
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Subject Claid, Emilyn.
Claid, Emilyn.
Dance -- Psychological aspects.
Dance -- Psychological aspects.
Dance -- Physiological aspects.
Dance -- Physiological aspects.
Dance.
Gravity in art.
Gravity in art.
Movement, Aesthetics of.
Movement, Aesthetics of.
Dancers -- Biography.
Dancers.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
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