Singularities: Dance in the Age of Performance

by André Lepecki

Book Overview

How does the production of performance engage with the fundamental issues of our advanced neo-capitalist age?

Andr Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of 'performance' in the twenty-first century: not just an aesthetic category, but a mode of political power. He demonstrates the enduring ability of performance to critique and subvert this power, examining this relationship through five 'singularities'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138907707
• ISBN13: 9781138907706
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"