‘Making Sense of the Dance: Contemporary Irish Dance Production’: Dances, Senses, Urban Contexts

Breandan De Gallai

‘Making Sense of the Dance: Contemporary Irish Dance Production’: Dances, Senses, Urban Contexts

Irish World Academy of Music & Dance

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Abstract

This paper examines my approach to the transmission of choreography which is at once newly devised as well as novel in terms of vocabulary and grammar, and that is at odds with my company dancers' formal training. I posit that illuminating my own personal sensory, affective, experiential and artistic history at the heart of my particular aesthetic, and having the dancers to in some way embark on a similar journey, ensures an understanding on their part of the significance of the work. The approach has proven to deliver a richer presentation of the choreography. I discuss how this is achieved with particular reference to music, being a key catalyst, influencing many of the choreographic choices.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Title of host publication	The International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance: Study Group on Ethnochoreology
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 29th Symposium 2018 ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology
Editors	K. Stepputat, E. Dunin
Place of Publication	Germany
Pages	121
Number of pages	130
Volume	29th
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2018

Keywords

Arts practice research
Irish dance
Contemporary Dance
performance studies
practice theory
phenomenology
ethnochoreology

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‘Making Sense of the Dance: Contemporary Irish Dance Production’: Dances, Senses, Urban Contexts. / De Gallai, Breandan.
The International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance: Study Group on Ethnochoreology: Proceedings of the 29th Symposium 2018 ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology. ed. / K. Stepputat; E. Dunin. Vol. 29th Germany, 2018. p. 121.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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