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And then it got legs; Notes on dance dramaturgy
Drawing on his experience in the field of contemporary dance, Jeroen Peeters discusses principles, methods and practices that contribute to an understanding of dramaturgy as an experimental, collaborative practice and a material form of thinking.
Written from practice, this book reflects a particular history of collaboration and conversation with dance-makers such as Martin Nachbar, Meg Stuart, Vera Mantero, Sabina Holzer, Lisa Nelson, Jennifer Lacey, Chrysa Parkinson, deufert + plischke, Eleanor Bauer, Philipp Gehmacher and many others.
Phantasmal archaeology, unfolding material, literal and physical reading, crafting method, articulating process, witnessing and performing not-knowing, naming and ritual destruction, conceptual landscapes, symbolic waste, internal fictions and foreign objects – they may all play a role in creation and in exploring the unfamiliar in pursuit of making sense.
And then it got legs is an invitation to think along or against, to discuss those ideas with others or explore them in the studio, and eventually to imagine and devise one’s own methods of research, observation, reflection and creation.
Written from practice, this book reflects a particular history of collaboration and conversation with dance-makers such as Martin Nachbar, Meg Stuart, Vera Mantero, Sabina Holzer, Lisa Nelson, Jennifer Lacey, Chrysa Parkinson, deufert + plischke, Eleanor Bauer, Philipp Gehmacher and many others.
Phantasmal archaeology, unfolding material, literal and physical reading, crafting method, articulating process, witnessing and performing not-knowing, naming and ritual destruction, conceptual landscapes, symbolic waste, internal fictions and foreign objects – they may all play a role in creation and in exploring the unfamiliar in pursuit of making sense.
And then it got legs is an invitation to think along or against, to discuss those ideas with others or explore them in the studio, and eventually to imagine and devise one’s own methods of research, observation, reflection and creation.
167 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2022
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September 7, 2024Benen gekregen, langere ! benen.
‘In rehearsel I recorded some doubt in my notebook: […]’ (148)
‘In rehearsel I recorded some doubt in my notebook: […]’ (148)
May 19, 2025
I think a must read for anyone trying to understand dance dramaturgy and how to shape that within your own practice. Guy gives great insights within other artistic processes. Things that stuck with me:::::
Phantasmal archeology
Meg Stuart’s rebellious energy 🩷🩷🩷
A proposition just for today just for our private fun
World-making
Laconic dialogue
Difference between a conceptual scene and a conceptual landscape
Spatial mapping
A cosmology for bodies to move in
Dramaturgical fiction
Theatre apparatus as a technology of attention
Movement objects
How to keep the scrapbook of the process alive when things start to make too much sense?
Symbolic waste
Art always has to do with cosmogony. A world is always as many worlds as it takes to make a world.
Phantasmal archeology
Meg Stuart’s rebellious energy 🩷🩷🩷
A proposition just for today just for our private fun
World-making
Laconic dialogue
Difference between a conceptual scene and a conceptual landscape
Spatial mapping
A cosmology for bodies to move in
Dramaturgical fiction
Theatre apparatus as a technology of attention
Movement objects
How to keep the scrapbook of the process alive when things start to make too much sense?
Symbolic waste
Art always has to do with cosmogony. A world is always as many worlds as it takes to make a world.
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