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  1. Differences in Itself: Redefining Disability through Dance
    Published: 2016

    Abstract: "This paper brings together two different terms: dance and disability. This encounter between dance and disability might be seen as an unusual, even conflicting, one since dance is traditionally dominated by aesthetic virtuosity and... more

     

    Abstract: "This paper brings together two different terms: dance and disability. This encounter between dance and disability might be seen as an unusual, even conflicting, one since dance is traditionally dominated by aesthetic virtuosity and perfect, idealized bodies which are under optimized bodily control. However, recently there has been a growing desire within dance communities and professional dance companies to challenge binary thinking (beautiful-ugly, perfect-imperfect, valid-invalid, success-failure) by incorporating an aesthetic of difference. The traditional focus of dance on appearance (shape, technique, virtuosity) is replaced by a focus on how movement is connected to a sense of self. This notion of the subjective body not only applies to the dancer's body but also to disabled bodies. Instead of thinking of a body as a thing, an object (Körper) that is defined by its physical appearance, dance is more and more seduced by the body as we sense it, feel it and live it (Leib). Thi

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/50617
    DDC Categories: 360; 301
    Other subjects: (thesoz)Behinderung; (thesoz)Tanz; (thesoz)Körper; (thesoz)Ästhetik; (thesoz)Norm; (thesoz)Selbsterfahrung
    Scope: Online-Ressource
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    begutachtet (peer reviewed)

    In: Social Inclusion ; 4 (2016) 4 ; 160-167